Project Management Plan for Opening a Marks & Spencer Store in Australia

Project Management Plan
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Executive summary
This report focuses on a project management plan in order to open a new functional material
store of Marks & Spencer in Australia. The process of initiating the work, planning it, executing
the plans, controlling operations and finally closing the work in order to achieve specific
objectives and success at a particular time is known as project management. Project management
helps to improve the chances of meeting the objectives. It also helps in gaining a new perspective
on the project and makes us understand how this perspective fits with the business strategies.
Besides, an efficient project management plan controls and monitors the use of resources in
business. Therefore, in order to carry out this assignment, a project plan to open an M&S store in
Australia is made. It helps us to set the scope, budget and schedule from the beginning.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
1.2 Background.......................................................................................................................3
2. Project Charter..........................................................................................................................4
2.1 Project Aim............................................................................................................................4
2.2 Project Scope.....................................................................................................................4
2.3 Project Objective....................................................................................................................5
3. Work Breakdown Structure......................................................................................................5
4. Stakeholder Register.................................................................................................................5
4.1 Identification of Stakeholders................................................................................................6
4.2 Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders......................................................................6
4.3 Stakeholder Management Strategy...................................................................................7
4.4 Stakeholder Communication Plan.....................................................................................8
5. Conclusion................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
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