Artifact: Project Plan
Presents how the project processes and activities will be executed to assure the project’s successful completion.
Purpose
Planning project activities, resources, and budget; tracking project team progress. 
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Description
Main Description

It Includes the following elements which may have the characteristics as follows:

  • Product Description
    • Purpose
    • General Customer requirements
  • Scope description of what is included and what is not
  • Deliverables - list of products to be delivered to Customer
  • Tasks, including reviews with Customer and Work Team, to assure the quality of work products. Tasks may be represented as a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
  • Relationship and Dependence of the Tasks
  • Estimated Duration of tasks
  • Resources (humans, materials, standards, equipment and tools) and the schedule when the resources are needed.
  • Work Team Role and Responsibility are identified
  • Schedule of the Project Tasks, the expected start and completion date, for each task.
  • Estimated Effort and Cost
  • Software Configuration Identification
  • Product repository
  • List of items with version information
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Key Considerations
The applicable statuses are: verified, accepted, updated and reviewed.
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