(BQ) Part 2 book "Project management" has contents: Maintaining control during project execution, dealing with risk and uncertainty, managing the project interfaces, project communication and documentation, project communication and documentation. | 7 Preparing a Detailed Project Plan: Step by Step B rad leans back in his chair as he finishes his turkey sandwich. Life is good. He’s come a long way since that first wave of panic hit him in Susan’s office, when she made him a project manager. He can recall the strange sound of the term “my project” the first few times he said it out loud. Now he actually likes the way it sounds. And why shouldn’t he? He’s learned a lot—and accomplished a lot—in a relatively short time. He’s learned that project management is both a science and an art—partly mechanical, partly behavioral. He believes he knows what it takes to be a good project manager and what it takes to produce a successful project outcome. He believes he already understands the project management process fairly well: he demonstrated that when he came up with a much more cost-effective solution than the one Susan had handed him. Finally, he’s proud of the way he was able to work with others in the organization (many of whom were now on his team) to prepare and present a comprehensive business case for his project. And I got it approved by management in record time, he thinks to himself and smiles. 113 Copyright 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. 114 Project Management Suddenly he lurches forward in his chair. “How am I going to get all of this work done?” He picks up the inch-thick folder containing the documentation already accumulating on Project Apex. “We need to create a plan!” Identifying What Needs to Be Done (Scope Management) The first step in the planning process consists of identifying exactly what you’re going to do, the scope of work. In this stage, you identify major elements of work and then break them down systematically into smaller and smaller pieces, until each piece becomes a comfortable size to estimate, execute, and monitor. Some Basic Definitions Here are some terms commonly used in scope management: Activity or Task Many definitions exist for these .
