Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

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1、InitiatingandPlanningSystemsDevelopmentProjectsContemplativeQuestionsWhatdeliverablesareproducedinearlystagesofaproject?Whatisthescopeofthisproject?Whatshouldthescopebe?IfIwereamemberofthesteeringcommitteeoraninvestor…wouldIinvestinthisproject?IfIwereaprojectmanager

2、…wouldIstakemyreputationonthisproject?Isitfeasible?IfIwereananalyst…whatistheproblembeingsolvedhere?Isthisreallytheproblem,orjustasymptom?Whatistherealproblemtheproposedsystemistryingtoaddress?Initiationvs.PlanningForanysingleproject…Whenisitinitiated?Whendoesplanni

3、ngstart?“Formal”ProjectInitiationAprojectteamisestablished.Theprojectisgivenanumberfortrackingpurposes.Theprojectmaybegivenaname.Arelationshipwithacustomermaybedeveloped,oranexistingrelationshipmaycontinue.“Formal”ProjectInitiationPlanProceduresareestablishedformana

4、gement,decision-making,communication.Milestonesareidentifiedandpossiblynegotiated.Whatarethedeliverablesandoutcomesduringthisstage?BaselineProjectPlan(BPP)Acomprehensiveplancontainingallworkassociatedwithaproject.SectionsofthisdeliverablemaydescribeTheScopeofthenews

5、ystemBenefitsanticipatedfromthenewsystemCoststobeincurred,bothdevelopmental(one-time)andoperational(recurring)RisksResourcesrequiredStatementofWork(SOW)AmuchsimplerdocumentthatdescribestheworktobeperformedScope,risk,etc.ForwhosebenefitistheBPPcreated?Whydowewanttokn

6、owthesethings?Haveweforgottenanything?ThescopeofthenewsystemBenefitsanticipatedfromthenewsystemCoststobeincurred,bothdevelopmental(one-time)andoperational(recurring)RisksResourcesrequiredAssessingRiskForanyproject,weneedtounderstandthedegreeofassociatedrisk.Ameasure

7、ofriskisfeasibility.Feasibility(defn):Thecapabilityofbeingaccomplished,doableorbroughtabout.SixCategoriesoffeasibility:TechnicalOperationalScheduleLegalandcontractualPoliticalEconomicWhichcategoryismostimportant?Whichoneisthemostlikelypredictorofthefeasibilityofapro

8、ject?TechnicalFeasibilityAssessmentoftheorganization’sabilitytoconstructaproposedsystem.Technicalfeasibilityisafunctionof:Developmentgroup