Project initiation documentation may include: | agreed project management frameworkagreed project methodologyclient or customer requirementsconcept proposalcontract documentationexecutive team instructionsfeasibility studylife cycle approval gatewaysoutput from prior project. |
Broader organisational strategies and goals may include: | market focusorganisational mission statementstrategy plansvalues and ethics |
Objectives, outcomes and benefits may include: | expected benefits to be achieved for organisation and businessmeasurable project product statementshort and long-term outcomes for the organisation. |
Project governance structure may include: | boards, committees, working groups, reference groups, advisory groups, sponsors, project managers, project team members and stakeholdersidentified authority levels assigned to groups and individualsissue-escalation proceduresproject organisation chartstatements of roles for project management bodies and participants. |
Project charter may include: | approvals and sign-offbroad stakeholder identificationconsolidated project initiation documentation (PID)documented objectiveshigh-level product deliverableshigh-level risk assessmentproject assumptions and constraintsproject mandatesource of project authority. |
Project deliverables may include: | definable product, service or documentdiscrete components of the overall project outputsspecified products of the projecttime, quality and cost. |
Project management functions involve all nine functions: | communicationscosthuman resourcesprocurement and contractingproject integrationqualityriskscopetime. |
Triple constraints include: | costscope and qualitytime. |
Project management plan may be: | a covering document that integrates the planning requirements of the nine functions of project managementin single or multiple document format. |
Integrates may include: | decisions that:determine comparative valueevaluate competing interestsmake trade-offsprocesses and activities that:combinecoordinatedefineidentifyunify |
Associated plans and baselines may include: | communications plan (stakeholders and information)human resources planprocurement planproject budgetproject schedulequality-management planrisk planscope-management plan. |
Internal work environment may include: | organisational policy and proceduresorganisational culture and stylephysical working conditionsgeographic location and/or dispersionteam dynamics. |
Status reports may include: | client progress reportsinternal or externalregular consolidated reports to project authorityreports under contractual obligationsspecific budget and schedule reports. |
Impact analysis may include: | assessment against project quality requirementsforecasting against triple constraints (scope, time and cost)review of project baselines against proposed change. |
Project logs and registers may include: | change logdaily logissues logquality logrisk registertask-completion logversion-control log. |
Project finalisation activities may include: | completing financial transactionsconsolidating and storing project datadocumenting outstanding project issuesobtaining or providing certificationspreparing final project reportsupdating organisation knowledge management. |
Associated documentation may include: | 'as built' design specificationscertificates, guarantees, indemnities and warrantiesproduct or service specificationsuser, training and installation manuals. |
Project review assessments may include: | benefits realisation reviewoutcomes evaluationpost-implementation reviewproject lessons learned. |