What's included

• Project Initiation

  The purpose of this phase is to define the project at high level, determine feasibility, and gain approval to proceed with the project. The outcome and key component should be: To prepare a Project Charter document that formally authorizes the project and outlines its objectives, scope, stakeholders, and constraints. Stakeholder Identification: Identify all stakeholders and their expectations. Feasibility Study: Assess the viability of the project from technical, financial, and operational perspectives. Business Case: Justification for the project, including benefits, costs, risks, and potential return on investment. Approval/Sign-off: Formal approval to move forward to the next phase.

• Project Planning

  The purpose of this phase is to develop a detailed plan that outlines how the project will be executed, monitored, maintained, Tested, and controlled. Key activities will include: To create a project plan document that outlines the scope, timeline, cost, resources, and quality management approach. To create a work breakdown structure document and divide the task into smaller and more manageable deliverables. Sprint planning and user stories to ensure that the product features are developed according to user stories. Resource Planning: Identify and allocate resources like business analyst, developers, QA testers, and resources needed for the project. To develop a Risk Management Plan document to Identify potential risks, assess their impact, and develop mitigation strategies. To develop a Communication Plan document that define how communication will be managed throughout the project, including methods, frequency, and audiences. Schedule: Develop a project schedule, including timelines, milestones, and deadlines. Budget: Estimate costs and develop a budget that will be tracked throughout the project. Quality Plan: Define quality standards and procedures to ensure deliverables meet expectations.

• Project Execution

  Purpose: Carry out the project plan by performing the work defined in the project scope. Key Activities will include: Task Execution: To start the execution of the project based on the task defined in the project plan. Avoid and mitigate risk proactively and make sure that there are no blockers. Sprint planning, Monitoring and retrospective session to ensure that all stories defined in the sprint are completed. Resource Management: Manage and optimize the use of resources according to the project requirements and plan and increase resource utilization. Team Management: Direct and support the project team, ensuring they have the tools and information needed. Conduct daily stand-up calls and follow ups with the team and ensure that the project is running smoothly. Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain communication with stakeholders to keep them informed and engaged. Quality Assurance: Monitor processes to ensure that deliverables meet the quality standards. Risk Management: Continuously monitor risks and implement mitigation strategies as needed. Status Reporting: Regular updates on progress, issues, and changes are communicated to stakeholders.

• Monitoring and Control

  The purpose of this phase is to monitor the progress and control it. Use project management tools like Jira, Asana, Click Up, Trello etc to make sure that progress is tracked properly. Key Activities: Performance Measurement: Compare actual performance against the project plan (e.g., scope, time, cost, quality). Change Management: Identify and manage any changes to the project scope, schedule, or cost and ensure that changes are managed properly to avoid scope creeps. Ensuring that changes are well documented and executed according to the plan. Risk Monitoring: Continuously assess risks and update risk management plans as necessary. Quality Control: Engage with QA testers and make sure that they progress matched the expected quality and avoid any rework. Ensuring that the quality meets the expectation. Issue Management: Identify, document, and resolve any issues that arise during the project. Reporting: Provide regular reports on project status, including key metrics, risks, issues, and updates.

• Project Closing

  If needed, In this phase, we will finalize all project activities, deliver the completed project to stakeholders, document and go through lesson learned, and formally close the project. Create a project closure report and summarize the project achievements, lesson learned and any outstanding task. Deliver the final project and obtain acceptance of deliverables.