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Software Development Phase 1: Inception Phase

Initial phase for building understanding of type and scope of system; producing cost estimates

This phase deals with project requirements, initial concepts and scope. It sets out clearly what the project is trying to achieve. It usually includes a period of requirement gathering and analysis (which has strong commercial and marketing implications).

The deliverables of the inception phase would normally be:

A business case for the project/product
An outline requirements specification for the product
An initial design specification for the product (high level)
An initial project plan
An initial project risk assessment
Budgetary estimates for the subsequent project phases

Some of these deliverables would be produced by the customer (e.g. business case & requirements specification). Other deliverables would be produced by Quintic (e.g. functional specifications, initial design specification, initial project plan, initial risk assessment & budgetary estimates). Some projects only include an inception phase, after which the customer would decide whether to perform additional Inception Phase work to build confidence or proceed to the Elaboration Phase.