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Project Initiation Document Checklist
•     For instructions on creating Project Initiation Documents, visit www.mindtools.com/rs/PID.
•     For more on project management in general, visit www.mindtools.com/rs/ProjectManagement

                                                                                                       Check when
    PID Item
                                                                                                        complete
    Section 1: What is the project all about?
    Project title
    Background
    Purpose
    Objectives (and how they will be measured)
    Project scope
    Exclusions from scope
    Deliverables (including dates of completion)
    Constraints
    Assumptions
    Section 2: Why should this project go ahead?
    Business case:       Project Benefits
                         Options
                         Cost and Timescale
                         Cost/Benefit Analysis
    Risk Analysis:       Risk Identification
                         Risk Prevention
                         Risk Management
                         Risk Monitoring
    Section 3: Who will work on the project?
    Roles and Responsibilities
    Project Organization Chart/Structure diagram
    Names of:            Project Sponsor
                         Project Manager
                         Project Team
    Section 4: How and when will the project be delivered?
    Initial Project Plan
    Assignments/Milestones
    Schedule (Gantt Chart)
    Human Resource Requirements:             Project team
                                             Support Staff
                                             Additional Staff
    Project Control:     Monitoring mechanisms
                         Communication channels and schedules
    Quality Control

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Pid checklist

  • 1. Project Initiation Document Checklist • For instructions on creating Project Initiation Documents, visit www.mindtools.com/rs/PID. • For more on project management in general, visit www.mindtools.com/rs/ProjectManagement Check when PID Item complete Section 1: What is the project all about? Project title Background Purpose Objectives (and how they will be measured) Project scope Exclusions from scope Deliverables (including dates of completion) Constraints Assumptions Section 2: Why should this project go ahead? Business case: Project Benefits Options Cost and Timescale Cost/Benefit Analysis Risk Analysis: Risk Identification Risk Prevention Risk Management Risk Monitoring Section 3: Who will work on the project? Roles and Responsibilities Project Organization Chart/Structure diagram Names of: Project Sponsor Project Manager Project Team Section 4: How and when will the project be delivered? Initial Project Plan Assignments/Milestones Schedule (Gantt Chart) Human Resource Requirements: Project team Support Staff Additional Staff Project Control: Monitoring mechanisms Communication channels and schedules Quality Control For new tools like this, subscribe to the free Mind Tools newsletter: http://www.mindtools.com/subscribe.htm. © Copyright Mind Tools Ltd, 2007-2011. Please feel free to copy this sheet for your own use and to share with friends, co-workers or team members, just as long as you do not change it in any way.