Translating Corporate Strategy into Project Strategy: Realizing Corporate Strategy Through Project Management

Detailed Plans Supporting the Strategy Documents

Detailed plans are put in place in order to realize the strategies presented in the three documents described above. These detailed plans form the core of the project management control process. It is against these plans that progress is measured, variance from the plans assessed, and corrective actions taken to bring the project back to plan. These detailed plans include:

• A schedule which includes:

  • A WBS that details the scope of work;

  • The sequence in which work will be done;

  • Estimates of company resource requirements.

• An estimate of project monetary requirements;

• How the work will be carried out (detailed process, procedure, and practice documents are maintained by separate lines);

• Detailed risk and ...