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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G12.R1
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Project Sponsor
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Assigned
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G12.R2
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Project Manager
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Assigned
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G11.R1
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Market Requirements for
Scope of Work
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Feature description reviewed and approved
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G11.R2
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High-level effort estimate
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Quick quote estimate available
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G11.R3
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Project Strategy
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Project Sponsor(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Project Strategy
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Timeline
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R&D budget
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Affordability %
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Releases to be included
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Anchor objectives
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G11.R4
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G-11, G-10 and G-6 Review
Board
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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Assigned
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G11.R5
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Previous Gates Passed
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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·
Documented evidence that G-12 and G-11 requirements have
been satisfied
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G11.R6
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Management Review:
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Project Strategy Decision
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Review Board
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Approved strategy
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G10.R1
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Initial portfolio scope
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Reviewed & approved
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G10.R2
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Project resource plan
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Preliminary resource plan
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G10.R3
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Business plan impact assessment
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Project Sponsor
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Adjusted for high-level scope
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G10.R4
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Previous gates passed
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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·
Documented evidence that G-10 requirements have been
satisfied
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G10.R5
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Management Review:
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Project Scope Selection Decision
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Review Board
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Project Manager
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Consistent with the organization’s ability to deliver
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G9.R1
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Plan
for the Definition Phase
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Project
Manager
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Contracting Organization(s)
·
Performing Organization(s)
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For Definition Phase:
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Detailed schedule
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Resource/cost assigned
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Capital budget developed
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Risk plan developed
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Scope defined
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Quality plan defined
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Configuration management plan defined
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Communication plan defined
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G8.R1
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System requirements
specification
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Requirements
function of the PO(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Inspected, approved and baselined
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G7.R1
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Estimation documentation
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Allocation function of the Performing
Organization(s)
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Development function of the Performing
Organization(s)
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·
Allocated requirements, system interface and other
information necessary to perform estimation has passed design review
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G7.R2
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Refined resource estimates
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Development function of the PO(s)
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·
Meets risk criteria necessary for Lock-Down
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G7.R3
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Final portfolio scope
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization
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Reviewed and approved, up to 100% of allocated affordability
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G7.R4
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WBS
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Development function of the PO(s)
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Project Manager
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High-level
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G6.R1
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Project plan (High-level)
with sufficient information to demonstrate the ability to deliver on the
commitment
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Project
Manager
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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High-level schedule developed through GA
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Resource/cost profiles developed through GA
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Capital budget approved
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Risk plan developed
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Scope defined
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Quality plan defined
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Configuration management plan defined
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Communication plan defined
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G6.R2
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Deployment Plan
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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FOA site(s) selected
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CRO criteria defined
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Cross product test traceability for system features
developed
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Hardware requirements identified
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HW/SW configurations to be deployed defined
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Features to be deployed identified
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G6.R3
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Service Plan
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Performing Organization(s)
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Service Organization
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Training Organization
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Deployment tool impacts identified
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Product training requirements defined
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Documentation requirements defined
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G6.R4
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Business plan impact assessment
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Project Sponsor
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Adjusted for final scope
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G6.R5
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G-4, G-2 and G-0 Review
Boards
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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Assigned
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G6.R6
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Previous gates passed
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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·
Documented evidence that G-9, G-8, G-7 and G-6 requirements
have been satisfied
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G6.R7
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Management Review:
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Project Scope/ Cost/Schedule Commitment
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Review Board
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·
Project Manager
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Consistent with high-level plan
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G5.R1
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Project plan (Detailed)
with sufficient information to detail the assignment of work to
achieve the commitment
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Development
function of the PO(s)
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Project
Manager
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G-6 High-level plan plus:
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Detailed schedule
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Resources assigned
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G5.R2
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Allocated requirements
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Allocation
function of the PO(s)
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Development
function of the PO(s)
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Inspected and traceable to system requirements
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G5.R3
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System Interface
Specification
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Allocation
function of the PO(s)
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Development
function of the PO(s)
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·
Inspected
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G5.R4
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Product Functional
Specifications
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Requirements
function of the PO(s)
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Development
function of the PO(s)
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Inspected and traceable to system requirements
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G4.R1
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Product
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Development function of
the PO(s)
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Validation function of the
PO(s)
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Contains all defined scope
