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G-12 Project Start

Business Objective: Declare the start of the project. This gate is used to kick-off finalization of the feature set and project strategy.

Owner: Project Sponsor

Review Board: N/A

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G12.R1

Project Sponsor

 

 

·          Assigned

G12.R2

Project Manager

 

 

·          Assigned

G-11 Project Strategy Lock-Down

Business Objective: Approved set of features and project strategy

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G11.R1

Market Requirements for Scope of Work

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Feature description reviewed and approved

G11.R2

High-level effort estimate

Performing Organization(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Quick quote estimate available

G11.R3

Project Strategy

Project Sponsor(s)

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Project Strategy

·     Timeline

·     R&D budget

·     Affordability %

·     Releases to be included

·     Anchor objectives

G11.R4

G-11, G-10 and G-6 Review Board

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Assigned

G11.R5

Previous Gates Passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-12 and G-11 requirements have been satisfied

G11.R6

Management Review:

·     Project Strategy Decision

Review Board

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Approved strategy

 

G-10 Requirements Scope Lock-Down

Business Objective: Approve the scope of work for which the organization will commit to develop requirements.

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G10.R1

Initial portfolio scope

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Reviewed & approved

G10.R2

Project resource plan

Performing Organization(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Preliminary resource plan

G10.R3

Business plan impact assessment

Contracting Organization(s)

Project Sponsor

·          Adjusted for high-level scope

G10.R4

Previous gates passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-10 requirements have been satisfied

G10.R5

Management Review:

·     Project Scope Selection Decision

Review Board

·          Project Manager

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Consistent with the organization’s ability to deliver

 

 

G-9 Definition Phase Plan Approved

Business Objective: Approve the plan to execute the definition phase so that the project’s business requirements (scope, timeframe and cost) are met.

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G9.R1

Plan for the Definition Phase

Project Manager

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

For Definition Phase:

·     Detailed schedule

·     Resource/cost assigned

·     Capital budget developed

·     Risk plan developed

·     Scope defined

·     Quality plan defined

·     Configuration management plan defined

·     Communication plan defined

 

 

G-8 System Requirements Definition Approved

Business Objective: Approval of the system requirements definition(s) by the Contracting Organization(s).

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G8.R1

System requirements specification

Requirements function of the PO(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Inspected, approved and baselined

 

 

 

G-7 Lock-Down Level Estimates Complete

Business Objective: Completion of the estimates and scope refinement necessary for Lock-Down.

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Allocation Function of the Performing Organization(s), Development Function of the Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G7.R1

Estimation documentation

Allocation function of the Performing Organization(s)

Development function of the Performing Organization(s)

·          Allocated requirements, system interface and other information necessary to perform estimation has passed design review

G7.R2

Refined resource estimates

Performing Organization(s)

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Development function of the PO(s)

·          Meets risk criteria necessary for Lock-Down

G7.R3

Final portfolio scope

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization

·          Reviewed and approved, up to 100% of allocated affordability

G7.R4

WBS

Development function of the PO(s)

Project Manager

·          High-level


 

 G-6 Project Lock-Down

Business Objective: Obtain commitment between the Performing Organization(s) and the Contracting Organization(s) for the delivery of a defined project scope of work within a defined timeframe. (This scope is a refinement of the G-10 scope/plan).

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Service Organization

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G6.R1

Project plan (High-level) with sufficient information to demonstrate the ability to deliver on the commitment

Project Manager

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          High-level schedule developed through GA

·          Resource/cost profiles developed through GA

·          Capital budget approved

·          Risk plan developed

·          Scope defined

·          Quality plan defined

·          Configuration management plan defined

·          Communication plan defined

G6.R2

Deployment Plan

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          FOA site(s) selected

·          CRO criteria defined

·          Cross product test traceability for system features developed

·          Hardware requirements identified

·          HW/SW configurations to be deployed defined

·          Features to be deployed identified

G6.R3

Service Plan

Performing Organization(s)

·          Service Organization

·          Training Organization

·          Deployment tool impacts identified

·          Product training requirements defined

·          Documentation requirements  defined

G6.R4

Business plan impact assessment

Contracting Organization(s)

Project Sponsor

·          Adjusted for final scope

G6.R5

G-4, G-2 and G-0  Review Boards

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Assigned

G6.R6

Previous gates passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-9, G-8, G-7 and G-6 requirements have been satisfied

G6.R7

Management Review:

·     Project Scope/ Cost/Schedule Commitment

Review Board

·          Project Manager

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Consistent with high-level plan

 

 

G-5 Detailed Plans Complete

Business Objective: Approval of the detailed project plan and commitment of appropriate resources to execute the plan.

Owner: Project Manager

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G5.R1

Project plan (Detailed)  with sufficient information to detail the assignment of work to achieve the commitment

Development function of the PO(s)

Project Manager

·    G-6 High-level plan plus:

·     Detailed schedule

·     Resources assigned

G5.R2

Allocated requirements

Allocation function of the PO(s)

Development function of the PO(s)

·          Inspected and traceable to system requirements

G5.R3

System Interface Specification

Allocation function of the PO(s)

Development function of the PO(s)

·          Inspected

G5.R4

Product Functional Specifications

Requirements function of the PO(s)

Development function of the PO(s)

·          Inspected and traceable to system requirements

 


G-4 Begin Validation

Business Objective: Ensure that the product meets the defined project scope and that the quality of the product is at an acceptable level to proceed to the Validation phase.

