Artifact: Project Plan
Purpose
Presents how the project processes and activities will be executed to assure the project’s successful completion, and the quality of the deliverable products.
Relationships
Contained Artifacts
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Description
Main Description

It includes the following elements which may have the characteristics as follows:

  • Product Description
    •  Purpose
    • General Customer requirements
  • Scope description of what is included and what is not
  • Objectives of the project
  • Deliverables - list of products to be delivered to Customer 
  • Tasks, including verification, validation and reviews with Customer and Work Team, to assure the quality of work products. Tasks may be represented as a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
  • Relationship and Dependence of the Tasks
  • Estimated Duration of tasks
  • Resources (humans, materials, standards, equipment and tools) including the required training, and the schedule when the resources are needed.
  • Composition of Work Team
  • Schedule of the Project Tasks, the expected start and completion date, for each task.
  • Estimated Effort and Cost
  • Identification of Project Risks
  • Version Control Strategy
    • Product repository tools or mechanism identified
    • Location and access mechanisms for the repository specified
    • Version identification and control defined
    • Backup and recovery mechanisms defined
    • Storage, handling and delivery (including archival and retrieval) mechanisms specified
  • Delivery Instructions
    • Elements required for product release identified (i.e., hardware, software, documentation etc.)
    • Delivery requirements
    • Sequential ordering of tasks to be performed
    •  Applicable releases identified
    • Identifies all delivered software components with version information
    • Identifies any necessary backup and recovery procedures
Key Considerations
The applicable statuses are: verified, accepted, updated and reviewed