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DRAFT DOCUMENT NOT FOR DISTRIBUTIONThe PM Simplicity Method A simple and effective approach to managing projects
 
DRAFT DOCUMENT NOT FOR DISTRIBUTIONpmsimplicity.COMLet’s start at the beginning.The definition of a project, taken straight out of the PMBOKis:
Project.
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a uniqueproduct, service, or result.Let’s think about that for a minute. Many organizationscreate projects but they miss the ‘temporary’ part. Depending onthe type of project, you may wind up with some “thing” be it acomputer program, a class, or an offering of some type. Once this‘thing’ is produced, the project is completed. The ongoing thingor deliverable is now an operations activity. That means that allof the resources associated with the project may need to beredeployed and the operations activity support requirements [whoanswers the phone, who creates the documents, who provides theoffering] needs to be reevaluated to ensure the right fit forongoing operations.Now that we’ve got a clear understanding of what a project is,let’s talk a bit about the project plan.The definition of a project management plan, again from the
 
DRAFT DOCUMENT NOT FOR DISTRIBUTIONPMBOK is:
Project Management Plan
[Output/Input]. A formal, approveddocument that defines how the projected is executed, monitored andcontrolled. It may be summary or detailed and may be composed of one or more subsidiary management plans andother planning documents.The project plan is the sum of all documents related to theproject. This includes the project schedule, change managementplan, communication plan and any other deliverables that you asthe project manager should be considering. Basically, the project management plan is the folder that contains all of thedocumentation related to the project.Unfortunately, you will often find people incorrectlyreferring to the project plan when they really mean to say theproject schedule. As long as you’re clear on what goes into theproject plan, you’ll always have the project schedule as it is oneof the more common deliverables that go into a project plan.Let’s take a minute to talk about project management itself.The definition of project management is:1.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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