Project Management Planning
Project Plan Format
Initial Release
1.0
Date:
January 1997
Project Summary
Following the approvals page, there should be a project summary and charter
information that defines:
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The estimated value of the project.
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The project deliverables.
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The duration of the effort.
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The purpose of the project.
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The goals, acceptance, and completion criteria.
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Assumptions made affecting cost and/or schedule.
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Major dependencies/constraints.
The Project Summary, begun at project initiation, is maintained over the course
of the project. The first page includes areas that need to be filled in and then
updated with each new release of the plan. These include:
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Project name and start date.
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State organization, name, and submitted by.
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Prime Contractor (if applicable) and date awarded.
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Current stage of the project.
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Project status in terms of schedule and budget.
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Budget summary.
Page 2 of the Project Summary includes points of contact and prime contractor
information.
The following two pages show a completed sample project summary from the
template.
Project Management Methodology
PM Planning
Project Plan Format
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