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Project Management – PMBOK®
Project Management Plan
Dr Marc Conrad
Office: D104 – Park Square
Marc.Conrad@beds.ac.uk
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Project Management Processes
Project Management Plan
Initiation
Project Charter
Scope
WBS
(definition)
Cost
Time
Human Resources
(estimates, …)
(activity diagrams, …)
(RACI matrix, …)
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Also to consider: Quality, Risk,
Communication, Procurement, Integration
(PMBOK® knowledge areas)
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The Project Management Plan
• The Project Management Plan integrates
subsidiary plans relating to the knowledge
areas into one document.
• The Project Management Plan is a
reference for managing the project. It
should be “owned” by the project manager
and the team.
• The Project Management Plan is updated
and revised throughout the project.
PROJECT PLAN
Project Name:
Prepared by:
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1. Executive Summary
A summary description of the project is included in the Project Scope Statement. Please refer to that document for the
following:
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Project Purpose and Justification:
The business need/problem that needs to be solved.
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Project Overview:
A brief description of what the project is intended to do.
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Project Objectives:
A brief, concise list of measurable outcomes expected
from this project.
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Project Approach:
The strategy to deliver the project.
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Project Assumptions and Constraints:
Link_To_Project_Scope Statement
See Project Charter for Budget Overview:
Link_To_Project_Charter
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Contents of the Project Management
Plan
• The Project Management Plan documents:
 The processes selected by the project
management team.
 The tools and techniques to be used.
 The selected project life cycle and project
phases.
 How work will be executed and changes will be
monitored/controlled
 Communication techniques used (team +
stakeholders)
• Exercise: Discuss the differences of tools &
techniques, life cycle, execution and communication
between a software project based on the UML and an
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software project
(next two slides).
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Case Study – UML & Agile
The UML - Process
(according to Larman)
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Use Cases
Conceptual Model
System Sequence Diagram
System Contracts
Collaboration Diagram
Class Diagram
Code
http://www.objectsbydesign.com/books/larman_process.html
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Case Study – UML & Agile
The Agile Manifesto
• Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools
• Working software over comprehensive
documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract
negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan
http://agilemanifesto.org
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Subsidiary Plans of the Project
Management Plan
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The Project Management Plan may be composed of one or
more subsidiary plans,
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Scope management plan
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Schedule management plan
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Cost management plan
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Quality management plan
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Staffing management plan
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Communication management plan
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Risk management plan
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Procurement management plan
• See also PRINCE2 templates as examples!
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Inputs of the “Develop Project
Management Plan” PMBOK® Process

Project Charter
 Outputs from planning processes
 Enterprise environmental factors
 Organizational process assets
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