Overview of Project Planning
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Project Planning
After the project charter is approved, the Project Initiation phase is complete and you are ready to proceed to the Project Planning phase.
When the Project Planning phase is complete, you are ready to proceed to Project Implementation
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Project Planning
Project planning is the second major project phase, and the second of the five process groups identified in PMBOK.
After the project charter is approved, the Project Initiation phase is complete and you are ready to proceed to the Project Planning phase.
When the Project Planning phase is complete, you are ready to proceed to Project Implementation
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Purpose
of the project planning phase
Establishing business requirements.
Establishing cost, schedule, list of deliverables, and delivery dates.
Establishing resources plan.
Getting management approval and proceeding to the next phase.
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Basic processes
of project planning
Scope planning
Preparing the Work Breakdown Structure
Project schedule development
Resource planning
Budget planning
Procurement planning
Risk management
Quality planning
Communication planning
Stakeholder management planning
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Scope planning
Determining the scope is a key piece of being able to prepare a plan.
What is in?
What is out?
Make it
Specific
Measurable
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Preparing the WBS
Work breakdown structure:
List of all tasks and subtasks required to achieve the scope (produce the deliverables)
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Project Schedule development
How long will each task on the WBS take?
What are the relationships between the tasks?
Independent
Direct Precedence
More complex relationships
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Resource Planning
What resources are required to carry out each task on the WBS?
Human
Budget
Specialized equipment
Etc.
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Budget Planning
What is the required budget?
When during the project will the amounts be needed?
Is an external source of funding required?
Etc.
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Procurement Planning
Will equipment/supplies/software/etc. be purchased from another organization in order to carry out the project?
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Risk Management
What can you anticipate in the way of unknowns that might impact the project?
Can you eliminate/reduce/mitigate the impacts of these risks? How?
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Quality Planning
What is the required quality?
How will it be measured?
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Communication Planning
What kinds of communication will be required throughout the project?
With the team
With the sponsor
With other stakeholders
What forms of communication will you use?
Formal, informal, written, oral
What is the planned frequency of communication?
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Stakeholder Management Planning
The project initiation phase identified the stakeholders
During the planning phase
Additional stakeholders may be identified
Detailed plans are made about the format and frequency of communications with each stakeholder group
Tools are identified which can be used to track and control the relationships between the stakeholders and the project
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Summary
Project Planning phase includes Scope planning, Work Breakdown Structure, Project schedule development, Resource planning, Budget planning, Procurement planning, Risk management, Quality planning, Communication planning and Stakeholder Management Planning
When the project plan is approved by the sponsor, you are ready to proceed to implementation
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