2Planning 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 work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Plan schedule management
- Define activities
- Sequence activities
- Estimate activity durations
- Develop schedule
- Plan cost management
- Estimate costs
- Determine budget
- Plan quality management
- Plan resource management
- Estimate activity resources
- 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
- Identify and plan for the needed project resources
- Determine and plan for the communication needs
- Establish risk management practices
- Identify the procurement needs of the project
- Determine how to effectively engage stakeholders
- 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. ...
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