STAGE 1 - PROJECT INITIATION AND BRIEFING

 

Definition  

Agreeing client requirements and preferences, assessing user needs and options, appointment of necessary consultants in establishing project brief, objectives, priorities, constraints, assumptions and strategies in consultation with the client.

  

Standard Services  

• Facilitate the development of a Clear Project Brief.

• Establish the client’s Procurement Policy for the Project.

• Assist the client in the procurement of the necessary and appropriate consultants including the clear definition of their roles, responsibilities and liabilities.

• Establish in conjunction with the client, consultants, and all relevant authorities the site characteristics necessary for the proper design and approval of the intended project.

• Manage the integration of the preliminary design to form the basis for the initial viability assessment of the project.

• Prepare, co-ordinate and monitor a Project Initiation Programme

• Facilitate the preparation of the Preliminary Viability Assessment of the project.

• Facilitate client approval of all Stage 1 documentation.

 

Deliverables

 

• Project brief.

• Project procurement policy.

• Signed consultant/client agreements.

• Project initiation program.

• Record of all meetings.

• Approval by client to proceed to stage 2.