Establish and maintain the overall project plan content.
A documented plan that addresses all relevant planning items is necessary to achieve the mutual understanding, commitment, and performance of individuals, groups, and organizations that must execute or support the plans. The plan
generated for the project defines all aspects of the effort, tying together in a logical manner: project lifecycle considerations; technical and management tasks; budgets and schedules; milestones; data management, risk identification, resource and
skill requirements; and stakeholder identification and interaction. Infrastructure descriptions include responsibility and authority relationships for project staff, management, and support organizations.
For Software Engineering
For software, the planning document is often referred to as one of the following:
· Software development plan
· Software project plan
· Software plan
For Hardware Engineering
For hardware, the planning document is often referred to as a hardware development plan. Development activities in preparation for production may be included in the hardware development plan or defined in a separate production
plan.
Examples of plans that have been used in the U.S. Department of Defense community include the following:
· Integrated Master Plan—an event-driven plan that documents significant accomplishments with pass/fail criteria for both business and technical elements of the project and that ties each accomplishment to a key program
event.
· Integrated Master Schedule—an integrated and networked multi-layered schedule of program tasks required to complete the work effort documented in a related Integrated Master Plan.
· Systems Engineering Management Plan—a plan that details the integrated technical effort across the project.
· Systems Engineering Master Schedule—an event-based schedule that contains a compilation of key technical accomplishments, each with measurable criteria, requiring successful completion to pass identified events.
· Systems Engineering Detailed Schedule—a detailed, time-dependent, task-oriented schedule that associates specific dates and milestones with the Systems Engineering Master Schedule.
Typical Work Products
1. Overall project plan
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SP 2.7 Establish the Project Plan