Project phasing
Phasing may be used:
- to break up a long project into smaller, more manageable ones
- mini projects
- especially where it is not feasible to create several small projects
because there are no sub-aims
or
- to deliver some working parts of an application while other parts are
still under development (or will be done later)
or
- to run pilot system before committing system to wide-scale use
- unlike prototyping, the pilot system is a finished, working system
in a useable state
- experimentation is more likely to be concerned with related clerical
procedures
Project phasing
Breaking up large projects
End-to-end
Deliver some parts while still working on others
Overlap
Run pilot system before more widespread use
Gap
Project phasing: examples
Australian Bureau of Statistics - phased implementation
Phase 1. Input and some processing
Phase 2. Output, more processing, limited database capabilities
Phase 3. Full database querying facilities
UK Job Centres - pilot system
Allows Job Centre staff to access on-line information about vacancies
Requires new ways of working
Pilot system to check manual procedures will work
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