Overview

An Exception Plan can replace either a Stage Plan or an entire Project Plan. An Exception Plan covers the period from when it is created to the end of the stage or project (depending on which plan is in 'exception'). From the moment it is forecasted to exceed its tolerances, a project no longer has the approval of the Project Board.

The Configuration Item Records for each product included in the plan must be checked and the remaining work included in the Exception Plan. The Exception Plan should have been preceded by an Exception Report.

The Project Manager, working with the Project Support Office and the Configuration Librarian creates the Exception Plan using the process PL Planning.

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Tips

• Check to see if the exception has adversely affected the Business Case.
• Be wary of over estimating the ability to recover from a forecast deviation.
• If the plan is approved by the Project Board despite knowingly going beyond tolerances the Project Manager has no option but to continue.

Notes

• Undertaken once an Exception Report has been presented to the Project Board and approval has been given to produce an Exception Plan
• Is due to a stage or the project exceeding Tolerances
• The execution of this stage should have been forecast during CS Controlling a Stage.

Case studies and examples

Related links

• Search our forum for 'SB6 Producing an Exception Plan'
• Take our SB - Managing Stage Boundaries - Quiz
• Exception Report
• DP3 Authorising a Stage or Exception Plan
• PL Planning.