The document outlines the essential steps and importance of project startup, emphasizing the need for a clear project definition and parameters to ensure successful project execution. It details the key deliverables, roles involved, and processes that guide the project management lifecycle, including the creation of a project definition document (PDD). Additionally, it refers to the PMSpec framework based on industry standards to enhance the chances of project success.

1. START THE PROJECT
HOW TO
PROJECT STARTUP

2. EVERY PROJECT IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LEARN, TO FIGURE OUT
PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES,
TO INVENT AND REINVENT.
DAVID ROCKWELL

3. The need for a clear definition at the beginning of a project is not simply a
preference; it is a necessity. As much as the Project Team may wish a
project to move to the next phase, it cannot do so until there is a sufficient
understanding of project requirements and adequate definition of project
outcomes to move ahead.
The project can progress or proceed when the amount of clarity and
definition is sufficient to convince the management and the team that the
outcome can be achieved within the allowable and estimated bounds of
time, resources, and quality of performance agreed before the project
starts.
PROJECT STARTUP
STARTING THE PROJECT

4. The purpose of Project Startup is to begin to define the overall
parameters of a project and to establish the appropriate project
management, project controls and quality environment required to
complete the project.
PROJECT STARTUP
PURPOSE
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5. The major deliverable for this process is the Project Definition
Document (PDD) - a collection of information used to describe the
environment that will govern the project and set the overall
parameters of the project that will serve as the main guide to follow
during project delivery process.
This preliminary plan will be refined during Project Planning and
iteratively throughout the entire project management lifecycle and
will serve as the main guide to follow during Project Execution and
Control.
PROJECT STARTUP
KEY DELIVERABLE
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6. The following roles are involved in carrying out the processes of
Project Startup. Detailed descriptions of these roles can be found in
the Project Roles & Responsibilities section
• Executive Managers
• Construction Manager
• Key Stakeholders
• Project Manager
• Project Team Members
PROJECT STARTUP
LIST OF ROLES
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7. The three major processes in Project Startup are:
2-1 Prepare for the Project
2-2 Define the Work
2-3 Confirm Approval to Proceed
PROJECT STARTUP
LIST OF PROCESSES
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8. pmSPEC© is the project management framework for construction
industry based on the best practice industry standards for project
management: the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and Prince2®, and has
been enhanced to incorporate construction project specific
processes.
pmSPEC© provides a summary of themes, that in the author's
experience, have proved critical in the successful implementation of
project management methodologies. It draws on the expertise of
project management professionals and provides a guide to deliver a
methodology that increases the chances of project success.
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9. Thank you for visiting the pmSPEC© page and the interest you
showed in the project management guidelines.
The goal of pmSPEC© is to institute a scalable framework of industry
standard best practices to support and promote the successful
delivery of construction projects.
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