2 Part 2: A Tour through the V-Modell
2.3 Initializing a Project
2.3.2 Project Progress Decision "Project Approved"
V- Model Description: »Project Progress Decision
Based on the »Product Instance to be submitted, a decision on the accomplishment of the respective »Project Progress Stage will made at every »Decision Gate and the result will be recorded in the project progress decision
The first project progress decision to be made during the decision gate »Project Approved represents the authorization of the project by the higher-ranking management.
The »Project Progress Decision will be made during the first meeting of the newly founded »Steering Committee. After the »Project Leader has submitted and explained the »Project Proposal, it will be discussed under the chairmanship of the »Executive Professor Aristoteles.
The Project Leader Dr. Odysseus takes the minutes and records the statements made during the meeting - e.g. the financing commitment. The document »Project Progress Decision is used for documenting decisions and adopting the directives stated by the Trademark and Patent Administration in cooperation with the Project Team into the Trademark and Patent Information System project. Since this decision is based on the »Project Proposal, this proposal will be examined and evaluated first.
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Project Progress Decision »Project Approved: Evaluation The proposals submitted in the project proposal are accepted. This document records additional mandatory directives in writing. Additional products to be prepared shall adopt any relevant directives stated in this document. Otherwise, the descriptions of the project proposal are effective. |
In the »Project Progress Decision the subject »Planning of the »Project Proposal will again be discussed. The Trademark and Patent Administration will add additional directives or change existing statements. In contrast to the "proposals" of the »Project Proposal, these delineations are mandatory.
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Project Progress Decision »Project Approved: Planning of Contents and Schedule Within the university administration, a new department - the Trademark and Patent Administration headed by Dipl.-Ing. Platon - will be founded. On behalf of the Trademark and Patent Administration, Dipl.-Ing. Platon is also responsible for the project Trademark and Patent Information System I. Target Dates
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Quality Objectives The project will be planned and executed based on documented procedures which correspond to the regulations of the V-Modell and will be coordinated with the procedures and planning of the Trademark and Patent Administration Management. The fulfillment of the schedule and budget requirements will be decisive. |
In the further course of the project, these dates will be integrated into the »Project Manual and the »Project Plan. The fulfillment of the schedule is as decisive as the fulfillment of the quality objectives, which are integrated into »QA Manual, where they will be refined and implemented by appropriate measures.
In addition to schedule and product quality, the available personnel, the appointment of persons in charge and the available funds are decisive.
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Project Progress Decision »Project Approved: Resource Planning Responsibility:
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Execution:
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* The figures for the participation in the project apply to »Project Stage Trademark and Patent Information System I and indicate the percentage of the overall 38 working hours per week. Details of the work scheduling are coordinated at bilateral level by the Project Team of the Technische Universität München and the Steering Committee. Budget:
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A total of 900.000 € were released for the »Project Section project definition and specification of requirements. The decision on the funds for the following project sections of the project stage Trademark and Patent Information System I will be made after the first two project sections have been completed successfully. In order to prepare this funding decision, a detailed »Estimation of costs based on the specified requirements shall be submitted. |
This defines the three corner stones of each project - quality, costs and schedule. The funds available for the development and the provisions specified by the Trademark and Patent Administration for the project considerably determine how the Project Team of the Technische Universität München designs the Trademark and Patent Information System.
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Project Progress Decision »Project Approved: Directives and General Conditions The project stage Trademark and Patent Information System I includes the realization of a system intended to support the application for trademarks. The requirements will be determined by the team of Project Leader Odysseus, which still has to be built up. The realization of the system will be put up for bidding. The Trademark and Patent Information System Project and the supplier's project for realizing the system proceed in accordance with the V-Modell. |
The »Project Progress Decision and the »Project Proposal specify the desired and mandatory framework for the project Trademark and Patent Information System I.