Once again, building on my previous blogs where I compared the OUM repository to a grocery store or basically a store with method materials with three main sections (focus areas); Manage, Envision and Implement.
Each focus area is organized similarly. Within each focus area of the OUM repository, there are sections (or departments) for phases, processes, activities and tasks.
Phase guidance is found in the Phase Overviews. Phases are a chronological grouping of tasks. In OUM, services are delivered by phase in order to reduce project risk. Each phase allows a checkpoint against project goals, and measurement against quality criteria. Phases are temporal groupings, that is, they are bound by time. They cut vertically through project activities and provide natural points for establishing project milestones for progress checkpoints.
Process guidance is found in the Process Overviews. A process is a discipline or subproject that defines a set of tasks related by subject matter, required skills and common dependencies. A process usually spans several phases.
Activity guidance is found in the Activity Overviews. An Activity is a set of tasks related either by topic, dependencies, data, common skills/roles, or work products. The tasks in an activity may come from different processes. Activities in OUM begin and end in the same method phase. Activities are spread within the project phases according to the time and ordering where they logically occur during the life of the project.
Task guidance is found in the Task Overviews. A task is a unit of work that is done as part of a project and results in a new or revised work product. A task is the smallest traceable item on a project workplan, and forms the basis for a work breakdown structure. A work product is simply the output of a task. Many OUM tasks have work product templates.
Once again go to the Select a View menu on the OUM Home page and select “Full Method and Focus Areas”. From this page, choose the focus view. Once in any of the focus area view pages, expand the Guidelines window or choose it from the Current Page Navigation menu. From within this window, you can access the focus area phases and processes. You can access the tasks and their associated work products by expanding the appropriate Tasks and Work Products sections at the bottom of each focus area view.
Okay now that you know how the base method materials are organized in the OUM repository, my next blog will discuss the OUM views, or your pre-populated shopping lists.
Each focus area is organized similarly. Within each focus area of the OUM repository, there are sections (or departments) for phases, processes, activities and tasks.
Phase guidance is found in the Phase Overviews. Phases are a chronological grouping of tasks. In OUM, services are delivered by phase in order to reduce project risk. Each phase allows a checkpoint against project goals, and measurement against quality criteria. Phases are temporal groupings, that is, they are bound by time. They cut vertically through project activities and provide natural points for establishing project milestones for progress checkpoints.
Process guidance is found in the Process Overviews. A process is a discipline or subproject that defines a set of tasks related by subject matter, required skills and common dependencies. A process usually spans several phases.
Activity guidance is found in the Activity Overviews. An Activity is a set of tasks related either by topic, dependencies, data, common skills/roles, or work products. The tasks in an activity may come from different processes. Activities in OUM begin and end in the same method phase. Activities are spread within the project phases according to the time and ordering where they logically occur during the life of the project.
Task guidance is found in the Task Overviews. A task is a unit of work that is done as part of a project and results in a new or revised work product. A task is the smallest traceable item on a project workplan, and forms the basis for a work breakdown structure. A work product is simply the output of a task. Many OUM tasks have work product templates.
Once again go to the Select a View menu on the OUM Home page and select “Full Method and Focus Areas”. From this page, choose the focus view. Once in any of the focus area view pages, expand the Guidelines window or choose it from the Current Page Navigation menu. From within this window, you can access the focus area phases and processes. You can access the tasks and their associated work products by expanding the appropriate Tasks and Work Products sections at the bottom of each focus area view.
Okay now that you know how the base method materials are organized in the OUM repository, my next blog will discuss the OUM views, or your pre-populated shopping lists.