Project Initiation Service
Starting the project off on the right foot is the single most important step in good project management. If the expectations of stakeholders is not managed at this stage, the achievement of "success" becomes something of a lottery. There are many techniques which can be applied effectively to ensure that the project is initiated correctly:

• Identifying the stakeholders
• Defining the Project Scope
• Agreeing deliverables and how they will be measured
• Planning the project and estimating cost, timescale and resource requirements.
• Assessing the likely risks and the requirement for cost contingency
• Calculating confidence levels of delivery within specified time ranges.

Key Benefits:

• Stakeholders know what they are getting into and what they will get out of the project
• Costs and timescales have a much higher chance of being adhered to
• Business benefits of the project are realized

Capabilities
Using a series of skills, the project will be developed to the Project Initiation Meeting when you will be an a good position to assess the value of the project to the organization, the likely cost of completion and the timescale involved.

Techniques which will be employed include:

• Stakeholder mapping
• Identifying all the individuals and groups effected by the project either positively or negatively
• Scope Definition
• Specifying and agreeing the objectives, goals and deliverables which the project will produce.
• Project Planning
• Using a series of well-defined steps, the tasks, durations, resources, linkages etc will be mapped out and a complete project plan produced at the correct level of detail.
• Risk Assessment
• Identifying all the risks in the project environment and making provision for contingency in terms of both budget and timescale.