Project Planning Template
Project Planning template, free to copy, edit and download. Plan your projects and define important tasks and actions. Includes an executive summary, project objectives, stakeholders, schedule.
1. Project objectives
1.1. KPI's
1.2. Business Objectives
1.2.1. Expected Outcomes
1.2.2. Goals
1.3. Refer to the Business Case to complete this section
2. Stakeholders
2.1. Project Sponsor
2.2. Project Manager
2.3. Developers
2.4. Primary User Group
2.5. Supporting Staff
2.6. Stakeholder Analysis
3. Schedule
3.1. Project Start
3.1.1. Project specifications
3.1.2. End User requirements
3.1.3. Action points sign-off
3.2. Development Stage 1
3.2.1. Define actions as necessary
3.3. Development Stage 2
3.4. Project Milestones
3.4.1. Kick off
3.4.2. Design completion
3.4.3. Development Stage 1
3.4.4. Development Stage 2
3.4.5. UAT completion
3.4.6. Go no/go
4. Assumptions
4.1. Schedule
4.2. Budget
4.2.1. What was assumed in estimating?
4.3. Dependencies
4.3.1. Did we assume all external projects ready?
4.3.2. What dependencies do we have?
4.4. Resources
4.4.1. What was assumed in resourcing?
4.4.2. Did we assume full availability?
5. Notes
6. Executive Summary
6.1. What?
6.2. Why?
6.3. When?
6.4. How?
7. Quality
7.1. Project Approvals
7.2. Stage gates
7.3. Operating Procedures
7.4. Assessment & review standards
8. To edit this map click this link and download your own copy
9. Project Information
9.1. Definition
9.1.1. Project Description
9.1.2. Executive summary
9.2. Items to be Delivered
9.3. Extent
9.3.1. Included
9.3.2. Included
9.3.3. Excluded
10. Constraints
10.1. Budget
10.1.1. Materials
10.1.2. Personel
10.1.3. Services
10.1.4. Duration
10.2. Delivery Timeline
10.3. Requirements
10.4. Tolerances
10.4.1. Budget
10.4.1.1. +/- %
10.4.2. Scope
10.4.3. Schedule
10.4.3.1. +/- x days
10.4.4. Example project tolerance and exception procedure
11. Actions
11.1. Define Project Schedule
11.1.1. Dependencies
11.1.2. Milestones
11.2. Constraints
11.2.1. Schedule
11.2.2. Budget
11.2.3. Scope
11.3. Approval of Project Plan
11.4. Convert mindmap schedule to
11.4.1. 1. WBS
11.4.1.1. How to create a WBS
11.4.1.2. WBS examples
11.4.1.3. WBS templates
11.4.1.3.1. Excel WBS
11.4.1.3.2. Mind map WBS
11.4.2. 2. Precedence Diagram
11.4.3. 3. Gantt chart
12. Resources
12.1. PMI
12.2. Prince 2 templates
12.3. Project Management Templates
12.4. Scrum.org
12.5. MS Project templates
12.5.1. Conference project plan
12.5.2. Software project plan
12.6. Project Manager Job Descriptions
13. Risks
13.1. Risk log
13.1.1. Risk 1
13.1.1.1. Description
13.1.1.2. Impact
13.1.1.3. Urgency
13.1.1.4. Migitating actions
13.1.1.5. Contingent actions
13.1.2. Risk 2
13.1.2.1. Description
13.1.2.2. Impact
13.1.2.3. Urgency
13.1.2.4. Migitating actions
13.1.2.5. Contingent actions
13.1.3. Risk 3
13.1.3.1. Description
13.1.3.2. Impact
13.1.3.3. Urgency
13.1.3.4. Migitating actions
13.1.3.5. Contingent actions
13.2. Risk format
13.2.1. There is a risk that...
13.2.2. because of.....
13.2.3. This will cause....