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Activity:

Track Milestone Review (CMMI Level 2 : PMC 1.7 )

Participating Roles

Responsible:

IPM Officer

Sponsor

Accountable:

IPM Officer

Consult:

Any

Informed:

All

Overview

Entry Criteria

  • The work within a given track is complete or a special request for a track milestone review on an incomplete track has been made.
  • All appropriate deliverable materials and governance work products produced in the track and required to answer the governance question(s) in the track review.

Sub-Activities

1

Call Review

  • Announce the forthcoming track milestone review. Invite all the appropriate stakeholders.

2

Determine Deliverables and Work Products

  • Determine the materials that will be reviewed and insure that these are available for the review and can be distributed to the participants through the project portal.

3

Hold the Review Meeting

  • Bring the stakeholders together to review the track deliverables and artifacts and determine the answer to the governance question for the track.
  • Envision Track: Are we doing the right thing?
  • Planning Track: Can we do it within an appropriate timeframe and budget? If not, why not?
  • Build Track: Are we ready to integrate the components of the product? If not, why not?
  • Stabilize Track: Are we ready to deploy? If not, why not?
  • Deploy Track: Are we now realizing the intended value first envisioned in the Envision Track?  
  • In the Build, Stabilize, and Deploy track reviews, it is also appropriate to ask again the governance questions from Envision and Planning: Are we [still] doing the right thing? and, can it [still] be done within budget and schedule?

4

Continue or Cancel Decision

  • Based on the review material and the answers to the governance questions, make a decision on whether the team project should continue or be cancelled.
  • Announce the decision to the whole project.

Exit Criteria

A decision from the track milestone review based on answers to the governance question(s).

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