Project Management Plan - Plan Contents

Plan Contents

To be a complete project plan according to industry standards such as the PMBOK or PRINCE2, the project plan must also describe the execution, management and control of the project. This information can be provided by referencing other documents that will be produced, such as a Procurement Plan or Construction Plan, or it may be detailed in the project plan itself.

The project plan typically covers topics used in the project execution system and includes the following main aspects:

• Scope Management
• Requirements Management
• Schedule Management
• Financial Management
• Quality Management
• Resource Management
• Communications Management
• Project Change Management
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management

It is good practice and mostly required by large consulting and professional project management firms, to have a formally agreed and version controlled project management plan approved in the early stages of the project, and applied throughout the project.