Chapter 3: Constructing the Project Management Plan

Exam Objectives

Define and document how changes will be addressed to track and manage changes throughout the project.

Present the project management plan to attain approval before executing the project.

Hold a kick-off meeting to start the project and communicate key project information.

The project management plan is the master plan for the project. It comprises all the other subsidiary management plans, the project baselines, and additional components that are used to execute, monitor, control, and close the project. About three-fourths (31 of 42) of the processes are directly related to the Develop Project Management Plan process covered in this chapter. For more on this, turn to Figure 4-5 in the PMBOK Guide, which shows how these processes provide inputs to, and receive outputs from, this process.