Purpose:

Develop Project Management Plan is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan. The key benefit of this process is a central document that defines the basis of all project work.

Objective:

The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan. The project’s integrated baselines and subsidiary plans may be included within the project management plan.

Description:

The project management plan defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed. The project management plan’s content varies depending upon the application area and complexity of the project. It is developed through a series of integrated processes extending through project closure. This process results in a project management plan that is progressively elaborated by updates and controlled and approved through the Perform Integrated Change Control process. Projects that exist in the context of a program should develop a project management plan that is consistent with the program management plan. For example, if the program management plan indicates all changes exceeding a specified cost need to be reviewed by the change control board, then this process and cost threshold needs to be defined in the project management plan.

RASIC:

Inputs:

• Approved Project Business Case
• Draft Project Charter

Outputs:

• Project Management Plan

Controls:

• Guidelines for Selection of Project Life Cycle Models
• Acquiring COTS Systems Guidelines
• Acquiring Data Warehousing Systems Guidelines
• Acquiring Web Based Systems Guidelines
• Tailoring Guidelines for the Project
• Artifacts from the Organizations Process Asset Library
• Peer Review Process
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• Expert Judgment
• Facilitation Techniques

Task Instructions:

Select Lifecycle for the Project

1. 1. Using Guidelines for Selecting of Project Lifecycle Models, [the Project Manager] is responsible for selecting a lifecycle model from the ones available in the organizational process assets.
   2. Using Acquiring COTS Systems Guidelines, Acquiring Data Warehousing Systems Guidelines, or Acquiring Web Based Systems Guidelines, [the Project Manager] consulting with [the Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management Office] is responsible deciding whether these guidelines are beneficial to the project.
   3. Using Draft Project Management Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for documenting the project life cycle.

Tailor Organizational Processes

1. 1. Using the Tailoring Guidelines for the Project and other artifacts from the organizations process asset library as appropriate, [the Project Manager] with support from [the Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management Office] is responsible for tailoring the organization’s a set of standard processes and other organizational process assets according to tailoring guidelines to produce the projects defined process.
   2. Using the Draft Project Management Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for documenting the tailoring decisions and attach it in the Draft Project Management Plan.
   3. Using the Draft Project Management Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for documenting all assumptions

Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions

1. 1. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Agenda Template, [the Project Manager] is responsible for completing the document.
   2. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Agenda, [the Project Manager] is responsible for scheduling a Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions meeting with the Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management Office.
   3. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Agenda, [the Project Manager] is responsible for conducting the meeting.
   4. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Agenda, [the Project Manager], is responsible for updating the Action Items section.
   5. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Minutes, [the Project Manager], is responsible for sending the Meeting Minutes to all invited reviewers and [the Project Manager].
   6. Using the Review and Approve Tailoring Decisions Minutes, [the Work Product Owner] is responsible for verifying closure of the review modifications.
   7. Using the Draft Project Lifecycle and Draft Project Plan, [the Project Manager] with support from [the PMO] is responsible for informing and receiving approval from [the Project Sponsor].

Communicate Approve Tailoring Decisions

1. 1. Using the Draft Project Lifecycle, [the Project Manager] with support from [the PMO] is responsible for informing [the Business Relationship Manager].