Overview

Each stage is planned in detail by the Project Manager at the end of the previous stage (SB Managing Stage Boundaries). When doing so changes or additions not included in the Project Plan must be updated. The Project Approach or Project Quality Plan may also need to be updated, these changes should have an issue associated to them in the Issue Log. If updating the Project Plan is preceded by SB6 Producing an Exception Plan the Exception Plan replaces the Project Plan. In either case changes in the Project Plan or Exception Plan lead to the Business Case and Risk Log being updated.

The Project Manager is responsible for this process, assisted by Project Assurance and the Project Support.

Method links

Tips

• The Project Plan just has overviews of the Stage Plans - stages are not planned in detail until the end of each preceding stage
• Be sure to ask what impact the previous stage has had on:
  • The existing Project Plan
  • The next Stage Plan.
• If updating the Project Plan leads to significant changes ensure that the cause(s) of these changes are included as Project Issues in the Issue Log.

Notes

• Update from Stage Plan or Exception Plan namely the:
  • Project Quality Plan
  • Project Approach.

Case studies and examples

Related links

• Search our forum for 'SB2 Updating a Project Plan'
• Take our SB - Managing Stage Boundaries - Quiz
• Project Quality Plan
• Project Approach
• End Stage Report
• IP6 Assembling a PID
• CS8 Escalating Project Issues
• SB5 Reporting Stage End
• PL Planning.