Stage Gates
The decision made at Stage Gate 3 to determine whether or not the project can move to the Transition Phase.
What is go/no go decision?
The decision-making tool that helps the Project Delivery Practice Lead determine how complex a project will be.
What is the Project Complexity Assessment tool?
The individual who provides oversight and is responsible for the Project Delivery Framework.
Who is the Project Delivery Practice Lead?
The Phase where you turn an idea into a Business Case.
What is the Investigate Phase?
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.
What is a project?
The final Stage Gate.
What is Stage Gate 5?
The Phase the Project Complexity Assessment tool is completed.
What is the Investigate Phase?
This individual who provides coaching and mentoring to project managers within their portfolio.
Who is the Portfolio Advisor?
The Phase where you create the Project Charter and define the scope of work.
What is the Plan/Design Phase?
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.
What is a risk?
The Stage Gate that, if approved, would move the project to the Plan/Design Phase.
What is Stage Gate 1?
The role responsible for ensuring the Project Complexity Assessment tool is complete.
Who is the Project Manager?
This individual creates the Project Initiation Document (PID), secures a Sponsor for the project, and drafts the initial Business Case.
Who is the Business Owner?
The Phase where you build the project to be delivered.
What is the Build Phase?
An individual or group that provides resources and support for the project and is accountable for enabling success.
Who is the Sponsor?
The total number of Stage Gates within YYC’s Project Delivery Framework.
What is 5?
The individual the Project Managers work with to ensure project complexity is assessed and scored accurately.
Who is the Project Delivery Practice Lead?
You work closely with this team to ensure YYC change activities are successfully incorporated into project delivery.
Who is the Enterprise Change Management Team?
The Phase where the project team ensures everyone is prepared to accept the final deliverable being handed over to the business.
What is the Transition Phase?
A review at the end of each Phase in which a decision is made to continue to the next Phase.
What is a Stage Gate?
The governing body that approves or rejects a project from moving to the next Phase.
What is the Stage Gate Review Committee?
One of the project characteristics scored as part of the Project Complexity Assessment.
What is/are the project [Size, Uncertainty, Stakeholders, Impact, Constraints, Delivery]?
The individual who manages all project artifacts.
Who is the Project Manager?
The Phase where the project manager brings an orderly conclusion to the project.
What is the Close Phase?
An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project.
Who is a Stakeholder?