Purpose
The purpose of this deliverable is to establish the project plan, which will include a step-by-step approach for producing quality project deliverables within the defined timeframe, using available resources and meeting project standards.
How should it be produced
The following steps are required to produce the project plan:
· Perform initial work assessment
· Define preliminary project plan with phases and milestones and total duration
· Define deliverables by phase and milestone in logical sequence
· Define estimate for work effort in terms of time and resources
· Identify required skill set and assign roles to resource plan
· Define and monitor project milestone throughout the lifecycle of the project
· Determine overall project duration
· Reconcile results of activity planning with project plan
· Review project plan with the project steering committee and client project manager and get an approval of the master project plan
· In midsize and large projects, hand over the rough plan to the team leads to create a detailed activity plan and get a confirmation from the responsible affected team leads
Much of this will have been done during the pre-sales/proposal phase so this should be based on that work, time, financial and resource constraints.
What if it is not done
This is one of the most important deliverables and without it the project management team lack the ability to view and understand past, current and future steps in the project.
Source of Input
(Deliverable/Other) |
Input
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Implementation |
· Create Initial Project Plans |
Outputs
Refer to the breakdown of the deliverable in the roadmap structure
Additional Information
The initial project plan is defined in this phase, but it needs to be updated throughout the lifecycle of the project. The project plan must be accepted by the team leads as well as by the project sponsor. In other words, a more detailed plan must be created and reviewed at the end of each phase/milestone before the next phase starts. When preparing the plan, be specific in defining required skill sets for producing each deliverable, as this will allow to more accurate assignment of one or more deliverables to project team members.