Project Initiation

CS410

Deciding What to Do

Project prioritization and selection

Determine project parts from ordinary work

Determine the good from the bad

8 Steps to Determining the Most Important Projects

List all current projects and project ideas

Determine the need or opportunity for each project

Establish rough delivery dates and budgets

Judge overall feasibility of each project

Establish the risks

Review above items to gain consensus

8 Steps Continued

Eliminate the infeasible and inappropriate and prioritize the rest

Select most important projects and act