Project Plan Document

• Introduction

  • Expanded and updated project statement
  • Project scope (from user's viewpoint)
    • Software context
    • Information objectives/requirements/constraints
    • Functionality objectives/requirements/constraints
    • Performance objectives/requirements/constraints
    • Deliverables
  
  
  

• Resources

  • People
    • Team members (and any special skills)
    • Outside help (if any)
    • Team organization (leader, task leaders, librarian, etc.)
    • Process model
  • Hardware (development platform)
  • Software (e.g. reusable libraries)
  • Other
  
  
  

• Schedule

  • Task Network
  • Gantt Chart (indicating milestones)
  • Estimation techniques (previous projects as benchmarks e.g.)
  • Budget (skip)
  
  
  

• Umbrella activities (and how they will be managed)

  • Schedule tracking
  • Regular group meetings
  • Technical review meetings
  • Quality assurance (VV Ch. 6 "QA Plan", RP Ch. 8)
  • Version/source control (VV Ch. 4 "CM Plan", RP Ch. 9)
  • User documentation
  • Reporting (binder)
  • Reusability management
  • Risk management (skip -- see VV 8.3)