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Requirements Management
Requirements often make or break projects. If the requirements are not well known in advance, the way that you handle this situation will have a significant impact.
Knowing the requirements is important, but it is more important to be in control of the requirements, and to know what is excluded as well.
Exclusions
For clarity, you should state any known exclusions that are definitely not part of the project, especially if there is a chance that someone might reasonably assume they are included.
Add an exclusion
Specify an exclusion from your project. Examples are
Known requirements
List the major known requirements for your project. If there are a lot, then you might choose to put these in a separate map. You can always come back and add more later. The important thing is that the requirements are gathered in one place and are roughly classified. Requirements can include:
Add a requirement
Add a requirement in the topic text. Requirements should be specific enough to be tested. Prioritise it with MoSCoW grades by clicking on an icon:
Requirements Management
How will you respond when requirements change? How will you keep track of changing requirements?
Indicate your confidence level
How confident do you feel about the requirements specification for this project? Can you start designing now, or will you need to spend time defining the requirements?
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Risks and Issues
Projects of all sizes face risks and issues, which must both be proactively managed.
Risks are characterised by their probability, and their severity if they do occur. They can be controlled by reducing their probability and/or reducing the severity of their impact.
Issues need to be identified early and addressed early, otherwise they might become critical later and cause a delay.
Issues Log
Issues are risks that have already occurred. Even if your project has not yet started, you might already know of some issues. It is good practice to maintain a log of current issues so that they do not get forgotten.
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Risk Log
The Risk Log contains the main risks that might affect the project outcome. This does not need to be highly detailed, nor should you include large-scale events such as earthquakes. Typical project risks include:
Project activities and schedule
Although we are not planning a detailed schedule here, this map should include the major work elements so that they can be broken down into tasks later.
Communications plan
Communications are vital to your project, so that all stakeholders know what they need to know to play their part. A communications plan helps you to keep everyone informed.
Key communications events
Your communications plan should include a number of key events, with specific purposes and outcomes. You can choose from the suggestion that follow or add your own.
Add another event
Add other project communications events not listed above, or press Enter to skip.
Include a project review?
The project review meeting takes place once the project has been closed, and examines the processes that led to both success and failure in the project. The goal of the review meeting is to improve processes and techniques for the next time.
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Include quality reviews?
If you have specific quality criteria to meet, or have a quality regime in your organisation, you may need to conduct periodic reviews to ensure that the project could pass an audit at any time.
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Include risk and issue reviews?
You should periodically review project risks and issues, to ensure that new risks are not emerging, and that issues are not being left unaddressed.
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Include progress reviews?
If the project is large enough or if you are using an Agile methodology, you will need regular progress reviews with a consistent agenda.
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Include stage planning meetings?
If your project is large, or if you are using an Agile methodology, you may need regular planning meetings to schedule the project in stages.
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Project Stakeholders
A 'Stakeholder' is anyone who might be affected by the project or its outcomes. Some stakeholders are clear, for example the customer and users. But sometimes there are hidden stakeholders, such as people who share the resources that the project will also use. You will need a list of stakeholders for your communication plans.
Other stakeholders
Who else might have an interest in the project or its outcomes?
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Add a stakeholder name. For clarity, add their interest in brackets after their name. Think about people who:
Partners and suppliers
Will you be working with any external partners or suppliers to deliver your project?
Add a partner or supplier
Add a partner or supplier. You can add their service or speciality in brackets after their name.
The project team
Your project team may consist of direct members and people who support the project in other ways.
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Users
The users of the outcome of your project may not be the same as the customers who pay the bill. Who are the users, and who represents their interests on the project?
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Customers
Who are the people in the customer's organisation who are important to the project?
Add a customer representative
Add a customer representative. These might include people who:
Customer account manager
Who takes care of the customer, and represents their interests with your team?
Add an account manager
Add a customer account manager.
Project sponsors
Project sponsors are the senior members of your organisation who are backing (or will need to be persuaded to back) your project. They provide the authority for the project.
Add a project sponsor
Add a name and press Enter.
The Business Case
The Business Case justifies the investment in the project. If your project is already approved, then you can skip over this section and delete it later. But if you need buy-in for your project, then you may need to make a simple business case.
Strategic 'fit'
How well does this project fit your strategy?
Is it 'strategic'?
Does it help you along the road towards strategic goals, either for your team, department or company?
Add a strategic reason
Add a strategic reason for this project.
Recreación
Alimentación
Key benefits
What are the key benefits to your organisation in taking this project forward?
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Estimated costs
Estimated costs will help to determine the level of authorisation required, the cost/benefit ratio, and the opportunity costs of the project.
Impuestos incluidos.
The Statement of Work
The first thing to write is the Statement of Work. This gives a high-level overview of the major items that the project should deliver.
Project constraints
A constraint is a condition that must be met. Constraints set non-negotiable limits and are often restrictive.
Add a Constraint
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Project assumptions
What assumptions are you making in order to deliver this project successfully?
What is outside your control, or is on your list to'deal with later'?
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Milestones
A project milestone is an event that shows progress along the path towards completion. Milestones usually have deadline dates.
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Deliverables
A project deliverable is evidence of real progress. It is something that can be handed to your customers or users.
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