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Contents of a Project Management Plan
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- 1What categories do the project management contents fall into?Why
What
Who
How much (cost)
When
How - 2What information is contained in the 'why' section of the PMP?Description of benefits
Statement of requirements
Project objectives
Strategic fit
These will be taken from the business case. - 3Describe the purpose and list the information contained in the 'what' section of the PMPExplains the nature of the project deliverables created to satisfy project requirements/organisational need.
Contains: project scope (whats in/whats out); main product specifications; acceptance criteria for deliverables approval; constraints (critical time slots); assumptions (resource availability). - 4What information is contained in the 'who' section of the PMP?RAM - who complete each product
OBS - hierarchy of project personel
Authority & delegation schedules - delegation of approval for documents, expenditures & acceptance
Role descriptions - defines responsibilities - 5What is the purpose and what information is contained in the 'how much' section of the PMP?Predicting project expenditure is key to tracking project progress.
'How much' section contains: time phased budget; earned value arrangements (track actuals against planned); cash flow forecasts (show balance of income vs costs); cost variance & cost management procedures. - 6What information is contained in the 'when' section of the PMP?Project schedule (high-level summary) supported by:
Precedence diagrams
Resource histograms
Gantt charts
Project life cycle - 7What is the purpose and what information is contained in the 'how' section of the PMP?Describes strategy for running the project.
'How' section contains separate ancillary plans: project methods (standards for design work/review of products); health & safety plan; quality plan; procurement strategy; communication management plan; risk management plan; change control procedures. - 8What are the two distinct types of PMP content?Policies (how project will be run, its framework)
Schedules & plans (what produced, when, for how much, who will do it)
PM must administer all the polices within a project to ensure it is managed properly. - 9List examples of the policy content of the PMP.Stakeholder management policy
Risk management policy
Change control process
Configuration management process
Issue management policy
Quality policy
Resource management policy
Monitoring & control procedures
Health & safety policy
Planning & estimating procedures - 10List examples of the schedules and plans content of the PMP.Stakeholder analysis
Risk log
Change control log
Configuration library
Issue log
Defects log
Resource plan
Earned value reports
Health & safety log
Gantt chart
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- 7.8 Describe the typical contents of a project management plan
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- Created by Althea Green · Jul 23, 2016
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