Products Flashcards
Types of products
Evolutionary
Milestone
Pre-Project Phase Products
Terms of Reference
Feasibility Products
Business Case Prioritised Requirements List Solution Architecture Definition Development Approach Definition Delivery Plan Management Approach Definition Feasibility Assessment
Foundations Products
Foundations Summary
Evolutionary Development Products
Evolving Solution
Timebox Plan
Timebox Review Record
Deployment Products
Product Review Report
Post-Project Phase Products
Benefit Assessment
Business Aspect Products
Business Case
Prioritised Requirements List
Benefit Assessment
Solution Aspect Products
Solution Architecture Definition
Development Approach Definition
Evolving Solution
Management Aspect Products
Delivery Plan Management Approach Definition Feasibility Assessment (at end of Feasibility) Timebox Plan Timebox Review Record Product Review Report
Milestone Products
Terms of reference
Feasibility assessment
Foundations summary
Product review report
Evolutionary Products
Business case Prioritised requirements list Solution architecture definition Development approach definition Delivery plan Management approach definition Evolving solution Timebox plan Timebox review record
Milestone product
Description of the business driver and major objectives
Used for positioning the project within a portfolio
Used to prioritise projects needing to be executed
Is a governance product
Terms of Reference
Sets out the business vision - description of the changed business as it is expected to be, both incrementally as solution is deployed and fully evolved upon completion
Justification based on investment position, calculated by cost of project vs. benefits it’s expected to deliver, taking into account the risk associated.
Acts as a driver for decision making throughout the project
Spells out why the project is worth doing. Baselined at end of feasibility and updated throughout project
Identifies any major risks the project is likely to face
Is an evolutionary product
Business Case
Is an evolutionary product
Describes the requirements that the project needs to address and the priority of each requirement with respect to meeting the business needs
Defines the high level scope of the project. Baselined version, delivered at end of feasibility, defines high-level scope. Any change to breadth needs to be handled formally. Adding, removing, or making significant revisions to high-level requirements.
Evolves throughout the project lifecycle as more detail emerges around the requirements
Prioritised Requirements List
Is an evolutionary product
Provides a high-level design framework for the solution
Covers the business and technical aspects of the solution to a level of detail that helps define the scope
Without constraining the evolutionary development
At feasibility, may just be a sketch. By end of Foundations, detailed enough so that both business and technical aspects understood by all participants.
Solution Architecture Definition
Is an evolutionary product
Describes at a high level what tools, techniques, customs practices, and standards will be applied to the evolutionary development of the solution
Includes the project’s strategy for testing and review
Assures the relevant stakeholders that a solution which is fit for purpose will be delivered
Development Approach Definition
Schedule of the project increments
Include the timeboxes which make up the increment
Increments will be laid out in as much detail as is required
Is an evolutionary product.
Additional detail will be added as the project unfolds. Unlikely to be task details included
Delivery Plan
Sets out the high-level approach to project management
Include detail of how the project will be organised - planning approach, how stakeholders will be communicated with, how progress is to be assessed and reported on
Baselined at the end of Foundations - evolves further only when an identified area requires improvement or if circumstances change
Management Approach Definition
Is a milestone product
Created at the end of Feasibility
Provides a picture of the evolving business, solution, and management products that have been produced.
Summary of rest of Foundations products.
May take the form of a Summary Report outlining the content OR may simply be a baseline collection.
Each product in its own right should have sufficient detail as to allow a sensible decision to be made, relating to feasibility of project.
Is a governance product, Supports decision-making.
Feasibility Assessment
Is a milestone product.
Provides a picture of the evolving business, solution, and management products that have been produced or updated in the Foundations phase
Each of the products should have sufficient detail as to allow a decision to be made, whether project likely to make appropriate return on investment. May be Summary Report, or may be baseline collection of each of them.
Is a governance product
Foundations Summary
Is an evolutionary product
Comprised of all the appropriate components of the solution together with any intermediate deliverables
Intermediate deliverables may be those necessary to explore the details of requirements and the solution under construction
May include things like models, prototypes, supporting materials, or even testing & assurance artifacts
Created incrementally and each increment is comprised of a number of timeboxes.
Evolving Solution
Focuses on the high-level detail for each timebox set out in the delivery plan
Establishes the work to be executed
Defines the deliverables to be created within the relevant timebox
Details which resources are assigned to execute the defined tasks
Created by the Solution Delivery Team
Can take format of team board potentially, showing work to be done, in progress, and completed
Typically updated on daily basis
Timebox Plan
Is an evolutionary product
Captures feedback from each review that takes place within the timebox
Provides information on what has been achieved so far, and any relevant lessons
Provides auditable evidence of the review (in heavily regulated environments). Comments from business advisors or relevant experts.
Is a governance product
Timebox Review Record
Is a milestone product
Created at the end of each increment when a solution increment is deployed
Provides information on what has been delivered and what has not
Captures any lessons learned from the increment retrospective and describes any benefits, which should begin to accrue
At end of final increment at project closure, final retrospective is carried out to reflect on the project as a whole
Is a governance product - auditable reference to performance aspects
Product Review Report
Describes the benefits which have been accrued since the solution was deployed into an operational environment
May break the benefits down to an increment basis
Collate the benefits into an overall assessment of the project. May be useful to have a number created on periodic base for large projects
Benefit Assessment
