Project Plan Template for Desklib Online Library

This project plan template is designed to conduct research on the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalization on different business functions within organizations. It includes milestones, phases, activities, tasks, effort, resources, schedule, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints.

Project Plan
Template

Table of Contents
1 PLANNING BASIS................................................................................................................2
1.1 SCOPE......................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 MILESTONES................................................................................................................................................ 2
1.3 PHASES....................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.4 ACTIVITIES................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.5 TASKS.......................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.6 EFFORT....................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.7 RESOURCES................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 PROJECT PLAN..................................................................................................................6
2.1 SCHEDULE................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 DEPENDENCIES............................................................................................................................................ 7
2.3 ASSUMPTIONS.............................................................................................................................................. 7
2.4 CONSTRAINTS.............................................................................................................................................. 7
3 REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................8
4 APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................9
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1 Planning Basis
1.1 Scope
The project plan will be developed in order to conduct the research to identify the positive
economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalisation on different business functions within
organisations. The project will include the research related to topic and analyse the data
collected related to the topic of the research. The activities of the project will be undertaken
within the estimated cost and time for the project (Rouse, project scope, 2018). The goals of
the project are to identify the effect of the globalization upon the organizations in context to
the areas that are economy, culture, and ethics. The information related to the research topic
will be delivered as a deliverable on the right time.
1.2 Milestones
The mile stones of the project are:
Milestone Description Delivery Date
Business Case
Approval
The Business Case has been
documented and was approved by the
Project Sponsor.
08/11/2018
project charter
approval
The project charter has been documented
and was approved by the project
sponsors
30/11/2018
project plan
approval
the project plan has been documented
and was approved by the high
management of the project
18/01/2019
selection of the
sources for the
secondary research
the selection of the appropriate sources of
the secondary research by the project
team and approved by the project
manager
19/02/2019
(Westland, 2018)
1.3 Phases
The main phases of the project are project initiation phase, project planning phase, project
execution phase and project closure phase.
Phase Description© Sequence
Project Initiation The initiation phase will include defining
the process for gathering the
requirements, requirement analysis,
creating requirement documents, project
charter development, project scope
definition, estimates of time, cots and
resources, list of key stakeholders and
project charter approval
Phase # 1
Project Planning Project Plan development, scope
statements, WBS, Performance baseline
measurements project schedule plan,
Resource management, supporting FM
Phase # 2
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process plans and Project plan approval
are included in the project planning
phase.
Project Execution Conducting secondary research and
selecting the sources for the secondary
research are included in the execution
phase of the project.
Phase # 3
Project Closure Contract closure, launching project lesson
learned reviews, establishing process for
archiving the project docs, archiving
documents and conducting administrative
closeout are included in the project
closure phase.
Phase # 4
(Brady, 2015; Bisk, 2018)
1.4 Activities
The major project activities are:
Phase Activity Description© Sequence
Project
initiation
Project
Charter
developmen
t
The project charter is produced in
order to state the objectives of the
project which includes the goals of
the project, responsibilities and
goals, identification of the main
stakeholders and the authority of the
project manager.
After defining the
process for gathering
requirements but
before the business
case approval.
Project
Planning
Work Break
down
structure
The work break down structure is
developed considering all the phases
of the project. It will help in
demonstrating the sequences of the
activities of the project in a simple
manner.
It should be
developed after
developing the scope
statement and before
resource
management.
Project
Execution
Collecting
the
secondary
data
The secondary data should be
collected from the different sources
in order to meet the objectives of the
research project.
It should be done
before the analysis of
the research data to
meet objectives and
after selecting the
secondary data
sources.
Project
Closure
Archive
documents
The archiving of the documents is
important in order keep the records
of the documents of the research
project
it should be done
before conducting
administrative
closeout and after
establishing the
process for archiving
the project docs
(Suttle, 2018)
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1.5 Tasks
