The project will be deemed complete when all tasks in the workplan have been finished, all documents have been signed off by the sponsor, all issues addressed, evaluations done, post-implementation review scheduled, resources and contracts finalized, and files archived.
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The project will be deemed successful when all the objectives have been met
1. The project will be deemed successful when all the objectives have been met.
The project will be deemed complete when:
all tasks in the project workplan have been completed;
all project documents are complete and signed off by the project sponsor;
all project issues have been addressed;
the project evaluation has been completed;
the post implementation review has been scheduled;
all project staff and physical resource release activities have been completed;
all project-related contract finalization activities have been completed; and
all project files are completed and documentation archived.
# Activities Responsibility Audience Method Suggested
timeframe
1. Collect Project Project Leaders, Project Manager MS Project, Status Rpt, Weekly
Status Team Team Review Mtg,
Email
2. Status Report Project Manager Sponsor, MS Word document Weekly, bi-
Stakeholders weekly or
monthly.
3. Milestone Report Project Manager Sponsor, MS Project, Report, With status
Stakeholders Review Mtg. report.
4. Report Project Project Manager Ministry Project Status Report Weekly, bi-
Status Executive weekly or
Management monthly.
5. Information Communications Stakeholders, Web Quarterly
Bulletins representative Public
6. (etc.)
Role Responsibilities
Project Sponsor Responsible for the project
Establishes business objectives
Confirms and approves project scope
Acquires and ensures sufficient funding is obtained
Acquires and ensures sufficient program resources
Chairs Steering Committee
Promotes project
Monitors overall progress
Approves major deliverables
Ensures major objectives are being met
2. Role Responsibilities
Reviews and approves Change Requests
Provides direction to project manager and client manager
Resolves issues arising from the project
Responsible for final sign-off of the project.
Project Steering Committee Provides project direction and guidance
Ensures stakeholders interests are maintained
Discusses and resolves project issues
Reviews and resolves scope and change requests
Ensures that all acceptance sign-off activities are
completed or returned within [one/three/five] business
days.
Reviews regular project status reports
Reviews and approves major project deliverables
Advisory Group Provides expert advice to the Sponsor and Steering
Committee
Project Manager Responsible for the delivery of the final product and all
interim deliverables as agreed in this MPP and by
subsequent change control.
Plans and controls all project activities.
Identifies and acquires resources.
Attends all Joint Application Design, project status and
review meetings as detailed in the project plan.
Completes the assigned tasks at the scheduled time as
indicated in the project plan.
Manages issues, decisions, changes, and problems to
resolution.
Communicates status and project information to sponsor,
committees, and project stakeholders on a regular basis as
agreed.
Ensures all project tasks and deliverables conform to
Quality Management standards where they exist and are
appropriate to the project.
Manages the project team including contributing to
performance processes.
Monitors contract(s) and ensures that contracted
deliverables meet the specifications defined in Schedule A
of the contract
Working Group Provides expert advice to the Project Manager and Team
Leaders.
Client or Business Area Manager Responsible for defining business requirements
Responsible for business process re-engineering
Defines acceptance criteria
Responsible for acquiring business area expertise
Participates in planning processes
Attends all Joint Application Design and review meetings
as detailed in the project plan
Completes assigned tasks at the scheduled time as
indicated in the project plan
3. Role Responsibilities
Verifies that the business analysis and business
requirements truly meet the business needs
Identifies issues, impacts and remedial actions
Reports user status to sponsor and steering committee
Communicates project status and business concerns to the
project team
Reviews and approves interim project deliverables
Recommends sign-off of project deliverables to the
Steering Committee
Responsible for user documentation
Responsible for acceptance testing
Assists with final implementation [ note: may manage the
implementation]
[Name of Contract Company] Manages the production of all [contractor] deliverables
Project Manager Ensures deliverables are completed on time, within budget
and working according to specification.
Communicates project status to the Project Manager.
Receives and acts on any Change Requests from the
Project Manager.
Identifies and participates in the resolution of problems
and issues
Ensures all specifications defined in Schedule A of the
contract are met.
