Project Management Plan

What is Project Management Plan???

In terms of project management in planning process, a Project Management plan is the most important document that needed to perform work. The project management plan is the sole outputs of develop project management plan in integration management. 

Project Management Plan is a formal and approved document that defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled. It may be in a form of an executive summary or a detailed document, and it may compose one or more subsidiary management plans and other planning documents

Project plan is used to:

• Guide project execution
• Document project planning assumption
• Document project planning decision based on the selected alternatives
• Facilitate communication among stakeholders
• Define key management review 
• Provide a baseline for progress measurement and project control

The keys to understanding the project management plan:

1. The project management plan is formal. It is important to think of the project management plan as a formal, written piece of communication.
2. The project management plan is a single document. It is not 15 separate plans. One those separate documents are approved as the project plan, they become a single document.
3. The project management plan is approved. In other words, there is a point in time at which it officially becomes the project plan. Who approves it is going to differ based on the organizational structure and other factors, but typically it would be the project manager, the project sponsor, the functional managers who are providing resources for the project.  
4. The project management plan defines how the project is managed, executed, and controlled. This means that the document provides the guidance on how the bulk of the project will be conducted.
5. The project management plan may be summary or detailed. 

Components of Project Management Plan:

• Change Management Plan
• Configure Management Plan
• Scope Management Plan
• Time Management Plan
• Cost Management Plan
• Quality Management Plan
• Process Improved Plan
• Human Resources Plan
• Communication Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan
• Procurement Management Plan
• Requirements Management Plan
• Scope Baseline
• Cost Performance Baseline
• Schedule Baseline