Abbott Project Management Playbook

T HE BELOW TABLE EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARD FEP AND FEP LITE .

A Gatekeeper Assessment is an assessment of project readiness that is unique for projects meeting the definition of FEP Lite. It is intended to properly assess a capital project’s readiness during RCE Gate Review and provides a quantitative evaluation of the readiness and associated risks of a project. This is completed in lieu of a PDRI for projects using FEP Lite.

Deliverables/Output/Next Steps

Similar to projects following standard FEP processes, following RCE Gate Review and acceptable score of Gatekeeper Assessment, the project will be ready to submit for RCE Approval, and subsequently move into Execution phase.

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FEP Life Project Level Deliverables

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Gatekeeper Assessment

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• IT Specific Templates (Business & Technology Services PMO Processes and Templates Library)

6.11 A CCELERATED P ROJECT D EFINITION Accelerated projects are driven by executive leadership when execution and delivery speed are the primary objective . Accelerated projects require a prioritized and urgent capital investment to meet critical or unconstrained market demands or quality, compliance, or safety requirements.

Accelerated Project Decision Process

When a business case arises where delivery speed of the project is critical, the decision on whether to accelerate is broken into two segments: Divisional and Executive Decisions. The process flow for both sets of decisions is shown below.

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