Review of Planning Processes

 

Review of Planning Processes

1. Completion of Planning Phase

   • Covered all 24 planning processes.
   • The main output of planning is the Project Management Plan (PM Plan).

2. Components of the PM Plan (18 total)

   • Baselines:
     • Scope Baseline
     • Schedule Baseline
     • Cost Baseline
   • Management Plans:
     • Scope Management Plan
     • Requirements Management Plan
     • Schedule Management Plan
     • Cost Management Plan
     • Quality Management Plan
     • Resource Management Plan
     • Communication Management Plan
     • Risk Management Plan
     • Procurement Management Plan
     • Stakeholder Management Plan

Transition to Execution Phase

3. Execution Begins

   • After planning, execution starts.
   • Execution follows the guidelines set in the PM Plan.

4. Integration with Monitoring & Controlling

   • Execution happens in parallel with Monitoring and Controlling.
   • Monitoring & Controlling ensures execution aligns with the plan, scope, schedule, and cost baselines.

5. Next Steps in the Course

   • Cover execution processes.
   • Understand how to track execution using monitoring & controlling.
   • Final step: Project Closure.

This sets the foundation for moving into Project Execution where actual work begins!