In the long journey of project management, project acceptance is undoubtedly a decisive threshold. It's not just about the smooth delivery of the project, it's about the team's reputation and customer satisfaction. Traditional acceptance methods often fall short, and this article will take you through a new approach to acceptance that will revolutionize the way you think about project acceptance. Just as the ancients said: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", and only by mastering the correct method can you get twice the result with half the effort. This article will reveal the key points that have been overlooked, so that your project acceptance work will be easier for you.
Project verification is the last process before a project goes live, and the success of the project acceptance will determine whether the project can be launched. Therefore, successful project acceptance is crucial.
1. Several concerns about project acceptance
1. The degree of completion of the requirements realization
The first key indicator of project acceptance is to see whether the requirements are achieved according to the requirements, only when the requirements are realized, we will consider the next indicator system, if the requirements themselves are not realized, then the first acceptance will not pass.
Part of the reason why many project project managers or product managers do not do a good job in the project acceptance process is that they think that the tester has already made a test report and the default requirements have been fully realized.
2. The completeness of the closed-loop process
The second key metric for project acceptance is to see if the process is already closed, why do you say that?
Because many project requirements are a business function adjustment, and the completion of a business function adjustment does not mean that the overall project business process is complete.
Therefore, when we do project acceptance, after the requirements are completed, we have to go through the basic process to see if it is blocked, if there is no problem with the process, the acceptance will be passed, otherwise it will not pass.
3. Accuracy of Business Data
The third key indicator for project acceptance is the accuracy of the business logic.
Many project managers or product managers, after the acceptance of requirements implementation and business process, will ignore the acceptance of data accuracy to a certain extent, which is also a common problem in project acceptance.
As everyone knows, the accuracy acceptance of business data will determine whether this requirement is truly realized. If the requirements are completed and the business process is fine, but the data is calculated incorrectly, then the project is considered to be unacceptable.
Second, use a document to do a good job of project acceptance
If you want the project acceptance to be unproblematic, then we have to use some professional documents to carry out the checklist process acceptance.
1. Basic information of the project
The basic information of the project is mainly used to explain the basic content of the project acceptance, so that when making a project report, you can know what project is accepted by this acceptance, as well as the acceptance content, time and other information, including the following information.
- Project Name: The name of the acceptance project.
- Project development content: What are the main development requirements of the acceptance project?
- Project Development Time: The time when the project started development.
- Project Completion Time: The time when the project development is completed.
- Project Acceptance Date: The specific acceptance date of the project.
- Acceptance: What is the acceptance of the project, such as testing, UAT, etc.
- Acceptance method: the main acceptance method of the project.
- Acceptance criteria: How to judge the specific acceptance criteria for project acceptance? Still did not pass the other standards.
2. Project acceptance checklist
Project list acceptance is a common and not easy to leave requirements without acceptance, through this method, we can achieve more detailed acceptance of each function, each requirement, the specific approach is as follows.
Step 1: By numbering the requirements, one demand point corresponds to a demand number.
Step 2: Write the content of the acceptance of the requirements, and write the requirements for acceptance as clearly as possible.
Step 3: Explanation of the acceptance results, if it is conformed, it will pass, and if it does not meet, it will not pass.
3. Summary of acceptance
After the project list is accepted, we need to make a summary of the acceptance situation so that the O&M team and leaders can make decisions on the acceptance report. The summary of acceptance mainly highlights the following contents.
- Acceptance items: According to the project situation, it is necessary to summarize and write down the acceptance items, clearly indicating whether they are passed or not, and at the same time, some special instructions can be reflected in the remarks.
- Explanation and opinions on the overall situation of acceptance: A summary explanation needs to be made for the acceptance of the project, such as which ones have been completely accepted, which ones have problems but do not affect the launch, and which ones need to be optimized suggestions.
- Reasons for failing: For different acceptances, you need to write clearly in this module, why you don't pass, what causes you to fail, etc.
Regardless of whether the acceptance is passed or not, the person in charge of the project acceptance needs to sign and confirm that the relevant stakeholders involved in the project can make the next decision through the acceptance report.
Final words
Project acceptance is the basic skill of a project manager and product manager, and doing a good job in project acceptance can help the project progress smoothly and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
However, often the project acceptance is also a double-edged sword, without good acceptance, there will be a bug production escape problem, which will not only cause customers to not be usable, but also affect the company's reputation, therefore, doing a good job in project acceptance is really an important thing that cannot be ignored.
This article was written by Everyone is a Product Manager Author [Mtian Mengtian], WeChat public account: [Mtian Mengtian], original / authorized Published in Everyone is a product manager, without permission, it is forbidden to reprint.
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