Background & Justification

• Describe the network surrounding the project.
• Describe the importance of the project.
• Describe problems solved through this project.
• How does the project support the IHTSDO strategy?

Target group

• Who are the immediate beneficiaries of the project?

Immediate objectives

• Please limit immediate objectives to one or two and mention them in the order of priority

Development objective

• Explain how the achievement of above immediate objectives will ensure consistency, quality assurance, research and development and/or technical issues.

Delivery

• Make a list of expected deliveries e.g. report, software, modeling.

Success criteria

• What are the success indicators to be fulfilled on delivery?
• When are the aims reached?

Methods

• Describe essential procedure choices.

Risks

• Describe risks that can endanger the process and the result of the project.
• Indicate how these risks must be handled during the project

Project organization (manning)

• Who is the project owner, -leader and participants?
• Identify the need for a steering group and what it should control
• Identify the need for at reference group and its role
• What actions are needed to secure involvement from central interested parties?

Communication

• Identify ways of communication – in the group and to the rest of the IHTSDO.
• How often should there be communicated and to whom?
• Address lists to be used when communicating with interested parties.

Interested parties

• Who are the central interested parties? 
• Are they internal or external?
• What are their expectations concerning fulfillment and outcome?
• Describe actions needed?

Plan and milestones

• Describe activities to secure progress, e.g. kick-off meeting, frequency of reporting or evaluation and deadlines.
• What is the time frame for each activity.
• What are the essential milestones in each delivery?
• Deadlines for presentation for the Committees or the MB.

Resources (hours)

• Describe the qualifications needed to carry out the activities 
• Describe the resources needed
• What are their tasks?
• Requirements (hours/weeks) of each resource
• When are these requirements due?

Budget

• Describe the total budget for the project distributed on deliveries
• When are expenses due?

Implementation

• Cost of implementation and operation in time and money.
  Who should implement? What are their tasks and responsibilities?

Operation

• Who owns the result?
• What are the requirements to secure acceptability?
• Describe (early) measures to make sure that the outcome is safely and correctly implemented.
• How is it secured that the results are deeply rooted?
• Who is to secure this?
• What is required to secure the intended use of the outcome?