Owner: Validation Function of the Performing Organization(s)

Review Board: Project Manager, Validation function of the Performing Organization(s), Development Function of the Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G4.R1

Product

Development function of the PO(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Contains all defined scope

·          Under Configuration Management

G4.R2

Test preparation complete

Validation function of the PO(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Lab configuration complete

·          Test tools available

·          Test cases available

G4.R3

Development testing results

Development function of the PO(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Agreed upon % run

·          Agreed upon % pass

·          Agreed upon open problems

G4.R4

System Integration results

Development function of the PO(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Agreed upon % run

·          Agreed upon % pass

·          Agreed upon open problems

G4.R5

Preliminary product documentation

Development function of the PO(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Install procedures complete

·          User documentation available

·          Previously known problems documented

·          Customer interface changes documented

·          Customer feature descriptions documented

G4.R6

Field performance criteria

Performing Organization(s)

Validation function of the PO(s)

·          Reviewed and approved

G4.R7

Previous gates passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-5 and G-4 requirements have been satisfied

G4.R8

Management Review:

·     Go/No-Go Decision

Review Board

·          Project Manager

·          Validation function of the PO(s)

 

 

 


G-3 Begin System Certification

Business Objective: Approve release of the product to System Certification Testing.

Owner: Contracting Organization(s)

Review Board: Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), System Certification Function of the Contracting Organization(s), Validation function of the Performing Organization(s)

Requirements:

 

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G3.R1

System test results

Validation function of the PO(s)

System Certification Function of the CO(s)

·          Agreed upon % run

·          Agreed upon % pass

·          Agreed upon open problems

 

 

G-2 Begin FOA

Business Objective: Approve release of the product for first office application.

Owner: Contracting Organization(s)

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), System Certification Function of the Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s), Validation function of the Performing Organization(s), Service Organization

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G2.R1

Product & documentation

Development function of the PO(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          SQA approved FOA release package

G2.R2

Product & user documentation test results

Validation function of the PO(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          100% run

·          100% pass

·          No P1/P2 problems

G2.R3

Certification test results

System Certification Function of the CO(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          100% complete

·          No P1/P2 problems

G2.R4

IDP

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Approved by customer

G2.R5

Deployment plan

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          CRO criteria defined

G2.R6

Customer site

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Site preparation complete

G2.R7

Service training

Training Organization

·          Service Organization

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Pilot training complete for SEs and FEs of the FOA site

G2.R8

Deployment tools

Service Organization

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Deployment tool updates complete

G2.R9

Market analysis

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this gate

G2.R10

Risk mitigation plan

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Addresses any open issues associated with this gate

G2.R11

Previous gates passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-3 and G-2 requirements have been satisfied

G2.R12

Management Review:

·     Go/No-Go Decision

Review Board

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

 

 


G-1 Begin Controlled Rollout (optional)

Business Objective: Approve the release of the product for controlled rollout. This gate is only required when a CRO is planned as an integral phase of the project.

Owner: Contracting Organization(s)

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s), Service Organization

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G1.R1

Customer site

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Site preparation complete

·          Site meets CRO criteria

G1.R2

FOA test results

Performing Organization(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          100% run

·          100% pass

·          No P1/P2 problems

G1.R3

IDP

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Approved by customer

G1.R4

Service training

Performing Organization(s)

·          Contracting Organization(s)

·          Service Organization

·          Pilot training complete for SEs and FEs of the CRO site

 

G1.R5

 

Market analysis

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this gate

G1.R6

Risk mitigation plan

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Addresses any open issues associated with this gate


 

G-0 General Availability    

Business Objective: Approve the release of the product for general availability.

Owner: Contracting Organization(s)

Review Board: Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Contracting Organization(s), Performing Organization(s), Service Organization

Requirements:

 

ID

Description

Supplier

Receiver

Criteria

G0.R1

GA product & documentation

Development function of the PO(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          SQA approved GA release package

G0.R2

FOA test results

Performing Organization(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          100% run

·          100% pass

·          No P1/P2 problems

G0.R3

Deployment plan complete

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          All objectives satisfied

G0.R4

GA IDP template

Service Organization

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Available

G0.R5

Marketing information

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          Final available

G0.R6

Order entry system

Performing Organization(s)

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Updated to allow new product to be ordered

G0.R7

Customer training

Training Organization

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Customer classes available

G0.R8

Customer acceptance

Contracting Organization(s)

Performing Organization(s)

·          All FOA customers

G0.R9

Market analysis

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this gate

G0.R10

Risk mitigation plan

Contracting Organization(s)

·          Project Manager

·          Performing Organization(s)

·          Addresses any open issues associated with this gate

G0.R11

Previous gates passed

Project Manager

Review Board

·          Documented evidence that G-1 and G-0 requirements have been satisfied

G0.R12

Management Review:

·     Go/No-Go Decision

Review Board

·          Project Manager

·          Contracting Organization(s)

 

   

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