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Project Stake
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Uncertainty
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How realistic is it to expect that the project can meet
the stated objectives?
How realistic are the project scope, budget and time
requirements?
Are sufficient funds available to complete the
project?
Does the organisation have the technical expertise to
accomplish the project?
Ensure that stakeholders interest being considered.
Objectives:
◦ To find out if a system development project can
be done.
◦ To examine the problem in the context of broader
business strategy.
◦ To suggest possible alternative solutions.
◦ To provide management with sufficient relevant
information.
◦ To allow management to make an informed “go/no-
go” decision.
Elements:
◦ Overview
◦ Objectives
◦ General Approach
◦ Contractual Aspects
◦ Schedules
◦ Resource Requirements
◦ Personnel
◦ Evaluation Methods
◦ Potential Problems
• Things to be studied include:
◦ Economical
E.g. Given resource constraints, is the project possible?
◦ Schedule
E.g. Will a solution be built in time to be useful?
◦ Operational
Urgency of the problem
Acceptability of the solution
Human and social issues
Essential that project teams have clear aims and goals.
“The term aim is used here as meaning what you intend to do:
a goal is the desired outcome. Objectives focus on achieving
the aims – means to an end.”
Field and Keller (2007)
Objectives should cover
◦ What is to be done?
◦ How it is to be done
The work at all levels of the WBS should be defined in terms of results,
or deliverables, it is intended to achieve for:
The stages in the life cycle model are apt to run into
problems.