QUESTION
Project Name
Project Number
Project Team
Prioritization
Owner(s)
Start
Date
Scheduled
Completion Date
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Mission/ Purpose
What is your
project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall strategic
goals and objectives of the company?Is it part of a program or larger
project?
Project
Description and
Project Product
What will this
project create? What are the outcome products being created with this
project? At a high level, how do you plan on completing the work required for
this project?List at least five high-level deliverables (outputs) that will
be generated from the execution of this project. This section will help to
prepare for your project scope and WBS later in the course.
Objectives
What objective is
this project designed to meet? List a high-level objective statement for the
overall projectâandâ at least three to five goals required to meet this
objective. These must be measurable.
For example: If an objective of the project is to cut costs, then by
how much will costs be cut?
Business
Need
Why
should we do this project?What will be gained, changed, or modified?Is there a
financial or business reason to do this project?Explain in detail how this
project will be beneficial to the project owner.
Milestones
What
are the key milestone dates associated with the project?Milestones may show
the completion of a set of major deliverables or phases.List at least 10
milestones and provide estimated end dates for each.Milestones must have
associated dates.
Budget
What
is the estimatedbudget for this project? Do not research your project cost;
this is an estimate. This does not need to be close to your projectâs actual
costs when your project planning is complete in Week 6.This is an order of
magnitude estimate.
Estimated
Labor
Estimated
Materials
Estimated
Contractors
Estimated
Equipment and Facilities
Estimated
Travel
Total
Estimated Cost
User
Acceptance Criteria
What
are the minimum success criteria as defined by the key stakeholders?How will
you monitor and measure the project quality? How will the project owners
determine if the project is a success or not? These must be detailed and
measureable.
High-Level
Project Assumptions
What are the
assumptions on which the project is based? What seven to ten statements do
you believe to be true,or will become true,about the project, but cannot be
sure at this time?
High-Level
Project Constraints
What
are the major limiting factors that affect the project?What eight to tenrules,
regulations, requirements, laws, processes, or procedures are you bound by
on this project?
Exclusions
and Boundaries
What are the
boundaries of the project? To ensure that your project scope is
constrained, identify eight to ten things that will beexcluded from the
project plans.What items will be not be included in the project?
Major
Risks
What
are the major risks affecting the project? List a minimum of seven to ten
risks. These risks must occur during the project, not after the project
finishes, or before the project starts. The risks defined should be directly
associated with the project implementation.
KEY
STAKEHOLDERS
Project Manager
Authority Level
Project Core Team
Subject Matter
Experts (SMEs)(What resources
will you need with special expertise?)
APPROVALS
Type Name
Signature
Date
Project Manager Approval
Customer/Sponsor
Approval
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