《p3_2016_jun_a》.pdf

Answe s P ofessional Level – Essentials Module, Pape P3 Business Analysis June 2013 Answe s 1 (a) (i) Project initiation It is good practice to establish a Project Initiation Document (PID) or Terms of Reference (ToR) at the start of the project defining the objectives, scope, constraints, authority (owner, sponsor) and resources of the project. In the context of the case study scenario, there appears to be confusion around the objectives, scope and ownership of the project. Project objectives and project scope: what is the project? The objectives and scope of the project appear to be at different levels. The project might be ‘to establish a formal strategic planning system at MidShire Health’, or, it might be more restricted to the development of a ‘comprehensive computer-based information system recording the outcomes and activities of the organisation’. Certainly the implementation team set up to undertake the detailed work appears to be primarily concerned with the functionality of the software package and the presence of Eurotek support consultants would tend to support this focus. The assertion from the CEO that the objective of the steering group is ‘to deliver health to the Midshire community’ adds further confusion. Although this objective is amended later in the project, restricting it to ‘effectively and efficiently treating disease’, both of these objectives really concern the organisation as a whole, not a specific project within that organisation. It