Major Project Planning Process

There are four stages to the Major Project Planning Process. The first three stages are managed by the Integrated Planning Office and stage four is managed by Facilities Management.

• Stage One - Project Request

  Purpose: To provide a conceptual framework and preliminary document that will include project rationale/justification, project concept, and project description along with capital and operating funding implications and sources, if identified.

• Stage Two - Project Pre-Planning

  Purpose: To establish a representative Pre-Planning Team, coordinated by a tentative Executive Sponsor, to shape the project, define project requirements and develop an overall project definition including program and scope.

• Stage Three - Project Approval

  Purpose: Based on the information provided in the Planning Brief and Council review/input, PCIP will determine whether the project will be approved to proceed to the next stage, that being the approved "Major Project Governance Structure".

• Stage Four - Major Project Governance Structure

  Purpose: As stated in the "Major Project Governance Structure" of December 12, 2003, the "primary objective of the proposed governance model is to assure effective planning, prioritization, approval, and management, and reporting of major projects. This will ensure clear identification of the project priority, justification, including how the project will support, protect, and enable the Strategic Directions, the foundational documents, and the objectives of the University of Saskatchewan".