Managing IT Projects

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Project Initiation Document

The Project Initiation Document ("PID") brings together all of the information and decisions leading up to the formal start of the project.  The PID describes everything about the project that you are about to start, including:

bulletBackground information about the project
bulletProject objectives
bulletScope of project
bulletProject organisation structure
bulletOverall project plan
bulletSuccess criteria
bulletProject deliverables
bulletAssumptions
bulletRisks
bulletRelated documents, such as
bulletfeasibility study
bulletbusiness case
bulletCAPEX approval

 

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Go to SMALL PID Example of a simple project PID
Go to LARGE PID Example of large project PID

 

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