This 11 page paper is written in 3 parts. The first looks at what is necessary for a project to be successful. The second part gives definitions to the terms request for proposal (RFP); statement of work (SOW), statement of objectives (SOO) and Performance Work Statement (PWS). The last part of the paper outlines the role and responsibilities of different members of an integrated project team and considers how procurements may be made. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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need to be present. There has been the development of the CHAOS ten requirements, which was developed in 1994 and has since been updated. This is a list of elements
that should be present, each has a weighted score. It is also accepted that the failure of one element will not mean there will be inevitable failure. Therefore these are
important elements that should be present. The first is that any project should have executive support, this is seen as the most important as it is the most common
source of failure (Johnson et al, 2001). Where there is no executive support this can prevent progress and may jeopardise the project from the outset (Johnson et al, 2001). The
second element is that of user involvement. It was lack of user involvement that was once the primary cause of project failure, but this has slipped to second place (Johnson,
2001). The problem is that even where a project is capable of being delivered within the budget that is set and on time, if it does not meet the needs
of the user it will still fail (Johnson et al, 2001). The main method of assessing user needs is to ensure there is user involvement (Johnson et al, 2001).
The third main key for success is to have an experienced project manager, it has been found that in successful projects 97% will be run by an experienced project
manager (Johnson et al, 2001). In the CHAOS list the fourth factor is that is clear objective, but others place this much higher arguing that there need to be clearly
defined goals before any other factors can be considered as vital to a project success (Wiegers, 1999). Often a business will have more than a single factor by which success