Project Plan/Project Definition

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Format: Plan
This template walks you through building a very detailed and comprehensive description of your project.  The finished product can be useful for: Setting stakeholder expectations, Developing a common understanding of project details with your team, particularly during project startup Creating a very solid basis for building a project schedule. Understanding the risks of the project to the organization and how it related to other initiatives already underway, Controlling it during its duration and ending the project. The Plan is a contract between the Project Manager, Executive Sponsor, Project Team and other management of the enterprise associated with and/or affected by the project.  Each Project Plan component is essentially a work product resulting from subtasks in the Make Plan Project Management task, but can be revised during other project management activities. It is important to document all parameters that will have an impact on the project, its planning and execution. The finished product can be 30 pages long describes the following about the project:   Purpose/background/approach   Goals/objectives   Scope   Deliverables   Constraints/assumptions   Related projects/critical dependencies   Schedule and milestones   Budget/cost-benefit assessment   Risk assessment   WBS   Quality management approach   Tools and techniques to be used   Resource estimates   Standards   Change and control procedures   Roles/responsibilities   Work plan   Team contact directory   Approval sign-off form

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comments

MS Patil Bangalore, Karnataka, India	Posted: Jan 24, 2012 4:37 AM
	"good"
Tessema Manyahele Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Posted: Jul 14, 2011 2:22 AM
	"It is really a very nice and workable template .The plan template helpes me as instrumental for my planning process. Tessema, PMP"
Faiz Shaikh Program Manager, IT Infrastructure Services Pune, Maharashtra, India	Posted: Jun 13, 2011 4:37 AM
	"This project plan template, is ready reference, which could be customized according to needs. Best guidelines too.."
Tomasz Urbanski Warsaw, Poland	Posted: Apr 7, 2010 6:14 AM
	"There are recommendations to use "Architect: Planner", "Architect Process Blueprints" and "Architect" itself in this excellent Project Plan. Does anybody knows what is it? How to find this tool?"
hamish barrett Adelaide, south australia, Australia	Posted: Jul 10, 2009 4:29 AM
	"definition of a plan: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:plan&ei=sPtWSqDMD4yOtAPEzuHzAQ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title"
elsayed abdel halim PMO MANAGER, ARAB CONTRACTORS port said, Egypt	Posted: May 10, 2009 6:57 AM
	"This project plan template is an excellent reference source in insuring important elements of the project are attended to and not overlooked. The fact that it follow many of PMI's nomenclature makes it a relevant tool indeed"
Krishna Mohan Vissapragada Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India	Posted: Dec 28, 2007 7:37 AM
	"This is a nice templace.It would be useful if the early contractual critical items of the project are also listed. "
Dan Potts Muncie, IN, USA	Posted: Sep 15, 2004 8:28 AM
	"CMMI to attain level 2 certification"
john covington TUCSON, AZ, USA	Posted: Apr 10, 2003 2:40 PM
	"This Project Plan Template is to comply with Homework#1 assignment for John Covington."
Anonymous	Posted: Dec 18, 2001 6:28 AM
	"This project plan template is an excellent reference source in insuring important elements of the project are attended to and not overlooked. The fact that it follow many of PMI's nomenclature makes it a relevant tool indeed."
Anonymous	Posted: Mar 7, 2000 9:36 AM
	"Very well organized template. The document follows PMI standards and is quite thorough. This would clearly make for a strong Project Charter document."