Project Plan Definition

Project Plan Definition ( Template ) Project Management Program Management Office
Format: Plan
New Improved! 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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Reviews

"This is a nice templace.It would be useful if the early contractual critical items of the project are also listed. "
Krishna Mohan - Dec 28, 2007