Develop Project Management Plan

Process

Defining, preparing and consolidating all plan components into an integrated project management plan.

When performed: Once or at predefined points

Process group: Planning

Knowledge Area: Integration Management

Outputs Created

• Change management plan*
• Configuration management plan*
• Performance measurement baseline*
• Project life cycle description*
• Development approach*
• Management reviews*

Outputs Updated

• All project management plan components

Inputs

• Project charter*
• Outputs from other processes*
• Enterprise environmental factors
  • Government or industry standards
  • Legal and regulatory requirements and/or constraints
  • Project management body of knowledge for vertical market
  • Organizational governance framework
  • Infrastructure
• Organizational process assets
  • Organizational standard policies, processes, and procedures
  • Project management plan template
  • Change control procedures
  • Monitoring and reporting methods, risk control procedures, and communication requirements
  • Project information from previous similar projects
  • Historical information and lessons learned repository

Tools & Techniques

• Brainstorming
• Checklists
• Focus groups
• Interviews
• Conflict management
• Facilitation
• Meeting management
• Meetings
• Expert judgment

Key inputs & outputs are indicated with *