Products

Atern identifies deliverables associated with each phase of the lifecycle. These are referred to as Products. Not all products are required for every project and the formality associated with each project will vary from project to project and from organisation to organisation. Examples of products are:

• Project Approach Questionnaire - a tool to help the proejct manager configure Atern to optimise the degree of agility that can be applied to the project
• Business Foundations - provides essential business considerations related to the viability of the project moving forwards, including:
  • Business Vision – defines at a high level how the business will operate once the proposed solution has been delivered
  • Business Case – deals with the likely costs and benefits associated with the project
  • Prioritised Requirements List (PRL) – the backlog
• Management Foundations – describes the approach to the set-up and management of various aspects of the project, including how the project will be organised and governed. It also describes the approach to managing Change, Configuration, Communication and Risk
  • Delivery Plan
  • Delivery Control Pack – risk log, burndown charts etc.
• Solution Foundations – provides an overview of the candidate solution and guidance on how it should be developed, including
  • Business Area Definition – provides a high-level design baseline for all business change aspects of the solution including current and future states for business processes and organisation
  • System Architecture Definition
  • Delivery Approach – standards, practices
  • Testing Strategy
  • Solution Prototype
• Evolving Solution