Executive Sponsor - Typical Phase by Phase Activities |  |
Outline of activities through a project.
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### Typical Phase by Phase Activities #### Pre-Project Although DSDM has a formal pre-project phase, OpenUP does not. Nevertheless, there are important activities that need to be undertaken before a project can be started. The Executive Sponsor is key in ensuring that these are completed. You can use this extract from DSDM as a form of checklist for starting Inception. Determine the need for the project and that is in line with the business strategy. Allocate someone to the Visionary role for the duration of the project. Obtain initial funding for the Inception Phase. Agree the approach to project governance with the relevant parts of the organisation. Commit the necessary business resources to the Inception Phase, e.g. especially Ambassador User and Advisor User(s) as requested by the Project Manager. Ensure that planning, co-ordination and management responsibilities for both the IT/IS project and any associated business change are clearly assigned to the relevant people. #### Inception Phase Monitor project governance. Respond to issues escalated by the Visionary. Review/approve the Risk List. Review/accept the Project Plan (or not: the project can stop here if no viable solution is possible). Commit the necessary business resources to the next phase of the project. #### Elaboration Phase Monitor project governance. Respond to issues escalated by the Visionary. Review/approve the Risk List. Approve the Business Case for the project to proceed beyond the Elaboration Phase and obtain funding as necessary. Review/agree the Project Plan (or not). This is a major go/no go decision point in the project. Commit the necessary business resources to the rest of the project. #### Construction Phase Monitor project governance. Respond to issues escalated by the Visionary. Review/approve the Risk List. Monitor project governance. Review/agree the Project Plan (or not). Commit the necessary business resources to the rest of the project. #### Transition Phase Monitor project governance. Respond to issues escalated by the Visionary. Review/approve the Risk List. Sign off the delivered system. Determine whether or not the project is to deliver another increment or stop now. #### Post-Project This occurs after the final Transition iteration. Ensure that the Post-Project Review is run if appropriate to the size of project - especially to prove that the Business Case has been achieved.
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