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Completes (or confirms the existence of) terms of reference for the project.
Appoints the project management team.
Identifies the type of solution to be provided (the project approach).
Identifies the customer's quality expectations.
Creates a risk log and enters into it any risks known already or discovered in the work of this process.
Plans the initiation stage.
To establish:
what is to be done
who will make the decisions
who is funding the project
who will say what is needed
what quality standards will be required
who will provide the resources to do the work.
Appoints the executive and project manager, prepares and signs their job descriptions.
Every project needs a sponsor, the key decision-maker. But normally this person is too busy to manage the project on a day-to-day basis. So we also need a project manager to do the planning and control. We need to identify these two people before anything can happen (in a controlled manner) in a project.
Corporate or programme management identify the executive to be responsible for the project.
Either corporate/programme management or the executive, or both, identify a suitable project manager.
The project manager starts with the standard PRINCE2 role descriptions for their jobs. These are then tailored by discussion between the executive and project manager.
The tailored roles are typed up, both people sign two copies of...
