CSSE September.2008 Project Overview Statement (POS) Chapter 3

Outline COS POS BPD Conditions of Satisfaction Project Overview Statement Business Process Diagramming Not “Borderline Personality Disorder”

Conditions of satisfaction (COS)

Project overview statement (POS)

Attachments to the POS Risk analysis Financial analysis Feasibility studies Cost/Benefit Break-even ROI

Planning and submission Who’s your audience? Senior Management The Customer The Team Who’s in the approval process? Core/Project team PM Managers Customer What’s your POS status? Rejected Revise Delay Accept

CotD

POS – Let’s do one! …For the “Twitter” project 5 min, done as a team. Decide who your audience would be, and write it for them. As a team, create a POS with the following fields: Problem/Opportunity Goal Objectives Success Criteria Assumptions, Risks, Obstacles Each team member turn in on today’s quiz.

Business process diagramming

Typical BPD: Bank Loan Processing

BPD – Let’s do one! For the “Twitter” project 5 min, done as a team. Pick the process of “giving a multiple choice quiz in class” As a team, create a BPD showing the flow of activities that would have to occur – with or without the Twitter-based system! Each team member submit on today’s quiz.

Questions?