CHAPTER 8Planning

THE PLANNING PHASE DEFINES how a project is to be done. The PMBOK Guide suggests that the best way to accomplish this is through the creation of a project management plan, with a section that covers each of the following nine knowledge groups:

1. Scope management

2. Time management

3. Cost management

4. Risk management

5. Quality management

6. Human resources management

7. Communications management

8. Procurement management

9. Integration management

Many project managers make the mistake of creating project management plans that are simply pasted together subplans from the nine knowledge areas. Instead, you should view planning as a part of an integrative and holistic system composed of the five interconnected phases of a project, ...

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