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Chapter 3 Project Planning

Chapter 3 outlines the Project Planning phase, which follows the Project Initiation phase after the project charter is approved. It details the purpose of project planning, including establishing business requirements, costs, schedules, and resource plans, as well as the basic processes involved such as scope planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Once the project plan is approved, the project can move forward to implementation.

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Chapter 3 Project Planning

Chapter 3 outlines the Project Planning phase, which follows the Project Initiation phase after the project charter is approved. It details the purpose of project planning, including establishing business requirements, costs, schedules, and resource plans, as well as the basic processes involved such as scope planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Once the project plan is approved, the project can move forward to implementation.

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Chapter 3-

Project
Planning
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Chapter Outline
1.1. Introduction to Project Planning

1.2 Purpose of Project Planning

1.3 Basic Processes in Project Planning


1.0 Introduction to Project
Planning
Project Planning
1. Project planning is the second major project phase identified in
PMBOK.
2. After the project charter is approved, the Project Initiation phase is
complete and you are ready to proceed to the Project Planning phase.
3. When the Project Planning phase is complete, you are ready to
proceed to Project Implementation
2.0 Purpose of Project Planning
Purpose
of the project planning phase

1. Establishing business requirements.


2. Establishing cost, schedule, list of deliverables, and delivery dates.
3. Establishing resources plan.
4. Getting management approval and proceeding to the next phase.
2.0 Basic Processes of Project
Planning
What are the basic processes of project
planning ?
1. Scope planning -preparing the Work Breakdown Structure

2. Project schedule planning-development of project schedule

3. Resource planning

4. Cost/ Budget planning

5. Procurement planning

6. Risk management

7. Quality planning

8. Communication planning

9. Stakeholder management planning


2.1 Scope planning
1. Determining the scope is a key piece of being able to prepare a plan.
2. What is in?
3. What is out?
4. Make it
a. Specific
b. Measurable
2.1 Preparing the WBS
Work breakdown structure:
•List of all tasks and subtasks required to achieve the scope (produce the deliverables)
2.2 Project Schedule Planning-
Development of Project Schedule
1. How long will each task on the WBS take?
2. What are the relationships between the tasks?
a. Independent
b. Direct Precedence
c. More complex relationships
2.3 Resource Planning
What resources are required to carry out each task on the WBS?
a. Human
b. Budget
c. Specialized equipment
d. Etc.
2.4 Cost/ Budget Planning
1. What is the required budget?
2. When during the project will the amounts be needed?
3. Is an external source of funding required?
4. Etc.
2.5 Procurement Planning
Will equipment/supplies/software/etc. be purchased from another
organization in order to carry out the project?
2.6 Risk Management
1. What can you anticipate in the way of unknowns that might impact the
project?
2. Can you eliminate/reduce/mitigate the impacts of these risks? How?
2.7 Quality Planning
1. What is the required quality?
2. How will it be measured?
2.8 Communication Planning
1. What kinds of communication will be required throughout the project?
a. With the team
b. With the sponsor
c. With other stakeholders

2. What forms of communication will you use?


a. Formal, informal, written, oral

3. What is the planned frequency of communication?


2.9 Stakeholder Management
Planning
1. The project initiation phase identified the stakeholders
2. During the planning phase
a. Additional stakeholders may be identified
b. Detailed plans are made about the format and frequency of communications with
each stakeholder group
c. Tools are identified which can be used to track and control the relationships
between the stakeholders and the project
Summary
Project Planning phase includes Scope planning, Work Breakdown
Structure, Project schedule development, Resource planning, Budget
planning, Procurement planning, Risk management, Quality planning,
Communication planning and Stakeholder Management Planning
When the project plan is approved by the sponsor, you are ready to
proceed to implementation

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