• Task Identification & Work Breakdown Structure
• Task Identification and Work Breakdown


• Assigning Resources
• Assigning Resources
• Team Roles and Responsibilities List
• Responsibility Allocation Matrix


• Identifying Dependencies
• Identifying Dependencies


• Estimating Work & Costs
• Estimating Work and Costs
• Estimating Process and Methods
• Pete's Estimating Laws
• Project Budgets and Cost Tracking
• Tools and Equipment List


• Project Schedule & Critical Path
• Project Schedule and Critical Path
• Scheduling Checklist
• Milestone Table with Driver Tasks


• Make Trade-offs & Optimize
• Make Trade-offs and Optimize
• Project Flexibility Matrix
• Project Alternatives Tradeoff Table
• Product and Project Risk Assessment and Mitigation Tables
• Risk Management Plan


• Create Project Plan Document
• Create Project Plan Document
• Generic Project Plan Document
• Project Plan Example – Small Project
• IT Project Plan Document
• Development Project Plan
• Software Project Plan

Risk Management Plan

Summary: A plan or outline for ensuring consistent implementation of risk management across an organization or a division/group within an organization. The risk management plan is a high-level outline of what management should and should not (will and will not) do in terms of managing risks within projects under their purview. The risk management plan is a guidance document that should be used as reference for both managers and new team members responsible for implementing risk.

This guideline will help you and your team ...

• Provide a consistent perspective on risk across a project and across projects
• Ensure that managers apply the principles of sound risk management in the same way from project to project
• Ensure that management at a senior level is not surprised by the outcomes of risk events as the project is implemented

What you get:

• Common elements needed for a comprehensive risk management plan, along with descriptions of each proposed section and example text for each