Chapter 2
Planning Forms
2.0 PLANNING PROCESS GROUP
The purpose of the planning process group is to elaborate the information from the project charter to create a comprehensive set of plans that will enable the project team to deliver the project objectives. There are 24 processes in the planning process group.
- Develop Project Management Plan
- Plan Scope Management
- Collect Requirements
- Define Scope
- Create WBS
- Plan Schedule Management
- Define Activities
- Sequence Activities
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Develop Schedule
- Plan Cost Management
- Estimate Costs
- Determine Budget
- Plan Quality Management
- Plan Human Resource Management
- Plan Communications Management
- Plan Risk Management
- Identify Risks
- Perform Qualitative Analysis
- Perform Quantitative Analysis
- Plan Risk Responses
- Plan Procurement Management
- Plan Stakeholder Management
The intent of the planning process group is to at least:
- Elaborate and clarify the project scope
- Develop a realistic schedule
- Develop a realistic budget
- Identify project and product quality processes
- Plan the human resource aspects of the project
- Determine the communication needs
- Establish risk management practices
- Identify the procurement needs of the project
- Determine how to manage stakeholder engagement
- Combine all the planning information into a project management plan and a set of project documents that are cohesive and integrated
Planning is not a one-time event. It occurs throughout the project. Initial plans will become more ...