Project Management Handbook

National Project Management System
Business Projects-IT-Enabled

Explanation

As a means of ensuring project success and reducing project risk, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is committed to implementing an enterprise approach to project management for all PSPC projects. The purpose of the National Project Management System (NPMS) Handbook for Business Projects - IT-Enabled is to provide common guidelines for project management within PSPC.

Table of Contents

• Revision History
• Foreword
• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 Purpose and Scope
  • 1.2 Project Management Guidelines
  • 1.3 What is a Project?
  • 1.4 Roles and Responsibilities of the Client/Business Line Owner
    • 1.4.1 Responsibilities of the Project Lead
    • 1.4.2 Responsibilities of the Project Manager
  • 1.5 Project Governance
    • 1.5.1 Business Operations Committee - BOC
    • 1.5.2 Departmental IM/IT Steering Committee - DISC
    • 1.5.3 IM/IT Architecture Review Board - IM/IT ARB
    • 1.5.4 enterprise change advisory board - ECAB
• 2. National Project Management System (NPMS)
  • 2.1 Treasury Board Independent Reviews
  • 2.2 NPMS Roadmap: Business Projects - IT-Enabled - « Full »
  • 2.3 NPMS Roadmap: Business Projects - IT-Enabled - « Lite »
  • 2.4 NPMS Project Management Deliverables and control points
  • 2.5 project inception stage
    • 2.5.1 definition phase
  • 2.6 project identification stage
    • 2.6.1 initiation phase
    • 2.6.2 Feasibility Phase
    • 2.6.3 Analysis Phase
    • 2.6.4 identification close out phase
  • 2.7 project delivery stage
    • 2.7.1 Planning Phase
    • 2.7.2 Design Phase
    • 2.7.3 Implementation Phase
    • 2.7.4 Delivery Close Out Phase
  • 2.8 Mandatory Deliverables: Business Projects - IT-Enabled
• 3. Project Status Reporting
• Appendix A - NPMS « Full » vs. « Lite »
• Appendix B - Screening Tool
• Appendix C - TBS Status Indicators
• Appendix D - Glossary of Acronyms and Terms

Revision History

Table Summary

This table represents the Revision History of this Project management Handbook by providing the Version Number, Description of the changes, date modified and author for each revision done to the handbook.

Version Number	Description	Date Modified	Author

Foreword

As a means of ensuring project success and reducing project risk, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is committed to implementing an enterprise approach to project management for all PSPC projects. The purpose of the National Project Management System (NPMS) Handbook for Business Projects - IT-Enabled is to provide common guidelines for project management within PSPC.

In some cases, the guidelines within this Handbook will vary from the project management guidelines previously followed by projects within PSPC (e.g., project stage deliverables, project documentation requirements, etc.).

For more information, contact us at: tpsgc.sngptia-npmsite.pwgsc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca or visit our Contact NPMS Web page.