There arc 14 common components of a typical project management plan.Management plans Through the course of this book, you have had many opportunities to explore management plans — for example, the scope management plan in and quality management plan in. You need to include portions of your management plans in your project management plan. Remember that this project management plan serves as a guide for the project during the execution and monitoring and controlling processes.
need to determine which sections should be included to guarantee the objectives of the project. These management plans should correspond directly to the processes that you have selected for your project. The project management plan should include some portions of all of these:
Project scope management plan
■ Schedule management plan
■Cost management plan
■ Quality management plan
■ Process improvement plan
■ Staffing management plan Communications management plan Risk management plan
■Procurement management plan
Other components You may wish to also include other pertinent pieces of information in your project management plan. These components again should provide information and guidance as you execute the project. You might consider including the following information:
Milestone list As you worked through the WBS and project schedule, you probably determined what deliverables will be created at what points of time. These deliverables create a milestone list. It would be advantageous to include these in the project schedule as a baseline of what you plan to deliver.
Schedule baseline The project schedule is created during the Schedule Development process of the Planning phase of a project. It is created with tools and techniques like calculating critical path and duration compression. The original schedule is called the schedule baseline. The schedule baseline is documented in the project management plan so the project team understands the sequence of the work that must be done.
Resource calendar Resource calendars need to be included in the project management plan so team members understand exactly what days they arc active and what days they arc idle.
Cost baseline At the end of the Cost Planning process, you created a cost baseline. This baseline conveys what you plan on spending on the project. The cost baseline should be kept in the project management plan as a point of comparison as you execute the project.
Risk register The risk register is created in the Risk Identification process and includes risks, potential responses and other pertinent information. It is kept in the project management plan as ongoing documentation that must be inspected and acted upon through the execution of the project.
Be sure to include in your project management plan any other documentation that will guide the project to successful completion. This document should act as a litmus test for project personnel when they arc in doubt about what to do.