Overview
Defining how a product will be created, its quality and its suitability as well as its Description means that everyone involved with the project can see and understand the project's required outcomes.
PL2 Defining and Analysing Products occurs once PL1 Designing a Plan has been carried out and, therefore, a project's plan criteria agreed. This Process is the starting point for all subsequent plans. Importantly both management products (those products that are produced to manage or carry out the project) and specialist products (those products used to satisfy the business objectives and are the result of the project) must be identified. Each of these products must be described in terms of quality requirements to ensure understanding about what is to be delivered. They must be then sequenced in order of creation. This forms the basis of Product Based Planning.
Responsibilities of the process depend on what plan is being created. Project Plans and Stage Plans are the responsibility of the Project Manager, Team Plans are the responsibility of the Team Manager. In all cases Project Assurance should vet the plans. Once Product Descriptions exist Configuration Item Records should be created for each as described in the Configuration Management Plan.
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- Remember to identify both Management and Specialist Products.
- The definition of major end products or results should be documented in the Project Initiation Document (PID) as part of project objectives.
Notes
- Uses Product Based Planning
- Outline the management of all (Specialist and Management) products and their quality requirements
- Ensure all the product specifications are approved
- Sequence these products in order of their creation
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