Project Planning Checklist
Designing and executing projects
Guideline: How to prepare a detailed project plan document
Templates (in word)
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Develop an initial concept paper, where the initial case for the project is made and initial project parameters are defined (i.e. prepare the Project Business Case document); |
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Evaluate the original idea, and decide whether to assign organizational resources for preparing a more detailed and elaborated project proposal to be recommended to those who can allocate financial resources for it. |
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Select a project designer and assign to her/him with the responsibility to lead the successive stages of project initiation and detailed planning. |
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Define the product/services that the project is meant to deliver and the changes expected as a direct consequence of the delivered project outputs. |
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Prepare the Project scope document, |
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Get the required approval of the theProject scope document, |
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Activity Definition: Define Activities and Subdivide them into Tasks.
If you have considered them in your project methodology, there should be also the activities required for
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Activity Sequencing: Determine Activity Sequence and Dependencies |
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Activity Resource Estimating: Define Tasks Resource Requirements |
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Define Tasks Duration Estimates |
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Schedule Development: Prepare the GANTT (Action Plan) |
Action plan (in excel) |
Complete List of Human and Material Resources Required |
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Cost estimating; Cost budgeting |
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Summarize the plan in a Logical Framework |
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Final approval of the project document |
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Evaluation of the Project Plan |
See also