1. Business Case Development
   1. Why project was funded?
   2. Decision Analysis
   3. Feasibility Study
   4. Cost Benefit Analysis
   5. Payback Period
   6. Financial Analysis
   7. Give Recommendations
2. Project Initiation Reason
   1. Problem
      1. Root Cause Analysis
   2. Eliminate Costs
   3. Outside Regulation
      1. cost benefit analysis/ risk assessment
   4. Opportunity
      1. project by choice - new offering out of customer
      2. feedback, competitor offering, possible opportunity to reduce cost.
   5. Marketing/ Advertising
      1. increase revenue
   6. Align Business Processes
      1. COTS packages - rfi, rfq, rfp
3. Strategic Planning
   1. Portfolio & Project Management
      1. Research corporate knowledge before starting on a project
      2. How project related to other projects/ groups
   2. Communicate Strategic Plans
   3. High level business goals - Linkage to projects/ programs
   4. big picture, alignment to the same
   5. see strategy from the view of the management
4. Architecture
   1. Business Architecture
      1. Goals/ Org Chart/ Locations/ SWOT/ Products, Services
   2. Information Architecture
   3. Application Architecture
   4. Technology Architecture
   5. Security Architecture
5. Project Initiation
   1. Approach & Methodology
   2. Statement of Purpose/ Elevator Pitch
   3. Objectives
      1. Specific/ Measurable/ Agreed upon/ Realistic/ Time framed
   4. Problems/ Opportunities
   5. Stakeholders
   6. Business Risks
      1. Risk/ Probability/ Risk Response/ Impact
   7. Out of Scope
   8. Assumptions
   9. Scope of Business Areas
      1. Context Diagram
      2. Business Use Case Diagram
6. Ongoing Activities
   1. Revisit Scope Frequently
   2. Scope Creep