Project Brief Checklist

Checklist to be used to ensure the Project Brief provides a strong foundation for the project.

Mark all that apply.

Has the project board approved the Project Brief?
Is the Project Brief to Ambidexter Management or your company's standards?
Is it brief?
Does the Project Brief consider and incorporate lessons learned from previous projects?
Does the project approach considers a range of solutions?
Has the project approach been selected and explained?
Does the project approach include any customer and/or supplier standards such as development lifecycles?
Does the Project Brief accurately reflect the Project Mandate and the requirements of the business and the users?
Does the Project Brief contain the (outline) Business Case?
Does the Project Brief contain the approved Project Product Description?
Does the Project Brief contain an approved project management team structure and define roles?
Does the Project Brief contain the Project Executive role description?
Does the Project Brief contain the Project Manager role description?
Are the project objectives, project approach and strategies consistent with the organization's corporate social responsibility directive?
Are the project objectives: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound (SMART)?
After you have completed the Project Brief and taken a step back, does it provide a commonly understood and well-defined starting point for your project?
Later on in the Project Initiation phase, are the contents of the Project Brief included and expanded in the Project Initiation documents?