CSSE 37215.September.2008

Project Overview Statement (POS)Chapter 3

OutlineCOSPOSBPD

Conditions of Satisfaction

Project Overview Statement

Business Process Diagramming

Not “Borderline Personality Disorder”

Conditions of satisfaction (COS)

Project overview statement (POS)

Attachments to the POSRisk analysisFinancial analysis

Feasibility studiesCost/BenefitBreak-evenROI

Planning and submission Who’s your audience?

Senior ManagementThe CustomerThe Team

Who’s in the approval process?Core/Project teamPMManagersCustomer

What’s your POS status?RejectedReviseDelayAccept

CotD

POS – Let’s do one!…For the “Twitter” project5 min, done as a team.Decide who your audience would be, and write it

for them. As a team, create a POS with the following fields:

Problem/OpportunityGoalObjectivesSuccess Criteria

Assumptions, Risks, ObstaclesEach team member turn in on today’s quiz.

Business process diagramming

Typical BPD: Bank Loan Processing

BPD – Let’s do one!For the “Twitter” project5 min, done as a team.Pick the process of

“giving a multiple choice quiz in class”

As a team, create a BPD showing the flow of activities that would have to occur – with or without the Twitter-based system!

Each team member submit on today’s quiz.

Questions?