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Software Project Management

Notes Project Planning assists in
 Facilitating communication
 Provides overall documentation of assumptions/planning decisions
 Monitoring/measuring the project progress.

The Project Planning Phases can be generally classified as follows:
 Development of the Project Plan
 Execution of the Project Plan

 Change Control and Corrective Actions.
Project Planning is an ongoing effort all through the Project Lifecycle.

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Caution “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

Project planning is vital to the success of the Project.
Careful planning exact from the beginning of the project can help to keep away from
costly mistakes. It provides an assurance that the project execution will achieve its goals
on schedule and within budget.

Steps in Project Planning

Project Planning covers the various features of the Project. Usually Project Planning is believed
to be a process of estimating, scheduling and assigning the projects resources in order to bring
an end product of proper quality. Though, it is much more as it can assume a very strategic role,
which can determine the very success of the project. A Project Plan is one of the decisive steps in
Project Planning in General!
Typically Project Planning can contain the following types of Project Planning:

1. Project Scope Definition and Scope Planning
2. Project Activity Definition and Activity Sequencing
3. Time, Effort and Resource Estimation

4. Risk Factors Identification
5. Cost Estimation and Budgeting

6. Organizational and Resource Planning
7. Schedule Development
8. Quality Planning

9. Risk Management Planning
10. Project Plan Development and Execution
11. Performance Reporting

12. Planning Change Management
13. Project Rollout Planning

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