Overview

The purpose of this chapter is to have the project Core Team members focus on what is or is not going to be important for this particular project. All of the details of the SEP guidelines for project initiation are discussed in the following paragraphs. This section should be familiar to all members of a Core Team. The kickoff meeting is always a good time to review the SEP guidelines so everyone has an understanding of the environment in which work will be done.

As seen in the SEP Phase I roadmap (Figure 2.1), this phase is actually where the entire project development process starts. As mentioned previously, it all begins with the submission of a Project Initiation Form (PIF, shown in Figure 2.2) to the SPMO. The user completes the PIF, entering basic information regarding the user, sponsor, funding source, a brief description of the project, and so on. All of this information is used by the SPMO to begin the process. Once the form has been submitted, the SPMO enters the data into a project database and makes some preliminary reviews against business needs, objectives, and so on. If the request is determined to meet the needs of the business, the SPMO will assign a project code name and an SPMO Project ID number.

Figure 2.1: SEP Phase I: Initiation Roadmap.

Figure 2.2: Project Initiation Form.

Generally, the task of completing the PIF is handled by a Project Coordinator working within the SPMO. The Project...