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LBMS Project
Management Method
At the start of
any project, there will be variety of ideas and opinions about the
purpose and scope of the project, what the final product of the
project will be, and how the project will be carried out. In LBMS Project Management
Method the project initiation stage is concerned with taking these
ideas and intentions and developing them into a formal, planned,
resourced and funded project. In order to define a project in this
way, it is first necessary to clearly and explicitly define what the
project is intended to achieve and what its scope of interest will
be. By defining this first, a benchmark is created for assessing the
quality of what is actually produced at the end of the
project.
It is also
necessary to develop a process by which the project objectives can
be achieved. LBMS Project Management Method will typically involve
carrying out a number of tasks and producing a number of products
during the course of the project. The tasks produce the products.
For clarity of purpose and for control reasons it is useful to
arrange these tasks in a top down structure, which progressively
specify the required work in more detail. This is called a work
breakdown structure. LBMS Project Management Method provides a
series of standard work breakdown structures for strategic planning
and applications development. However, it is important to look for
opportunities to customize this for the particular circumstances of
the project and its objectives. The work breakdown structure will
provide a benchmark by which the quality of the project process can
be assessed.
In addition of
LBMS Project Management Method, the project initiation stage must
also define what resources and associated time commitment are
required to carry out the project. The work breakdown structure
provides a basis from which this estimation can be carried out. The
resource and time commitment can be used to calculate an end date
for the project and an estimate of its cost. This information is key
input into the establishment of a business case for the intended
project. The overall project schedule is not at a sufficient level
of detail to enable the allocation of actual resources to tasks, or
to control progress. It
is necessary to produce a more detailed plan for these
purposes. This detailed
plan is only produced for the next stage of the project, usually
covering an elapsed time of two to four months.
According to
the LBMS Project Management Method, the way the project is managed
and executed is the key to its success. The involvement of the right
people for data capture and decision making is also crucial. It is
necessary to identify and recruit these people at the start of the
project and to define the project organization structure. It is also
necessary to establish the procedures that will be used by the
people in the Project Organization Structure to carry out and
control the project work.
Finally, in
order to establish a resourced and funded project, it is necessary
to establish a clear and convincing business case for the
project. This business
case should be reviewed, and hopefully accepted by management. The
business case will identify the projected benefits of meeting the
objectives of the project, and balance these against the costs and
risks associated with realizing these benefits. The business case
can also be used as a benchmark to compare against actual results,
costs and benefits in order to assess the ultimate success of the
project.
The Project
Initiation stage is described here as a sequence of steps. In reality, once the
objective and scope have been defined, many of these steps occur in
parallel, and the step products are developed iteratively, since
there are many dependencies between the steps. It is necessary to plan the
Project Initiation stage, albeit in an informal manner. Therefore it is important to
create a Project Initiation Kick Off Plan scheduling the activities
and resources.
The Legislative
Bill Management System (LBMS Project Management Method) is used to
manage the analysis of California legislative bills. It
stores information about proposed and enacted legislation to assist
in research and planning efforts and to allow review of the impact
of legislation on the University of California. Data is entered
into LBMS by the user via online screens. The LBMS Project
Management Method produces several reports, some of which
Legislative Analysis staff send to staff in other units who are
responsible for analyzing policy and
legislation.
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