Project Planning Checklists

Project Planning Checklists

<p> USDA Farm Service Agency</p><p>Project Planning Checklist</p><p>Project Name: Date: Project Manager:</p><p>Project Schedule Management Plan (Includes Test/Implementation/Transition Activities) Identify all work associated with project deliverables, e.g., requirements gathering, designing, developing, testing, certification & accreditation, training, implementing, maintaining, and disaster recovery. Create the test plan. Ensure each activity is discrete with no overlap of tasks. Estimate duration times and resources for each of the tasks. Identify dependencies between tasks. Assign resources to each task. Resolve resource conflicts. Ensure project objectives will be achieved after the activities are completed. Review the plan with all impacted stakeholders. Incorporate appropriate changes recommended by stakeholders. Review project plans from other projects for possible changes based on the contents of this plan.</p><p>Project Staffing Plan (AMC-PMO-302) Complete an assessment of needed skills (including testing). Identify the pool of available team members. Synchronize the staff availability and needed skills into a staffing profile. Organize and document the project team. Identify and plan for all needed non-labor resources. Complete Project Staffing Plan in enough detail to mitigate possible risks. Notify management of staffing needs and have them assign the necessary resources.</p><p>Project Risk Management Plan (AMC-PMO-306) Ensure there is a process for identifying and documenting risks. Take all phases and aspects of the project into account during the risk identification process. Ensure there is a process for tracking and reporting on risks. Create a Project Risk Log, AMC-PMO-307. Ensure the project plan includes tasks for active monitoring of risks. Train the entire project team on the risk management processes.</p><p>Project Change Management Plan Establish the Change Control Board (CCB). Define the Change Management process. Create a Change Request Log. Communicate the Change Control process to the project team. Communicate the Change Control process to the stakeholders.</p><p>AMC-PMO-205 Page 1 of 2 (03-10-09) USDA Farm Service Agency</p><p>Project Communications Plan (AMC-PMO-303) Assess all internal and external stakeholder information needs. Identify long-term and short-term information needs. Assign responsibilities for communication, including who must approve the various types of communications. Implement processes for dealing with ad hoc communication needs. Identify and plan for feedback mechanisms. Ensure communication tasks have been included in the project schedule. Communicate the Project Communications Plan, AMC-PMO-303, to the project team.</p><p>Training Plan Identify the missing skills. Identify the training objectives. Identify the training audience, e.g., state/county offices, business sponsors, interfacing system owners, operations/production personnel. Include funding for training in the project budget. Integrate the tasks in the training plan into the Project Schedule and Task Plan. </p><p>AMC-PMO-205 Page 2 of 2 (03-10-09)</p>

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