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Project
Management Plan
Project
Management Plan is a formal, approved document used to guide both
project execution and project control. The primary uses of the
Project Management Plan are to document planning assumptions and
decisions, to facilitate communication among stakeholders, and to
document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A Project
Management Plan may be summary or detailed.
The ultimate
purpose of the Project Management Plan is to clearly define the
roles, responsibilities, processes, and activities which will result
in the Major project being completed
in:
- On-time,
- Within
budget,
- With the
highest degree of quality,
- In a safe
manner for both the individuals working on the project and for the
traveling public, and
- In a manner
in which the public trust, support, and confidence in the project
will be maintained.
Project
Management Plan also addresses the design and construction phases of
the Major project life cycle, and ensures that the project will be
managed holistically and as a continuum...not incrementally as the
project progresses. The Project Management Plan can be viewed as a
"roadmap", which will help the project delivery team maintain a
constant focus towards delivering the Major project in accordance
with the customers' needs, wants, and
expectations.
The concept of
the "roadmap" or "outline" for a project is what is produced by
Project Management Plan software. Again, it's crucial that the
business software you choose has the ability to do Project
Management Plan. The Project Management Plan software is of no use
to you if it can't help you provide a plan for a client or for your
employees. The Project Management Plan is prepared for all projects.
It is one of several key project-planning documents that use a
building-block approach to planning.
Project
Management Plan is a vehicle for documenting project scope, tasks,
schedule, allocated resources, and interrelationships with other
projects. Project Management Plan also provides details on the
involved functional units, required job tasks, cost and schedule
performance measurement, and milestone and review scheduling. The
Project Management Plan includes an acquisition plan to define how
the needed resources will be obtained and when.
Revisions to
the Project Management Plan occur at the end of each phase and as
information become available. Software tools designed for work
breakdown structures, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and activity
detail reports are available and should be used to complete the
project management plan. The size of the project management plan
should be commensurate with the size and complexity of the systems
development effort and should generally follow the outline attached.
Project Management Plan sets out the strategic responsibilities,
interdependencies, schedule and activities for
implementation.
Creating a
project management plan is one of the most effective ways to manage
a documentation project. Whether online or print, the document must
be produced within a certain amount of time and at a certain level
of quality. These two competing priorities must be determined in the
project's early phases to help communicators optimize quality while
producing an efficient document within the project deadlines.
When
you, as a project manager, accept responsibility for a project, you
accept the schedule, timeline, deadlines, resources, and
expectations set out at the start. Now you can make sure you're
asking the right questions for each project by utilizing the tools,
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you can manage your risk project according to best practice
standards. You'll have the details and plans in place to handle
whatever arises during a project's duration—setting appropriate
expectations for timelines, milestones, and deliverables. And,
ensure success for each and every project with resources on:
- Ensuring you
have the necessary equipment and resources available
- Properly
documenting all project activities
- Identifying staff skills by roles needed
- Putting
quality controls in place
- Identifying
and estimating indirect costs
- Documenting
and prioritizing requirements
- And much more
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