Right-sizing
There are many factors which can be used to help determine the size and
complexity of a project. These include:
- overall cost estimate
- whether or not the data model or data schemas are required or must be
changed
- number of Business Areas involved or affected
- extent of impact within those business areas
- overall technical complexity
- overall project Risk
- number of interdependencies with other applications
- whether there is planned innovation or whether the project follows
existing standards
- whether the project requires changes to policies or standards
The range of responses for these factors have been grouped into three general
categories of projects: simple, intermediate and complex.
For any given project, depending on the category that the project falls into,
there are different deliverables required. Some are mandatory and some are
optional.
A Break-Fix Project represents a special case of the SDLC Rightsizing checklist for
operational work which is needed to maintain support of current business by an existing
production application. This is not intended to cover any system related activity
requiring more than 3 weeks work or an expenditure of more than $5k, nor is it intended
for any Capital project, or system activity that has been authorized by a Business Case.
Steps to right-size your project:
- Use the right-sizing calculator
to determine your project’s right-sizing category (Simple, Intermediate,
Complex). There are 9 questions in the calculator. Fill in the header
information and use the pull-downs beside each question (click on
appropriate response cell) to answer the question for your project. Once you
have answered the questions, the right-sizing category will appear at the
bottom of the page. Save a copy of the file with your responses in your
project folder for future reference and print out a copy for review/signoff
with your Manager and Project Sponsor.
- Based on the right-sizing category, take a copy of the appropriate
checklist for this category (4 checklists links:
Break Fix,
Simple,
Intermediate,
Complex) . If you disagree with any of the required deliverables (mandatories),
then fill in a justification as to why the deliverable is not applicable to
your project. For optional deliverables, review to confirm that they are
truly optional. (If the deliverable is applicable to your project, it should
be changed to required and a reason filled in.) Save a copy of your file in
your project folder for future reference and print out a copy for
review/signoff with your Manager and Project Sponsor.
- Review the Right-sizing calculator responses and Right-sizing checklist
with your project sponsor and IMG Manager and get approval for your
responses. Once you have received approval, this will form the basis upon
which the planning and budgeting of a project should be based.
If project scope or other factors change during the course of the project,
you may need to revisit the right-sizing and determine whether or not a change
to the right-sizing category is appropriate. If so, this change should be
managed through regular project management change control processes.
Note: For technology only projects, please complete the same steps above. The
right-sizing checklists show which deliverables are not applicable for a
technology only project.
See the
Right-sizing Calculator and Checklist deliverable page for more information and samples.
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