Typical IT projects are notoriously poorly defined, late and over budget.  The purpose of the Concept phase to define the operational context, the basic user requirements, the solution concept and the principal project parameters: timeline and budget.  The typical deliverable is the Concept & Strategy document and may include one or more of the following products:

• Structured Data Gathering Workshops
   

• Operational Context Description

• Business Process Description

• Technology Infrastructure Analysis
   

• User Requirement Definition
   

• Solution Concept Definition

• Top Level Functional Definition

• Technology Architecture

• Technology Evaluation / Selection
   

• Project Execution Strategy

• Organizational Planning / Team Development

• RFP / RFQ Development

• System Migration Planning

• Project Planning & Management