Answer:
The Initiation Phase is the stage of the project lifecycle in which the project proposal is conceived, assessed, and then approved for implementation by the Project Sponsor and the Vice Chancellor/Chief Information Officer. A formal project discovery process documents and reviews the project justification, important deliverables, risks, projected cost and resource needs, and other project information.
The team is supposed to agree on a project vision, set primary targets, and justify the initiative. Examine project charters, project change procedures, and past project experience gained; determine all project stakeholders and define service/product owners, project team member roles and duties, resources needed, cost estimates, and a general schedule. By developing the project charter and receiving Project Sponsor agreement to proceed with detailed planning.