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Under Configuration Management
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G4.R2
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Test preparation complete
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Lab configuration complete
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Test tools available
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Test cases available
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G4.R3
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Development testing results
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Development function of the PO(s)
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Agreed upon % run
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Agreed upon % pass
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Agreed upon open problems
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G4.R4
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System Integration results
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Development function of the PO(s)
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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·
Agreed upon % run
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Agreed upon % pass
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Agreed upon open problems
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G4.R5
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Preliminary product documentation
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Development function of the PO(s)
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Install procedures complete
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User documentation available
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Previously known problems documented
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Customer interface changes documented
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Customer feature descriptions documented
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G4.R6
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Field performance criteria
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Performing Organization(s)
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Reviewed and approved
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G4.R7
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Previous gates passed
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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·
Documented evidence that G-5 and G-4 requirements have been
satisfied
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G4.R8
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Management Review:
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Go/No-Go Decision
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Review Board
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·
Project Manager
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Validation function of
the PO(s)
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G3.R1
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System test results
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Validation function of the
PO(s)
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System Certification Function of the CO(s)
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Agreed upon % run
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Agreed upon % pass
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Agreed upon open problems
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G2.R1
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Product &
documentation
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Development function of the PO(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
SQA approved FOA release package
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G2.R2
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Product & user documentation test results
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Validation function of the PO(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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100% run
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100% pass
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No P1/P2 problems
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G2.R3
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Certification test results
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System Certification Function
of the CO(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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100% complete
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No P1/P2 problems
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G2.R4
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IDP
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Approved by customer
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G2.R5
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Deployment plan
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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CRO criteria defined
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G2.R6
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Customer site
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Site preparation complete
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G2.R7
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Service training
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Training Organization
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Service Organization
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Pilot training complete for SEs and FEs of the FOA site
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G2.R8
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Deployment tools
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Service Organization
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Deployment tool updates complete
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G2.R9
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Market analysis
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this
gate
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G2.R10
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Risk mitigation plan
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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Addresses any open issues associated with this gate
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G2.R11
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Previous gates passed
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Project Manager
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Review Board
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·
Documented evidence that G-3 and G-2 requirements have been
satisfied
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G2.R12
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Management Review:
·
Go/No-Go Decision
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Review Board
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G1.R1
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Customer site
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Site preparation complete
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Site meets CRO criteria
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G1.R2
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FOA test results
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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100% run
·
100% pass
·
No P1/P2 problems
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G1.R3
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IDP
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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Approved by customer
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G1.R4
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Service training
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Contracting Organization(s)
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Service Organization
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·
Pilot training complete for SEs and FEs of the CRO site
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G1.R5
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Market analysis
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this
gate
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G1.R6
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Risk mitigation plan
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Addresses any open issues associated with this gate
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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
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Description
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Supplier
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Receiver
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Criteria
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G0.R1
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GA product &
documentation
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Development function of
the PO(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
SQA approved GA release package
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G0.R2
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FOA test results
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
100% run
·
100% pass
·
No P1/P2 problems
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G0.R3
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Deployment plan complete
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
All objectives satisfied
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G0.R4
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GA IDP template
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Service Organization
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Available
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G0.R5
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Marketing information
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Final available
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G0.R6
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Order entry system
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Performing Organization(s)
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Updated to allow new product to be ordered
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G0.R7
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Customer training
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Training Organization
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Customer classes available
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G0.R8
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Customer acceptance
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Contracting Organization(s)
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
All FOA customers
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G0.R9
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Market analysis
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Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Provides an assessment of the pros/cons of moving past this
gate
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G0.R10
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Risk mitigation plan
|
Contracting Organization(s)
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·
Project Manager
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Performing Organization(s)
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·
Addresses any open issues associated with this gate
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G0.R11
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Previous gates passed
|
Project Manager
|
Review Board
|
·
Documented evidence that G-1 and G-0 requirements have been
satisfied
|
G0.R12
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Management Review:
·
Go/No-Go Decision
|
Review Board
|
·
Project Manager
·
Contracting Organization(s)
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