XMind

IT Project Phases

1. Phase 1 - Project Kick Off

   1. Business Case Presentation

   2. SOW - Statement of Work Discussion

   3. Introduction of PM and Team

   4. Review Project Stages / Methodology

   5. Define Project Team

   6. Discuss Risk, Issue and Change Management

   7. High Level Project Plan Review

   8. Project Schedule / Go Live

   9. Develop Communication Plan

2. Phase 2 - Planning Deliverables

   1. Functional Requirements Specification, FRS

   2. Reporting requirements

   3. Data migration requirements

   4. Data integration requirements

   5. Security Requirements

   6. Regulatory and Legal requirements

   7. Detailed Project Plan

   8. Revised Project Schedule

   9. Revised Project Impact

3. Phase 3 - Design Deliverables

   1. Functional Design Requirements, FDS

   2. Revised Project Schedule

   3. Revised Risk and Issues List

   4. Weekly Project Status Reports

   5. Weekly Project Status Meetings

   6. Assignment of team members

4. Phase 4 - Development Deliverables

   1. Weekly Project Status Meetings

   2. Technical Design Document (TDD) – this is optional and does not require signoff

   3. Periodic development reviews/demos – scheduled as required by the project

   4. Revised Project Schedule (revised weekly as needed)

   5. Revised Risk and Issues List

   6. Weekly Project Status Reports

5. Phase 5 - Testing Deliverables

   1. Developed System

   2. User Acceptance Testing signoff

   3. Revised Project Schedule

   4. Revised Risk and Issues List

   5. Weekly Project Status Reports

   6. Weekly Project Status Meetings

6. Phase 6 - Training Deliverables

   1. Training plan

   2. Training materials

   3. Training environment

   4. Revised Project Schedule

   5. Revised Risk and Issues List

   6. Weekly Project Status Reports

   7. Weekly Project Status Meetings

7. Phase 7 - Deployment Deliverables

   1. Production environment

   2. Live data load

   3. Deployed production-ready system

   4. Revised Project Schedule

   5. Revised Risk and Issues List

   6. Weekly Project Status Reports

   7. Weekly Project Status Meetings

8. Phase 8 - Close out Deliverables

   1. Project Close Out Report

   2. Formal Acceptance Document

   3. Lessons Learned