4.2 Develop a project management plan
1. What is the development of a project management plan?
A: Developing a project management plan is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all sub-plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.
2. What is the main role of developing a project management plan?
A: The main purpose of this process is to generate a core document that will serve as the basis for all projects.
3. What is the duration of this process?
A: The preparation of the project management plan requires the integration of a series of related processes, and the continuous project closure.
4. What are the characteristics of a project management plan?
A: Comprehensive, Approved, Realistic, Formal
5. Who is the leader of this process?
Answer: Project manager (project plan is prepared by project team members, and the project manager plays the role of overall responsibility and integration. Other important stakeholders should also participate in the preparation of the project plan)
6. What are the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of this process?
answer:
Inputs: Project charter, outputs of other processes, enterprise environmental factors, organizational process assets
Tools and Techniques: Expert Judgment, Guidance Techniques
Output: Project Management Plan
4.2.1 Develop Project Management Plan: Inputs
1. How many items are there in the input?
Answer: 4 items, project charter, outputs of other processes, business environmental factors, organizational process assets
4.2.1.1 Project Charter
1. How much does the content of the project charter depend on what?
A: Depends on the complexity of the project and the amount of information obtained.
4.2.1.2 Output from other process groups
1. What are the outputs of the other process groups?
A: Any sub-management plans and benchmarks output from other planning processes
- Scope Management Plan, Requirements Management Plan (Scope Management)
- Schedule Management Plan (Time Management)
- Cost Management Program (Cost Management)
- Quality management plan, process improvement plan (quality management)
- Human Resource Management Program (Human Resource Management)
- Communication Management Plan (Communications Management)
- Risk Management Plan (Risk Management)
- Procurement Management Plan (Procurement Management)
- Stakeholder Management Plan (Stakeholder Management)
- Change Management Plan, Configuration Management Plan (no knowledge areas listed)
2. Is the project management plan affected when the output documents of other processes are changed?
A: Changes in the output files of other processes may result in corresponding updates to the project management plan
4.2.1.2 Business Environmental Factors
1. What are business environmental factors?
A: Business environment factors refer to various conditions that are beyond the control of the project team and that will affect, limit or specify the role of the project.
2. What environmental factors affect this process?
answer:
1) Government or industry standards
2) Project management body of knowledge in a vertical market (e.g. construction) or a specialized domain (e.g. environmental, security, risk or agile software development)
3) Project management information system
4) Organizational structure, culture, management practices and sustainable development
5) Infrastructure
6) Personnel management system
4.2.1.2 Organizational process assets
1. What are organizational process assets?
Answer: Organizational process assets are the plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases that are specific to and used by the executing organization, including any product, time, or knowledge from any (or all) participating organizations that can be used to execute or govern the project.
2. What organizational process assets are affected by this process?
answer:
1) Standardized guidelines, work instructions, proposal evaluation criteria and technical school measurement criteria
2) Project Management Plan Template
3) Change control procedures, including steps to follow to modify organizational standards, policies, plans, and procedures, and how to approve and confirm changes
4) Project files of past projects
5) Knowledge base of historical information and lessons learned
6) Configuration management knowledge base, including various versions and benchmarks of organizational standards, policies, procedures, and project documents
4.2.2 Developing a Project Management Plan: Tools and Techniques
1. What tools and techniques are used in this process?
Answer: Expert judgment, guidance technology
4.2.2.1 Expert judgment
1. What is expert judgment? What is an expert?
Answer: Expert judgment is a reasonable judgment about current or future based on professional knowledge in a certain field, knowledge area, discipline and industry. This expertise can come from any group or individual with professional qualifications, knowledge, skills, experience or training. P599
An expert is any group or individual with specialized knowledge or professional training, regardless of academic qualifications.
2. What problems did the expert judgement use to solve in this process?
answer:
1) Tailor the project management process according to project needs
2) Prepare technical and management details that should be included in the project management plan
3) Determine the level of resources and skills required for the project
4) Define the configuration management level of the project
5) Determine which project documents are subject to a formal change control process
6) Prioritize project work and ensure that project resources are allocated to the appropriate work at what time.
4.2.2.2 Boot technology
1. What are the guiding technologies?
A: Brainstorming, conflict management, problem solving and meeting management
4.2.3 Develop Project Management Plan: Outputs
1. How many outputs?
Answer: 1 item, Project Management Plan
4.2.3.1 Project Management Plan
1. What is a project management plan?
A: A project management plan is a document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled.
2. What does the project management plan incorporate?
Answer: Project 3 benchmarks (scope, schedule, cost), sub-management plans (9 management plans + requirements management plan + process improvement plan), life cycle and management process definition, configuration, change management plan
3. What are the three benchmarks of the project?
Answer: scope benchmark, schedule benchmark, cost benchmark
4. What are the sub-management plans?
Answer: scope management plan, requirements management plan, schedule management plan, process improvement plan, cost management plan, risk management plan, procurement management plan, human resource management plan, communication management plan, stakeholder management plan, quality management plan
5. What are the main documents of project management?
Answer: P78
6. After the project management plan is determined, how to deal with the change?
A: Once the project management plan is finalized, changes can only be made after a change request has been made and approved by the implementation of the topic change control process.
7. In addition to the sub-management plans and benchmarks output by other processes, what does the project management plan include?
Answer: Definition, configuration, change management plan of life cycle and process
4.2 Develop a project management plan 1. What is a project management plan? A: Developing a project management plan is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all sub-plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan. 2. What is the main role of developing a project management plan? A: The main purpose of this process is to generate a core document that will serve as the basis for all projects. 3. What is the duration of this process? A: The preparation of the project management plan requires the integration of a series of related processes, and the continuous project closure. 4. What are the characteristics of a project management plan? A: Comprehensive, Approved, Realistic, Formal 5. Who is leading the process? Answer: Project manager (project plan is prepared by project team members, and the project manager plays the role of overall responsibility and integration. Other important stakeholders should also participate in the preparation of the project plan) 6. What are the inputs, tools and technologies, and outputs of this process ? Answer: Inputs: Project charter, outputs from other processes, business environmental factors, organizational process assets Tools and techniques: Expert judgment, guided technology Outputs: Project management plan 4.2.1 Develop project management plan: Inputs 1. How many inputs are there? Answer: 4 items, project charter, outputs of other processes, business environment factors, organizational process assets 4.2.1.1 Project charter 1. How much does the content of the project charter depend on? A: Depends on the complexity of the project and the amount of information obtained. 4.2.1.2 Outputs of other process groups 1. What are the outputs of other process groups? A: Any sub-management plans and benchmarks output from other planning processes