3-0 PROJECT PLANNING - The purpose of Project Planning is to define the exact parameters of a project and ensure that all the pre-requisites for Project Execution and Control are in place. Project Planning is an opportunity to identify and resolve any remaining issues and answer outstanding questions that may undermine the goals of the project or threaten its success. It is an opportunity to plan and prepare, as opposed to react and catch up.

1. PLAN THE PROJECT
HOW TO
PROJECT PLANNING

2. IT’S NOT THE PLAN
THAT’S IMPORTANT,
IT’S THE PLANNING.
DR. GRAMME EDWARDS

3. Project Planning builds upon the work performed during Project Startup.
The project definition and scope are validated with appropriate
Stakeholders, starting with the Construction Manager, and the Client
Representative. The Triple Constraints – Project Scope, Budget, and
Programme – are refined and confirmed, and Risk assessment activities
advance to the mitigation stage. The Project Startup deliverables – the
components of the Project Definition Document (PDD) are further
developed, enhanced, and refined until they form a definitive plan for the
rest of the project.
PROJECT PLANNING
ABOUT PLANNING

4. The purpose of Project Planning is to define the exact parameters of
a project and ensure that all the pre-requisites for Project Execution
and Control are in place. It is an opportunity to identify and resolve
any remaining issues and answer outstanding questions that may
undermine the goals of the project or threaten its success.
It is an opportunity to plan and prepare,
as opposed to react and catch up.
PROJECT PLANNING
PURPOSE
PLAN THE PROJECT

5. Project Management Plan (PMP) - a document that describes in
detail the project boundaries, including defining the deliverables:
how they will be produced, who will produce them during the
course of the project, and the means by which changes to the
deliverables will be identified and managed.
This is a picture in time and once approved is the baseline by which
scope changes and performance will be managed.
The document continues to be refined throughout the project as
new information is known.
PROJECT PLANNING
KEY DELIVERABLE
PLAN THE PROJECT

6. The following roles are involved in carrying out the processes of
Project Planning. Detailed descriptions of these roles can be found in
the Project Roles & Responsibilities section
• Project Manager
• Construction Manager
• Project Team Member
• Superintendent
• Client
• Other Stakehočders
PROJECT PLANNING
LIST OF ROLES
PLAN THE PROJECT

7. The six major processes in Project Planning are:
3-1 Conduct the Planning Kick-off Meeting
3-2 Plan the Project
3-3 Refine Management Plans
3-4 Perform Additional Planning
3-5 Perform Risk Assessment
3-6 Confirm Approval to Proceed
PROJECT PLANNING
LIST OF PROCESSES
PLAN THE PROJECT

8. pmSPEC© is the project management framework for construction
industry based on the best practice industry standards for project
management: the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and Prince2®, and has
been enhanced to incorporate construction project specific
processes.
pmSPEC© provides a summary of themes, that in the author's
experience, have proved critical in the successful implementation of
project management methodologies. It draws on the expertise of
project management professionals and provides a guide to deliver a
methodology that increases the chances of project success.
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