Sample Gates, Workshops and Health Checks Across Project Life Cycle

This graph provides an example of how gates plus workshop and health check reviews could be scheduled over the course of a project.

The top section of the graph is a linear chart that breaks the Project Life Cycle (PLC) down into phases over the course of a project. In this example, the total project length is 45 months and the project phase breakdown is as follows:

The second section of the graph is a linear chart that breaks down the project according to the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). In this example, the project phase breakdown is as follows:

The third section of the graph contains gates plus workshop and health check reviews listed in order of the month during which they occur. The X axis of the graph shows project time in months while the Y axis of the graph illustrates the rate of project expenditure. The order of the gates plus workshop and health check reviews is as follows:

The graph also contains a line that traces the rate of project expenditure throughout the project life cycle.  The line is similar to a standard bell curve. It increases as the sample project reaches the planning / planning and design phases, peaks in the execution / construction phases, and declines in execution / deployment phases.

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