Phase Activity Task Sequence
Project
Planning
Project Plan
development
Explaining project plan to key
stakeholders
Define roles and responsibilities
Develop a Scope Statement.
Develop the schedule and cost
baselines
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Project
Execution
Conducting secondary
research
identifying subject domain
identifying sources to acquire the
information
Gathering existing data
Comparing the data from the
different sources
Analysing the data
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Project
closure
Contract closure accepting all work
monitoring work lists for ensuring
their completion
paying all bills
1st
2nd
3rd
Project
Planning
Project Plan
development
Explaining project plan to key
stakeholders
Define roles and responsibilities
Develop a Scope Statement.
Develop the schedule and cost
baselines
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
( Wrike, 2018)
1.6 Effort
Task© Effort
Explaining project plan to key stakeholders
Define roles and responsibilities
Develop a Scope Statement.
Develop the schedule and cost baselines
2 days
2 days
2 days
5 days
Identifying subject domain
Identifying sources to acquire the information
Gathering existing data
Comparing the data from the different sources
Analysing the data
5 days
4 days
5 days
8 days
7 days
Accepting all work
Monitoring work lists for ensuring their completion
Paying all bills
2 days
7 days
3 days
(Project Management Knowledge, 2018)
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1.7 Resources
For each task identified, list the resources allocated to complete the task.
Task© Resource
Explaining project plan to key stakeholders
Define roles and responsibilities
Develop a Scope Statement.
Develop the schedule and cost baselines
Project manager
Project manager
Project manager and project team
Project manager and project team
Identifying subject domain
Identifying sources to acquire the information
Gathering existing data
Comparing the data from the different sources
Analysing the data
Project manager and project team
Project manager and project team
Project team
Project team
Project manager and project team
Accepting all work
Monitoring work lists for ensuring their completion
Paying all bills
Project manager
Project manager
Project manager and project team
(Wrike, 2018)
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2 Project Plan
2.1 Schedule
Note: Refer to the Appendix for a detailed project schedule.
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2.2 Dependencies
The following are the major dependencies in the project in order to accomplish the activities
of the project in an efficient manner within the estimated time and schedule.
Activity Depends on© Dependency Type
project charter
development
Create requirements
documents
Finish-to-start
establish high level
time, cost and
resources estimates
project scope definition Finish-to-start
WBS Project Plan development Finish-to-finish
Meeting the
requirements of the
research through
analysing the
collected data
Collecting the secondary
data
Finish-to-start
Conduct
administrative
closeout
Archive documents Finish-to-finish
(Project Insight, 2018)
2.3 Assumptions
It is assumed that:
 All the activities related to the project will be accomplished within the estimated time
and budget.
 The project team will be responsible for making sure that the approval from the
sponsors, management and the project manager is obtained on the right time.
 The planning of the activities of the project will be undertaken by the project team
and the approval from the project manager will be obtained after the development of
project plan document (Usmani, 2012).
2.4 Constraints
The identified constraints in the project are:
 The project team should complete the activities of the project on time in order to
deliver the complete project on time.
 All the activities should be completed by the project team within the available budget.
 The project manager should analyse the performance of the project in order to meet
the objectives of the project (Rouse, constraint (project constraint), 2018).
3 References
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Wrike. (2018).
What is a Task in Project Management? Retrieved 2018, from
https://www.wrike.com/project-management-guide/faq/what-is-a-task-in-project-
management/
Bisk. (2018).
Five Phases of the Project Management Lifecycle. Retrieved 2018, from
https://www.villanovau.com/resources/project-management/5-phases-project-
management-lifecycle/#.W7W7rtcza1s
Brady, R. (2015).
Administrative Closure vs. Contract Closure. Retrieved 2018, from
https://community.simplilearn.com/threads/administrative-closure-vs-contract-
closure.421/
Project Insight. (2018).
Understanding Task Dependencies in Project Management.
Retrieved 2018, from https://www.projectinsight.net/project-management-basics/task-
dependencies
Project Management Knowledge. (2018).
Effort. Retrieved 2018, from https://project-
management-knowledge.com/definitions/e/effort/
Rouse, M. (2018).
constraint (project constraint). Retrieved 2018, from
https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/constraint-project-constraint
Rouse, M. (2018).
project scope. Retrieved from
https://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/project-scope
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Suttle, R. (2018).
Major Activities in Project Management Phases. Retrieved 2018, from
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/major-activities-project-management-phases-
35964.html
Usmani, F. (2012).
Assumptions and Constraints in Project Management. Retrieved 2018,
from https://pmstudycircle.com/2012/10/assumptions-and-constraints-in-project-
management/
Westland, J. (2018).
What Are Milestones in Project Management? Retrieved 2018, from
https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/milestones-project-management
Wrike. (2018).
What is a Resource in Project Management? Retrieved 2018, from
https://www.wrike.com/project-management-guide/faq/what-is-a-resource-in-project-
management/
4 Appendix
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