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A SOMT project can be described in terms of a number of phases, that describe the calendar time of the project. The phases are introduced as a means to get a visibility of important milestones and deliverables from the project. The various phases of a SOMT project are:

A graphical view of a possible SOMT project is illustrated in Figure 719.

Figure 719 : The different phases in a SOMT project

In this figure the various activities (as show on the vertical axis) are divided into a number of phases (as shown in the horizontal axis). The dashed lines indicate the deadlines for the different phases. Note that the activities associated with a specific phase may often start before the deadline of the previous phase is reached. This is common and useful. The purpose of the organization of the activities into phases is not to control when an activity starts, but to be able to focus on when an activity should be finished. This is what indicates the progress of the project.


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