Management Planning

Definition

Management Planning

the endeavor management task of properly producing plans for managing an endeavor or center

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Communication Management is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Abstract
• Superclass: Endeavor Management Task
• Subclasses:
  • Endeavor Management Planning
  • Center Management Planning

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of Management Planning are to:

• Ensure that accurate plans for management activity tasks have been properly produced, evaluated, communicated, and maintained.
• Eliminate risks due to poor planning.

Preconditions

Management Planning typically may begin when the following preconditions hold:

• Either the:
  • Endeavor has started or the
  • Center exists.
• The management team is adequately:
  • Staffed.
  • Trained in management planning.
• The process team:
  • Is adequately staffed.
  • Are producing the process for the endeavor or center.

Completion Criteria

Management Planning is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• Either the:
  • Endeavor has been completed or the
  • Center has been retired.
• The management plan is archived during the retirement phase.

Steps

Management Planning typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, parallel, timeboxed, and ongoing manner:

• Management Team:
  • Make plans for performing the other management tasks:
    • Communications Management
    • Cost Management
    • Delivery Management
    • Personnel Management
    • Resource Management
    • RelationshipManagement
    • Schedule Management
    • Scope Management
  • Ensure compatability with the process that is produced during the performance of the following process engineering tasks:
    • Process Needs Assessment
    • Process Construction
    • Process Tailoring
    • Process Documentation
    • Process Mandating
  • Document these plans for performing the management tasks.
  • Evaluate these plans for performing the management tasks.
  • Communicate these plans for performing the management tasks.
  • Maintain these plans for performing the management tasks.

Techniques

Management Planning typically involves the following techniques:

• Close collaboration with stakeholders.
• Process guidelines.
• Standards, templates, and inspection checklists for the management plan.

Work Products

Planning typically results in the production of the all or part of the following work products:

• Management Set:
  • Management Plan

Guidelines

• Those who fail to plan should plan to fail.
• Half of the value of plans are in the process one goes through to produce them.
• Planning can occur during any phase.
• Plans must be maintained because they will otherwise quickly go obsolete.
• Management planning should be done concurrently and consistently with process engineering to ensure the compatibility of the managerial and technical activities.