The second phase of a PM² project is the Planning Phase. It begins with the Planning Kick-off Meeting and ends once all project plans have been developed and baselined, and an appropriate management and implementation approach has been established. Most of a project’s artefacts are created during the Planning Phase.

Fig 6.1 Planning Phase activities and main outputs

Artefact Type Description

Management Plans (standard) These plans define the various processes to be used (e.g.

or Risk Management). PM² provides Management Plan templates

along with guidelines on how to tailor and customise them to the

project’s context and needs.

Project Plans (specific) These plans are specific to the project (e.g. the Project Work Plan) and

are built according to the project needs and the team’s analysis and

experience. PM² provides templates and guidelines for these plans.

Other (domain specific) These artefacts are specific to the project domain (e.g.

system models for IT projects). PM² does not provide templates for

these artefacts.

Fig 6.2 Planning Phase artefacts

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