Milestone, Deliverable, Work Area

Task Name
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Initiation

PROJECT INITIATION

Initiation

Complete preliminary project planning worksheet

Initiation

Conduct sponsor review

Initiation

Complete sponsor one-page worksheet

Initiation

Draft project initiation plan

Initiation

Define business objectives

Initiation

Define deliverables

Initiation

Identify resources

Initiation

Define project team

Initiation

Define Interdependencies

Initiation

Define risks

Initiation

Define success criteria

Initiation

Conduct project kickoff

Planning

PROJECT PLANNING: Detailed Planning

Planning

Develop work breakdown structure (WBS)

Planning

Develop detailed project schedule

Planning

Develop risk management plan

Planning

Develop vendor management plan

Planning

Develop change control plan

Planning

Draft stakeholder engagement / outreach / campus readiness

plan

Planning

Conduct campus readiness workshop

Planning

Deliverable: Work Breakdown Structure

Planning

Deliverable: Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach (Campus

Readiness)

Planning

Deliverable: Risk Management Plan

Planning

Deliverable: Project Schedule

Planning

Deliverable: Vendor Management Plan

Planning

Deliverable: Change Control Plan

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Peer/Industry Analysis

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Map business processes

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Define functional requirements

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Define usability and accessibility requirements

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Define technical requirements (h/w, s/w needs)

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Stakeholder validation/communication

Discovery / Requirements Gathering

Team meeting: finalize and sign-off on requirements

Design

Design

Design

Create a prototype and/or spec

Design

Review architecture through ARB

Design

Establish preliminary migration/roll-out schedule

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Validation of user training/documentation needs

Design

Define roles & responsibilities for steady-state support

Design

Validate with Sponsor

Procure / Develop

Procure / Develop

Procure / Develop

Negotiate vendor contract

Procure / Develop

Build solution

Procure / Develop

Build an overall test plan & create test scripts

Procure / Develop

Build a customer outreach plan to get testers and update

stakeholders

Procure / Develop

Create training and documentation

Procure / Develop

Team sign-off on unit testing

Test

Test

Test

Integration testing

Test

QA/ User acceptance testing

Test

Obtain UAT signoff

Test

Performance testing / stress testing

Test

Vulnerability testing

Test

Regression testing

Test

Migration testing

Delivery
Delivery
Delivery

Delivery
Conduct user training
Complete Support Services Eligibility Checklist

Delivery

Migrate to new system

Delivery

Put new system in production

Delivery

1-month project shake-out

Delivery
Delivery
Delivery
Closeout
Closeout
Closeout
Closeout
Closeout

Validate success criteria met with sponsor

Transfer ownership to steady-state owners
Decommission old system
Close out
Conduct sponsor close-out meeting
Conduct project close-out session (obj's, deliverables, success
criteria, lessons learned)
Close out vendor/consulting contracts & budgets
Provide post-project review to project manager and OIT
technical lead

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Resource Names

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