Project Management Plan

Project Management Plan

Template Project Management Plan Detail

Project Management Plan may not be a physically single document but a collection of many documents. This consolidation is done in Develop Project Management Plan process. A Project Management Plan should include the following items.

• All the subsidiary plans from the other 9 Knowledge Areas (Requirements management plan, Process improvement plan, Change management plan, Configuration management plan, etc)
• All Baselines (Scope baseline, Schedule baseline, Cost baseline)
• Tailored Process with detail (Project management processes applicable to the project)
• Project Life cycle and project phases
• How integrity of project baselines will be maintained
• Project Areas where Reviews/ Audits need to be done and their frequency

Project Management Plan is input to following processes. By seeing this list you come to know how important is this document to do the project work. Work the plan is a simple philosophy.

1. Direct and Manage Project Work
2. Monitor and Control Project Work
3. Perform Integrated Change Control
4. Close Project or Phase
5. Plan Scope Management
6. Validate Scope
7. Control Scope
8. Plan Schedule Management
9. Control Schedule
10. Plan Cost Management
11. Control Costs
12. Plan Quality Management
13. Control Quality
14. Plan Resource Management
15. Plan Communications Management
16. Manage Communications
17. Plan Risk Management
18. Monitor Risks
19. Plan Procurement Management
20. Control Procurements
21. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
22. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management Plan is output or gets updated in following processes. By seeing this list you come to know that this is not one-time document which is referred multiple time but a live document that keep changing based on the need. Re-plan your project if you can deliver following the earlier plan.

1. Develop Project Management Plan
2. Direct and Manage Project Work
3. Monitor and Control Project Work
4. Perform Integrated Change Control
5. Control Scope
6. Develop Schedule
7. Control Schedule
8. Control Costs
9. Manage Quality
10. Control Quality
11. Acquire Resources
12. Manage Team
13. Manage Communications
14. Monitor Communications
15. Plan Risk Responses
16. Monitor Risks
17. Conduct Procurements
18. Control Procurements
19. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
20. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement