8.3 The End of Life Presentation

End of Life is presented to executive staff (see Figure 8.1).

Figure 8.1: End of Life Presentation

Page 1: Cover Page. This document should be for controlled distribution and list the names of all the people attending and receiving the review handout. The cover page should have the project name , the phase, and the date.

Page 2: Agenda. List major deliverables for this phase, the team members who will be presenting, and the time allotted for the presentations.

Page 3: Phase 8 ”EOL Project Status. Review the items that have been created or completed in a Phase 8 ”EOL. Agenda items for a Phase 8 review may include: introduction, reason to EOL, sustaining costs, and contracts.

Page 4: Status.

• Impact study

• Contract review status

• User notification

Page 5: Reason for EOL.

Page 6: Install Base Status.

Page 7: Financial Summary. Sustaining costs, contract costs, cost to EOL.

Page 8: Recommendations.

Page 9: Executive Session.

8.3 in a Nutshell

• Business development creates an impact study. This study identifies the impact of discontinuing the project.

• The Project Manager reviews any outstanding contracts and the cost/savings to cancel the project.

• Help Desk reviews the cost of supporting the project and the cost/savings to discontinue the project.