Project Mobilized Milestone

Definition

Project mobilized is the first milestone of a project by which time the project staff should be mobilized to start work.

Objectives

The typical objectives of this milestone are to:

• Sign the legal work products (e.g., contract, statement of work).
• Make, approve, and deliver the project's plans.
• Initially staff the project's teams.
• Prepare the project's facilities.

Tasks Accomplished

The following tasks are typically accomplished by the development organization prior to this milestone:

• Management Tasks:
  • Management Planning:
    • Management Plan produced and approved.
    • Work Breakdown Structure produced and approved.
  • Relationship Management:
    • Contract signed.
    • Statement of Work signed.
  • Resource Management:
    • Organization Chart produced and approved.
    • Jobs described.
    • Initial teams staffed.
    • Facilities ready.
  • Communications Management:
    • Status Reports produced.
  • Delivery Management:
    • Management Plan delivered.
    • Work Breakdown Structure delivered.
    • Organization Chart delivered.
    • Status Reports delivered.
    • Configuration Management Plan delivered.
    • Risk Management Plan delivered.
    • Quality Plan delivered.
    • Process Description Document delivered.
    • Metrics Plan delivered.
    • Project Environments Description Document delivered.
• Configuration Management Tasks:
  • Configuration Planning
    • Configuration Management Plan produced and approved.
• Risk Management Tasks:
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Documentation
    • Risk Management Plan produced and approved.
• Quality Engineering Tasks:
  • Quality Planning
    • Quality Plan produced and approved.
• Process Engineering Tasks:
  • Process Needs Assessment
  • Process Framework Extension
  • Process Framework Iteration
  • Process Construction
  • Process Documentation
  • Process Tailoring
    • Process Description Document produced and approved.
• Metrics Engineering Tasks:
  • Metrics Planning
    • Metrics Plan produced and approved.
• Environments Engineering Tasks:
  • Environments Needs Assessment
  • Vendor and Tool Evaluation
  • Vendor and Tool Selection
  • Tool Acquisition
  • Environments Design
  • Environments Production
    • Project Environments Description Document produced and approved.
    • Development Environment produced and approved.
• Testing Tasks:
  • Test Planning
    • Test Strategy produced and approved.

Work Products Delivered

The following work products are typically delivered to the customer organization at or before this milestone:

• Management Set:
  • Contract
  • Statement Of Work
  • Management Plan
  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Organization Chart
  • Job Description
  • Status Report
• Configuration Managment Set:
  • Configuration Managment Plan
• Risk Management Set:
  • Risk Management Plan (complete)
• Quality Set:
  • Quality Plan
• Process Set:
  • Process Description
• Metrics Set:
  • Metrics Plan
• Environments Set:
  • Project Environment Design Document
  • Development Environment

Guidelines

• Only use this milestone in conjuntion with the first phase of a project.