Planning Phase

Planning Phase

1. Defining the Scope

   • You already have a head start on refining the project’s objectives in quantifiable terms
   • you need to plan further and write down all the intermediate and final deliverables that you and your team will produce over the course of the project
   • They include every intermediate document, plan, schedule, budget, blueprint, and anything else
   • All deliverables must be described in a sufficient level of detail so that they can be differentiated from related deliverables
   • Deliverables are the output of each development phase, described in a quantifiable way

2. Project Requirements

   • Requirements describe the characteristics of the final deliverable
   • They describe the required functionality that the final deliverable must have or specific conditions the final deliverable
   • A requirement is an objective that must be met.
   • Requirements specify what the final project deliverable should look like and what it should do
   • Requirements must be measurable, testable, related to identified business needs or opportunities, and defined to a level of detail sufficient for system design
   • They can be divided into six basic categories: functional, non-functional, technical, business, user, and regulatory requirements.

3. Scope Planning

   • Is the very first thing you do to manage your scope
   • You need to have a clear picture of all the work that needs to happen on your project
   • You need to keep that scope up to date and written down in the project’s scope management plan