The Project Management Plan Document also known as Project Plan Document or simply Project Plan is a document that contains the strategy for managing the project and the processes related to all areas of the project (scope, cost, schedule, quality, etc.) which are known as Knowledge Areas according to PMI. There are lots of project management processes mentioned in PMBOK® Guide, but determining what processes need to be used based on the needs of the project which is called Tailoring is part of developing the project management plan
Contents
- Introduction
- Project Management Approach
- Project Scope
- Milestone List
- Schedule Baseline and Work Breakdown Structure
- Project Management Plans
- Change Management Plan
- Communication Management Plan
- Cost Management Plan
- Procurement Management Plan
- Project Scope Management Plan
- Schedule Management Plan
- Quality Management Plan
- Risk Management Plan
- HRStaffing Management Plan
- Resource Calendar
- Cost Baseline
- Quality Baseline
- Sponsor Acceptance
- References
The project plan document may include the following sections:
Introduction
A High level overview of the project
Project Management Approach
The roles and authority of team members. It represents the executive summary of the Project Management Plan
Project Scope
The Scope Statement from the Project Charter should be used as a starting point with more details about what the project includes and what it does not include (In-Scope and Out-Of-Scope)
Milestone List
A list of the project Milestones (the stop points that helps evaluating the progress of the project). This list includes the milestone name, a description about the milestone, and the date expected.
Schedule Baseline and Work Breakdown Structure
WBS which consists of Work Packages and WBS Dictionary, which defines these work packages, as well as Schedule Baseline, which is the reference point for managing project progress, are included here.
Project Management Plans
This section contains all management plans of all project aspects
Change Management Plan
See Change Management Plan DocumentCommunication Management Plan
See Communication Management Plan DocumentCost Management Plan
See Cost Management Plan DocumentProcurement Management Plan
See Procurement Management Plan DocumentProject Scope Management Plan
See Project Scope Management Plan DocumentSchedule Management Plan
See Schedule Management Plan DocumentQuality Management Plan
See Quality Management Plan DocumentRisk Management Plan
See Risk Management Plan DocumentHR/Staffing Management Plan
See HR Staffing Management Plan DocumentResource Calendar
Identify key resources needed for the project and their times and durations of need.
Cost Baseline
This section includes the budgeted total of each phase of the project and comments about the cost.
Quality Baseline
Acceptable levels of quality.
Sponsor Acceptance
Some space for the project sponsor to sign off the document