Project Management Plan

Purpose of Project Management Plan:

A Project Management Plan (“Plan”) defines how a project is executed, monitored, controlled, and eventually closed. The Plan defines and describes all activities under individual tasks that need to be performed to accomplish the project. The Plan includes a detailed schedule of tasks and subtasks, and project deliverables (including necessary review time by all affected agencies). The Plan also identifies risks and mitigation strategies. It describes the communication plan with the project sponsor including submission of progress reports and regular team meetings to discuss outstanding issues. It supports timely submission of quality deliverables within budget.

You write a project plan?during the project planning stage of the?project life cycle, and it must be approved by stakeholders before a project can move on the execution stage.

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This means your project plan must be engaging, organized, and thorough enough to gain the support of your stakeholders.

What are the?parts of a project management plan?

Before you start assembling your own plan, you should be familiar with the main components of a typical project plan.

• Executive Summary: A short description of the contents of the report.
• Project Scope & Deliverables: An outline of the boundaries of the project, and a description of how the project will be broken down into measurable deliverables.
• Project Schedule: A high-level view of project tasks and milestones (Gantt charts are handy for this).
• Project Resources: The budget, personnel, and other resources required to meet project goals.
• Risk and Issue Management Plan: A list of factors that could derail the project and a plan for how issues will be identified, addressed, and controlled.
• Communication Management Plan: A plan for how team and stakeholder communication will be handled over the course of the project.

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