Schedule PRA Project Review Meeting
The PRA Project Review meeting is a meeting between the Project Review Authority and the project's management team (the
project manager, plus the team leads for the various functional areas of the project team). The nature of the PRA as an
organizational entity is defined in the Software Development Plan.
Once the attendees of the meeting have been identified, set a date/time for the meeting to take place. It is important
that you provide sufficient lead time to allow the participants to review the materials that will be discussed at the
meeting.
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Distribute Meeting Materials
Prior to the meeting, distribute the Status Assessment (developed in the Report Status task) to the reviewers. Make
sure it is sent out sufficiently in advance of the meeting to allow the reviewers adequate time to review it.
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Conduct PRA Project Review Meeting
During the meeting, the project manager presents the Status Assessment to the PRA. If the PRA has any questions about
the progress of the project, these may be addressed at this time, or captured as an action item for the project
management team. If any project issues are raised, the group may discuss possible solutions and assign action items to
the PRA or the project management team. Any action items are captured in the Review Record for later follow-up.
The project manager's presentation should cover:
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Major project milestones that have been achieved
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Progress deviations from the targets in the Software Development Plan
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Schedule/effort variances
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Variances in spending vs. budget
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Changes in the estimated scope of work
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Variances in quality metrics
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Status of project risks:
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Any existing risks that have become realized
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Any new risks that have been identified
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Issues arising - usually these are problems that the project manager has to forward to the PRA for resolution
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Follow-up from previous PRA Project Reviews - status of action items from previous meetings
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Upcoming project milestones
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Record Minutes
At the end of the meeting, a Review Record is completed capturing any important discussions or action items, and
distributed to the meeting attendees. The project manager feeds any action items assigned to the project team into the
Schedule and Assign Work task, raising Change Requests and Work Orders as appropriate.
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