Ensures skills transfer training to technical and/or
business area staff
Team Leader of Project Sub- Provides first point of contact for communication with the
Component sub-component project team
Negotiates delivery dates with project manager
Produces and validates sub-component plans
Ensures production of sub-component deliverables
Manages and motivates the project team on a day-to-day
basis
Ensures all resources are supplied on time
Confronts issues and escalates problems
Monitors standards
Performs inspections and acceptance as required by
quality management plan
Provides advice to the Project Manager as required.
Business Analyst Identifies, collects and ensures priortization of business
requirements
Documents clearly and consistently the business
requirements
Ensures the business requirements truly meet the business
needs as defined by the Client Manager
Ensures the conceptual design meets the requirements
Completes assigned tasks at the scheduled time as
indicated in the project plan.
Identifies and participates in the resolution of problems
4. Role Responsibilities
and issues
Business Expert(s) Defines business requirements
Defines acceptance test scenarios and cases
Provides business expertise
Verifies the documented business requirements
Develops user documentation
Reviews and approves acceptance test results
Identifies and participates in resolution of problems and
issues
Participates in development of user training
Liaisons with external business areas
Policy Analyst Identifies policy requirements
Analyzes existing policies
Develops / revises policy statements
Develops policy communication and implementation plans
Technical Coordinator Ensures consistency of design with existing standards
Ensures that all technical components are compatible with
others
Provides a centre of expertise for the use of the tools in the
project
Manages and directs the use(reuse) of generic code,
objects and components
Establishes and ensures use of naming conventions,
coding standards, field lengths etc
Organizes and runs technical review sessions as required
by product descriptions
Monitors Configuration Management, version control and
change control during development
Lead Developer Provides a first point of contact with the technical
development team
Negotiates delivery dates with the Team Leader
Produces and validates development plans
Motivates technical development team
Designs and builds product deliverable(s) according to
specifications
Communicates with User representatives
Confronts issues and escalates problems
Attends workshop sessions to input or demonstrate as
required
Developer / Contractor Provides input to planning processes
Development Team Designs and builds product deliverable(s) according to
specifications
Plans, runs, records and acts upon results of Unit Tests
Implements determined standards
Communicates test results to Technical Coordinator
Communicates with User representatives
Advises Technical Coordinator on implementation issues
Attends workshop sessions to input or demonstrate as
5. Role Responsibilities
required
Client / Business Area Responsible for defining business requirements
Responsible for business process re-engineering
Defines acceptance criteria
Completes assigned tasks at the scheduled time as
indicated in the project plan
Verifies that the business analysis and business
requirements truly meet the business needs
Reviews and approves interim project deliverables
Recommends sign-off of project deliverables to the
Sponsor
Responsible for user documentation
Responsible for acceptance testing
Acceptance Test Team Executes the User Acceptance Test Plan
Documents the results of the tests
Re-tests as required.
Identifies and participates in the resolution of problems
and issues
Implementation Team Installs and implements client software (including
documentation) into production environment.
Project Team Scribe Acts as configuration librarian to ensure Configuration
Management, version control and change control
Documents review and records change requests
Ensures documents and models are retained in accordance
with product descriptions and quality standards
Produces workshop materials
Ensures timely distribution of documentation to workshop
attendees, reviewers, management etc
Creates and maintains project directories
Updates Project Journal
Workshop Facilitator Provides skilled, disinterested workshop facilitation as
required
Prepares for and follows-up facilitated workshops
Ensures production of facilitated workshop documentation
and materials before, during and after workshops
Specialist Database Administrator Establishes and maintains project environments, including
Development, Test, Production and Training
Manages system/application security
Provides access as required
Migrates system/application from Development to Test,
Test to Production, and Test to Training as required
Provides technical advice within the scope of database
administration
Specialist Quality Assurance Reviews project deliverables and provides advice with
regard to ministry standards
Specialist Standards and Provides guidance to the project as required with regard to
Architecture ministry standards
Reviews project deliverables and provides feedback
6. Role Responsibilities
Specialist Project Management Provides guidance to the project with regard to project
Office management and project management documentation
Reviews project management documentation and provides
feedback
Trainers Develops training material
Trains user staff in the use of the system.
Technical Writers / Documentation Develops technical documentation
Analysts [and/or] Develops user documentation