Project Initiation Inputs and Outputs

Participants:

• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Sponsor
• Project Owner
• Project Manager
• Stakeholders
• Functional Manager
• Project Team

Inputs:

• Project Ideation
  • Project Description/Rationale
  • Complexity Assessment
  • High-level Risk Identification

• Business Case

  • Organizational Need/Demand
  • Scope (high level)
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Feasibility

• Regulatory Demands

  • Audit Findings
  • Legislation/Standards
  • Market Demands
  • University Policies and Procedures 

• Agreements

  • SLA's
  • Organizational Structure

• Institutional Data

  • Historical Process data
  • Performance Indicators
  • Historical Project Documentation
• lessons learned from similar projects, searchable through the Project Artifacts Library

Tools and Techniques:

• Expert Judgement

  • Organizational Knowledge
  • Technical Experts
  • Process Owners
  • Subject Matter Experts
  • Industry Standards
  • Project Management Office

• Tools and Techniques

  • Brainstorming
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Stakeholder Perception Inventory
  • Client/Customer Root Cause Analysis
  • RACI to clarify engagement, influence, roles and responsibilities, etc.

Outputs:

• Project Charter
• Kick-off Meeting
• Stakeholder Register