Summary of Core PM Documents
| Project Plan Component |
Purpose |
Key Elements / Notes |
Impact on Project Planning |
| Change Control Plan |
Describes how the project success factors (scope, cost, schedule, quality) will be managed and how changes will be integrated. |
Can include assessment of expected stability of project scope |
Proactive approach; manage expectations. |
| Communications Plan |
Describes how the information and communication needs of project stakeholders will be met. |
Often documented and presented in tabular form. |
Communications management plan details must be added to WBS and project schedule. |
| Configuration Management Plan |
Describes how changes to project deliverables and work products will be controlled and managed. |
Should include both technical work products and project documentation |
Proactive approach; manage expectations. |
| Procurement Management Plan |
Describes how the procurement process will be managed. |
Contract types Roles of project team and procurement dept. |
Remaining procurement management tasks must be added to project schedule. Constraints of scheduling procurement activities with third-party vendors may impact the project schedule. |
| Quality Management Plan |
Describes the project quality system. |
Should address both project work products and the project processes. |
Cost and schedule adjustments may be needed to meet quality standards. Quality assurance and quality control activities must be staffed and added to the project schedule. |
| Responsibility Matrix |
Lists the project roles and responsibilities. Cross-references roles with assigned resources. |
RACI matrix. |
Ensure all required resources are accounted for. |
| Resource Management Plan |
Indicates when project resources are needed on the project (start and end dates). |
Impact if resource cannot meet all skill requirements. Impact if resource must be acquired at rates higher than estimated. |
Cost baseline, work estimates, and project schedule are in flux until the final resources are acquired. |
| Risk Management Plan |
Describes how the risk management process will be structured and performed. |
Describes the process to be used. |
Ensure risk management tasks are added to WBS and project schedule. |
| Risk Response Plan |
Describes the response strategies for identified risks. |
Risk Log. Details action steps to be taken if risk event occurs. |
Risk response strategies may entail the allocation of additional resources, tasks, time, and costs. Budget reserves, contingency plans. |
| Variance Management |
Describes how performance (cost, schedule) variances will be managed. |
Documents planned responses to different variance levels. |
Proactive approach; manage expectations. |
Becasue the proejct plan is so much more extensive then I previously thought, we will split this further so no one feels an impeding sense of doom
Comment by admin — January 30, 2008 @ 10:12 am