Planning and Managing Deployment Flashcards
What are the main differences between success and benefits?
Success criteria are agreed upon with the project stakeholders as early as possible and can be changed subject to approval.
Benefits are quantifiable and measurable improvements resulting from the completion of the project.
Who is responsible and accountable for benefits realisation?
Project Sponsor
Who is responsible for the success criteria of a project?
Project manager
What method can be used to highlight project requirements?
MOSCOW
What method can be used to set objectives?
SMART
What five things should be considered when looking at options?
Technical
Social
Procurement
Management
Transition
Define Scope
The totality of outputs, outcomes and benefits and the work required to produce them
What are the typical types of breakdown structure
Product - What will be delivered
Work - Activities to be completed
Cost - Labour/Non labour resources needed
Define Quality
The fitness for purpose or the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to the requirements
What is included within a quality plan?
Methods of verifying that outputs meet requirements
Pass/fail criteria for each method
Frequency of tests, checks, audits
Requirements for resources required
What are the essential steps in contract award?
Define requirements
Establish criteria
Solicit bids
Evaluate proposal
Select winner
What do impact scales in risk management do?
Set a scale for the size of risk that would be tolerable or intolerable
e.g 5% or 10% cost variation
What should be considered in a qualitative risk analysis?
Probability/likelihood of occurrence
Size of impact e.g. on schedule, costs, benefits
What are two types of top down estimates?
Parametric
Analogous
Define parametric
Uses a statistical relationship between historic data and other variables to calculate an estimate
