SUPERB IT SOLUTIONS PROJECT

Initiation Phase ............................................................................................................................ 4

Define project scope ............................................................................................................................... 4
Define project objective.......................................................................................................................... 4
Produce business case ........................................................................................................................... 4
Perform feasibility study ......................................................................................................................... 4
Determine project team ......................................................................................................................... 4
Planning Phase ............................................................................................................................ 4
Gather project team ............................................................................................................................... 4
Determine business requirements ......................................................................................................... 4
Define deliverables ................................................................................................................................. 4
Create future process models ................................................................................................................. 4
Functional specifications......................................................................................................................... 4
Estimate costs ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Produce schedule .................................................................................................................................... 4
Gather resources..................................................................................................................................... 4
Identify potential risks ............................................................................................................................ 4
Create assumptions ................................................................................................................................ 4
Obtain approval/acceptance from stakeholder...................................................................................... 4
Performance Phase ...................................................................................................................... 4
System Design ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Define technical architecture.................................................................................................................. 4
Define system standards......................................................................................................................... 4
Create technical specifications ............................................................................................................... 4
System prototypes .................................................................................................................................. 4
Create test plans ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Status meeting with stakeholder ............................................................................................................ 5
Stakeholder approvals ............................................................................................................................ 5
System Development .............................................................................................................................. 5
Develop & test software ......................................................................................................................... 5
Staff training manual .............................................................................................................................. 5
Unit/integration/system test results ...................................................................................................... 5
Performance testing ............................................................................................................................... 5
User acceptance testing .......................................................................................................................... 5
Status meeting with stakeholder ............................................................................................................ 5
Stakeholder approval .............................................................................................................................. 5
System Implementation .......................................................................................................................... 5
Create acceptance environment............................................................................................................. 5
Data initialization & test results .............................................................................................................. 5
Acceptance test results ........................................................................................................................... 5
Updated supporting material ................................................................................................................. 5
Status meeting with stakeholder ............................................................................................................ 5
Stakeholder approval .............................................................................................................................. 5
Control Phase 5
Track project status................................................................................................................................. 5
Cost control ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Schedule control ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Risk analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Status meeting with stakeholder ............................................................................................................ 5
Stakeholder approvals ............................................................................................................................ 5
Closeout Phase ............................................................................................................................ 6
Staff training ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Data conversion ...................................................................................................................................... 6
System deployment ................................................................................................................................ 6
Sign-off/Acceptance................................................................................................................................ 6
1 INITIATION PHASE

1.1 DEFINE PROJECT SCOPE

1.2 DEFINE PROJECT OBJECTIVE

1.3 PRODUCE BUSINESS CASE

1.4 PERFORM FEASIBILITY STUDY

1.5 DETERMINE PROJECT TEAM

2 PLANNING PHASE

2.1 GATHER PROJECT TEAM

2.2 DETERMINE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

2.3 DEFINE DELIVERABLES

2.4 CREATE FUTURE PROCESS MODELS

2.5 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS

2.6 ESTIMATE COSTS

2.7 PRODUCE SCHEDULE

2.8 GATHER RESOURCES

2.9 IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RISKS

2.10 CREATE ASSUMPTIONS

2.11 OBTAIN APPROVAL/ACCEPTANCE FROM STAKEHOLDER

3 PERFORMANCE PHASE

3.1 SYSTEM DESIGN

3.1.1 DEFINE TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE

3.1.2 DEFINE SYSTEM STANDARDS

3.1.3 CREATE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

3.1.4 SYSTEM PROTOTYPES

3.1.5 CREATE TEST PLANS

3.1.6 STATUS MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDER

3.1.7 STAKEHOLDER APPROVALS

3.2 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

3.2.1 DEVELOP & TEST SOFTWARE

3.2.2 STAFF TRAINING MANUAL

3.2.3 UNIT/INTEGRATION/SYSTEM TEST RESULTS

3.2.4 PERFORMANCE TESTING

3.2.5 USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING

3.2.6 STATUS MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDER

3.2.7 STAKEHOLDER APPROVAL

3.3 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

3.3.1 CREATE ACCEPTANCE ENVIRONMENT

3.3.2 DATA INITIALIZATION & TEST RESULTS

3.3.3 ACCEPTANCE TEST RESULTS

3.3.4 UPDATED SUPPORTING MATERIAL

3.3.5 STATUS MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDER

3.3.6 STAKEHOLDER APPROVAL

4 CONTROL PHASE

4.1 TRACK PROJECT STATUS

4.2 COST CONTROL

4.3 SCHEDULE CONTROL

4.4 RISK ANALYSIS

4.5 STATUS MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDER

4.6 STAKEHOLDER APPROVALS

5 CLOSEOUT PHASE

5.1 STAFF TRAINING

5.2 DATA CONVERSION

5.3 SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT

5.4 SIGN-OFF/ACCEPTANCE