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dsm
Hello,
I have a very large project (3.5 yrs approx) that is being deployed in phases.
Normally I would do a single plan for each phase. However, this project was
started before I arrived here (1 year ago) and currently all of the
requirements for the entire project have been gathered, a proof-of-concept
successfully completed, and site/facilities planning/preparation have been
completed. Even software and hardware have been ordered installed, with 2
possible pieces of hardware TBD.
There are 4 main areas with area 1 being done as 2 separate deployments,
programming for area 2 being started when our mock testing is being conducted
for area 1 part 2. Area 2 will be deployed over 6 increments. Area 3 covers
enhancements/add-ons for areas 1 & 2. And finally area 4 can be done
whenever it is approved internally with no dependencies on the other 3 areas.
However, the other 3 areas have work arounds that must be done if area 4 is
not part of the initial deployment.
As you can see this could be done as 11 or 12 separate plans, but I need to
show dependencies between all of these different areas and show dependencies.
Currently all of my resources belong to this project, but I do not have
enough resources to pull the trigger and get this done by 12/31/06.
Therefore, we have to phase our deployment schedule for this.
I need lots of help organizing this.
Thanks,
DSM
I have a very large project (3.5 yrs approx) that is being deployed in phases.
Normally I would do a single plan for each phase. However, this project was
started before I arrived here (1 year ago) and currently all of the
requirements for the entire project have been gathered, a proof-of-concept
successfully completed, and site/facilities planning/preparation have been
completed. Even software and hardware have been ordered installed, with 2
possible pieces of hardware TBD.
There are 4 main areas with area 1 being done as 2 separate deployments,
programming for area 2 being started when our mock testing is being conducted
for area 1 part 2. Area 2 will be deployed over 6 increments. Area 3 covers
enhancements/add-ons for areas 1 & 2. And finally area 4 can be done
whenever it is approved internally with no dependencies on the other 3 areas.
However, the other 3 areas have work arounds that must be done if area 4 is
not part of the initial deployment.
As you can see this could be done as 11 or 12 separate plans, but I need to
show dependencies between all of these different areas and show dependencies.
Currently all of my resources belong to this project, but I do not have
enough resources to pull the trigger and get this done by 12/31/06.
Therefore, we have to phase our deployment schedule for this.
I need lots of help organizing this.
Thanks,
DSM