Getting started with these pages 

Who are they for? 

Managers with corporate funding who now need to work with IS to take their project forward.

Managers who have been in discussion with Senior IS staff about a new system, and who are at the stage of formalising it as a project.

Staff who have been asked by their Head of Department to work with IS on putting in a new system or a new function of an existing one.

New project managers at the university employed for a specific corporate IT project needing to understand the university context and standards.

Staff in IS who are managing internal projects who need to understand the IT PM framework. 

What’s on these pages? 

There’s information about new structures: explaining the new approach to more formal, structured IT Project Management; the new IT Project Approval and Monitoring arrangements; the role of the IT Programme Management Office (PMO); and information about the new project management method itself.

Where do I find what I need? 

The Role of the PMO - provides a description of the role of this new function in IS, and its relationship to individual IT projects.  

Starting to Manage an IT Project  - an outline of where to find project management guidance material, on these pages and elsewhere.  

Gaining IT Approval for your Project - a description and flowchart for how IT projects are approved,  which currently is run separately from funding approval.

Project Monitoring -  a description and flowchart for how the oversight of IT projects is managed by a combination of the PMO and the new IT Programme Board.

IT Project Management Framework  - the 5 stage University of Brighton Project Management method – Think It, Plan It, Do it, Deliver It, Benefit. This describes what each stage is for and what needs to be done at each stage. 

IT PM Documents - These are the core document templates and guides to be used in IT PM – the Outline Business Case, Project Initiation Document, Project Costing Form, Project Sizing Form, Project Risk Assessment, Risks, Actions Issues and Lessons (RAILS) Log, Project Highlight Report, Customer Acceptance Form, Project Closure Form. 

IT PM Glossary Explanation of specialist project management terms, as used in UoB IT PM.