Initiation and Planning Sample Clauses

Initiation and Planning. (a) The Parties and the Benchmarker will formulate (i) the scope of the Benchmark; (ii) the roles and responsibilities of each of the entities involved; (iii) the expectations of the Parties; (iv) the proposed timing for conducting the Benchmark; and (v) other relevant items associated with conducting the Benchmark ((i) through (v), collectively, the “Benchmarking Process”). (b) Promptly following the initial meeting, the Parties will cause the Benchmarker to develop a project plan that outlines the tasks, duration and milestones that, among other things, will provide for the integration of the efforts of Service Provider, ALU and the Benchmarker and will include, but not be limited to: (i) Collection of data to be used in the Benchmark; (ii) Agreement upon the Peer Group and normalization process; (iii) Attendance at workshops and review meetings; (iv) Comparing the services received by the members of the Peer Group to the Benchmarked Services; and (v) Reporting and reconciliation of the Benchmark Results. The Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet their obligations therein.

Initiation and Planning. The scope of this task is to plan and manage the inception of the project and it shall cover all the activities of the Initiating phase in the PM2 Agile Methodology. The Contractor will setup the project team, allocating the key roles and define a comprehensive plan for the iterations and releases.

Initiation and Planning. M&J will conduct a kick-off meeting with the County project sponsor and other relevant County stakeholders. The purpose of the kick-off meeting will be to introduce the M&J Team; discuss roles and responsibilities; and project objectives, scope, timing, communication protocols, and potential risks. The meeting will allow for discussion at a more granular level to help ensure M&J and the County are aligned on key project attributes. We will also discuss access to people and information needed during the assessment and methods for requesting and obtaining interviews and data. We will bring an initial information request to the kick-off meeting based on our understanding of the County’s needs and our knowledge of conducting similar assessments. We will work with the County project sponsor to create an initial interview request list. Once the assessment has begun and knowledge learned, additional information and interview request lists will be developed and submitted to the County. Within two weeks after conducting the kick-off meeting, the M&J Team will create and submit a project charter, which will include detailed project expectations, timing, deliverables, communication plan, and identified potential risks with mitigation strategies.