Project Planning Step by Step
Terrell Porter
Project Goals
Identify the stakeholders in your project. Find out their needs. The best way to do this is by conducting stakeholder interviews. Have a comprehensive list of needs is to prioritise them. From the prioritised list, create a set of goals that can be easily measured.
Project Deliverables
Using the goals in Step 1, create a list of things the project needs to deliver in order to meet those goals. Explain when and how each item must be delivered.
Project Schedule
Once you have established the amount of effort for each task, you can workout the effort required for each deliverable, and an accurate delivery date. During the planning, you could choose to use a software package such as Microsoft Project to create your project schedule.
Supporting Plans
During this part, with plans you should create as part of the planning process.
Human Resource Plan: Identify by name, the individuals and organisations with a leading role in the project.
Communications Plans: Create a document showing who needs to be kept informed about the project and how they will receive the information.
Risk Management Plan: Time and cost estimates too optimistic, Customer review and feedback cycle too slow, Unexpected budget cuts