/ Office of Research Administration

Business Case/Project Signoff

Project Name: / Date Submitted:
Key Stats / 7/15/2013
Customer/s Affected: / Requestor: / Prepared by:
Grants / James Goff / James Goff

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/ Office of Research Administration

Business Case/Project Signoff

INTRODUCTION
Need 3 one-page PDF files put on a secured section of the web site.
OVERVIEW
DESCRIPTION
(what you want to do) / Describe what the project will accomplish; highlight the overall business goal or purpose.
Need 3 one-page PDF files put on a secured section of the web site. Providing data to users
JUSTIFICATION
(why you want to do it) / State the problem, issue, or opportunity to be resolved or created by this project
To make data available to users
GOALS & OBJECTIVES / Describe the business outcomes, highlighting how they support business needs.
Business Goal/Objective / Description
Reporting / To make data available to users
BENEFITS / Describe the benefit to Emory (both tangible and intangible).
Tangible / Intangible
More access to data
PERFORMANCE MEASURES / Describe performance measures to gauge what will constitute project success in key process or service areas.
Key Process/Service / Performance Measures
Pages available on web site
DELIVERABLES / At a high level, describe the product/s, process/es, or service/s this project will produce
Description / Beneficiaries
Make data available to users / Research administrators
ASSUMPTIONS / List the assumptions regarding IT products/services affected by the proposal. Assumptions are believed to be true(70-80% accuracy) and the project will be managed accordingly.
CONSTRAINTS / List the limitations or constraints regarding IT products/services affected by the proposal. Constraints are absolutely true(100% accuracy) and cannot be changed by the project. They generally concern technology, budget issues, schedule, or business processes.
DURATION / Estimate (plus/minus 50%) the duration of the proposal.
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS / Estimate (plus/minus 50%) the level of effort.
Roles for Project Time & Maintenance / ORA-IT Hours / ORA Hours / ORA-IT Hours
Ongoing maintenance and support demand estimate at __ hours per year.
ORA Hours
Ongoing maintenance and support demand estimate at ___hours per year.
Project Manager / 0 / 0
Business Analyst / 0 / 0
Database Administrators / 0 / 0
Developer / Testing / 0 / 0
Network Infrastructure / 0 / 0
System Administration / 0 / 0
Customer / 0 / 0
Total Hours = / 0 / 0
COST / Estimate (plus/minus 50%) the duration of the proposal. Include description of how costs were obtained.
Item / One-time / On-going / Annual
Total Costs =
EXPECTED FUNDING / If funding has been set aside for this project, please indicate the source(s).
ALTERNATIVES / Describe alternative options, including the option of not implementing the project at all and at least one alternative. State the reasons for not selecting each alternative.
Alternative Option / Reason for Not Selecting Alternative
Don’t do it. / Will have to run many multiple queries each time we are asked for data.
INITIAL RISK CONSIDERATION / Identify initial risks and rate them for their probability of occurring and their impact if they occur. Risks are things that may occur, and require active management to mitigate their impact. Risks can be negative threats or positive opportunities
Description / Probability
(High / Med / Low) / Impact
(High / Med / Low)

The following individuals provided input and/or a review of this Business Case:

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By signing the Business Case you are in agreement with the preliminary estimates for duration, scope, anticipated costs, and the project analysis as described herein. Any changes that are outside of the requirements described within this document, a change request must be submitted and the estimates for duration, scope, anticipated costs, and the project analysis will be recalculated.

Business Case Signoff section
NAME / SIGNATURE / DATE
James Goff / 7/15/13

By signing the Project Signoff section you are in agreement that the interface fulfills the requirements described within this document. Furthermore, you agree that the interface has been reviewed and tested; in addition, the data has been reviewed and is correct. Any changes/modifications that are outside of the requirements described within this document, an enhancement request must be submitted and will be prioritized in conjunction with the other requests received by ORA units.

Project Signoff section
NAME / SIGNATURE / DATE

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