Project%20Initiation

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Project Initiation

• Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.

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Project Phases

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling
5. Closing

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Project Phases

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling
5. Closing

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Project Phases

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling
5. Closing

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Project Phases

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling
5. Closing

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Project Phases

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling
5. Closing

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

If implementing EHR, record a customer who had
received wrong medication. Make it clear how EHR
will reduce medication errors.
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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

If implementing EHR, record a customer who had
received wrong medication. Make it clear how EHR
will reduce medication errors.
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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation
Stakeholders interested in value of IT
Investors Requirement decision makers Users
of IT services Providers of IT services
Managers Developers or vendors Operators
Other Security, privacy and/or risk officers
Assurance advisors

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

Detailing is the process of walking a person
through a new way of doing things, e.g. when a
pharmaceutical salesman walks the doctor through
use of a new medication
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Project Initiation

• Select right project
• Clear business case
• Data on extent of problem
• Let customers voice speak
• Project risks assessed
• Similar projects reviewed
• Environmental threats scanned
• Stakeholders identified
• Project scope defined

The Scope of work must be understood Rapid
Prototyping
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Take Home Lesson

• Use media effectively in project initiation