Project Integration Management - Develop Project Management Plan

Develop project management plan process

• Is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all the plans of the project into one Project Management Plan that defines the bases of all project work. 

Inputs, Tools and Techniques and Outputs of this process defined below:

1) Project charter

• The project charter contains the high-level information about the project description, budget, requirements etc. 
• It is used as a starting point in the initial planning 

2) Outputs from other processes

• Many of the other processes are integrated with the development of the project management plan. If a baseline of another process becomes an output of that process then it is used as an input to the project management plan. When things change to those baselines the updates are made to the project management plan too. 

3) Enterprise environmental factors

• The factors outside of anyone's control that would affect the development of the project management plan would be the following:
• Government or industry standards
• The PM body of knowledge for a vertical market like construction or a specific market area like risk, agile development, or environmental. 
• Project management information systems
• scheduling software tools
• information collection and distribution system
• online automated systems
• Organizational structure, culture and management practices
• Existing facilities
• Personnel administration such as hiring guidelines or employee performance reviews

4) Organizational process assets

• The business organization will have many assets that will influence how you put together the project management plan that may include the following:
• Standardized guidelines
• Project management plan template
• Change control procedures
• Previous project files
• Historical information as well as lessons learned
• Configuration management - baselines of standards, policies, procedures and documents

5) Expert judgement

• The experts you consult with will help you with many items for developing the project management plan that may include the following:
• Determine what resources with which skill level to do the work
• Prioritize the work on the project
• Define the level of configuration management that needs to be applied
• Tailor the process to meet the project needs
• Develop the technical and management details to be included

6) Facilitation techniques

• To help sort through all the information you have gathered from your experts you will need to use this technique to get agreement on what to do.
• Brainstorming, conflict resolution, and problem solving to name a few.

7) Project Management Plan

• Baselines used to create the project management plan:
• Scope baseline
• Schedule baseline
• Cost baseline
• Plans used to create the project management plan:
• Scope management plan
• Requirements management plan
• Schedule management plan
• Cost management plan
• Quality management plan
• Process improvement plan
• Human resource management plan
• Communications management plan
• Risk management plan
• Procurement management plan
• Stakeholder management plan
• Other items that make up the project management plan:
• Change control systems - system that standardizes forms
• Configuration management systems - standard tools to track and control project documentation
• Description of how the baselines integrity will be maintained

source: PMBOK 5th ed.