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Concept and Selection
Articulate business and customer justifications for the project idea; do quick rough take at approach, scope, time, costs; evaluate the business case, determine whether to proceed, and identify initial team.
Project Proposal and Evaluation
New Project Proposal
New Product Business Plan
Opportunity Screening Worksheet
Business Requirements Document
Marketing Requirements Document
Product Definition - Success Factors
Project Scope Definition: Mission Statement
Project Scope Definition: Deliverables
Project Team Startup
Project Sponsor
Project Team Leader Description - Roles & Responsibilities
Effective Meetings Checklist
Action Item List Formats
End of Concept Phase Checklist
Initiation and Planning
Form the initial team, define the requirements in detail, investigate and review major design alternatives for fulfilling the requirements, and plan the rest of the project.
Project Definition and Requirements
Project Scope Definition: Vision Document
Project Scope Definition: Statement of Work (SOW)
Product Requirements Specification
Software Requirements Specification
High-Level Design and Reviews
Agenda for Preliminary Design Review Meeting
Review Checklists: Preliminary Design Review
Project Alternatives Tradeoff Table
Team and Communication
Project Team Organization and Assignments
Task Responsibility Matrix Formats
Communications Plan
Team meeting agenda
Milestone Table with Driver Tasks
Vendor assessment checklist
Planning, Scheduling, Estimating, Costs, and Risks
Development Project Plan
Project Plan Example – Small Project
Project Flexibility Matrix
Product and Project Risk Assessment and Mitigation Tables
Tools and Equipment List
Project Budgets and Cost Tracking
Guidelines for planning and scheduling the project:
Plan Development: Task Identification - Work Breakdown Structure
Plan Development: Task Assignment and Deliverables
Plan Development: Logical Relationships/Dependencies
Plan Development: Task Duration
Plan Development: Project Schedule and Critical Path
Plan Development: Optimizing Project Plan Tradeoffs
Scheduling Checklist
Estimating Process and Methods
Example Work Breakdown Structures
WBS for Electromechanical Systems Project
WBS & Gantt for 802.11 Master Development Schedule
Other plans that are typically begun early and finished during later phases:
Discontinuance End-of-Life Planning
Marketing Plan
User Documentation Plan
Training Plan - High Level
End of Initiation Phase Checklist
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Execution and Approval
Create the project deliverables, reviewing and testing them along the way for quality and adherence to the project requirements.
Ongoing Planning
Discontinuance End-of-Life Planning
Maintenance Planning Guidelines and Plan Outline
Marketing Plan
Specifications and Development
Interface Protocol Document
Software Requirements Specification
Localization Guidelines
Reviews
Review Checklists: Detailed Design Review
Review Checklists: Critical Design Review
Review Checklists: Final Design Review
Coding Review Guidelines
Development Testing
Software Unit Test Plan and Report Guidelines
Integration Plan
Software Integration Checklist
Software Test Transfer Forms
Tracking and Status
Phase Signoff Process
Change Control Form
Guidelines - Completion Criteria
Project Status Reports
Issue Resolution Status Report
Approval Testing
QA and Beta Test Manager Job Descriptions
Master Test List
Beta Test Plan
User Acceptance Test Plan
Issue Resolution Status Report
Change Control Form
Completion Criteria/Checklists
Customer Acceptance Checklist and Signoff
Checklist for Manufacturing Release Readiness
Release Decision Process Guidelines
Software Quality Release Criteria
End of Execution Phase Checklist
End of Approval Phase Checklist
Delivery and Closeout
Release and deliver the project's outputs to customers, get initial customer feedback, and close out the project, including taking stock of lessons-learned.
Release to Delivery
Guidelines - Completion Criteria
Project Completion
End of Delivery Phase Checklist
Close-out Activities
Project Closeout Meeting Agenda
Lessons Learned Survey
Lessons Learned Meeting Report
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