This document provides a template for a project management plan, including sections on the key project management processes. It includes introductory text and formatting guidance. The template contains 15 sections covering areas such as project integration management, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement. Guidance is provided on formatting elements like headings, figures, cross-referencing, and a references page. Tables are included for documenting project team membership and responsibilities.

1. BUSN7024 Project Management Principles
Semester 2, 2010 – Major Assignment
Project Management Plan
<Project Name>
Author 1,
Author 2,
Author 3,
Author 4,
Author 5
Author 6
<in alphabetical order>
Word Count: <use Tools => Word Count from the MS Word menus state the total
number of words in your report – make sure that no part of the document is
highlighted when you use the Word Count tool>
Due Date: TBA:
E-copy: via email to walter.fernandez@anu.edu.au
Paper copy: assignment box, ABIS School Office
File Name: busn7024project-management-plantemplate2563.doc

2. Team Number: <??>
By signing on Table 1 each member acknowledges his or her agreement with the
stated contribution to the overall assignment made by each team member.
Name Student No Contribution Signature
<Maria Callas> <U999999> <A>
Table 1: Membership and Individual Contribution.
Use the following convention to state each member contribution to the total effort
• A = very good contribution, the team member went above the expected
participation level.
• B = good contribution, the member participated as expected and was diligent
in performing the assigned tasks.
• C = less than satisfactory contribution, the member participation and
contribution was less than the average for the team.
• D = the member had minimal participation on the team effort, shown lack of
commitment to the team and significantly increased other members’
workload.
• E = the team member did not contribute at all to the team.
The team shall discuss and agree on the contribution level for each team member.
Your signature on Table 1 indicates your agreement with the assessment of
contribution. A lack of signature will indicate dissatisfaction with the attribution.
Please note, if half or less than half of the team sign the contribution assessment, a
penalty of 5% will apply to the assignment’s mark.
To encourage the teams to strive to perform as a team, penalties will be assigned to
students that perform below the minimum expected level (see Table 2).
Individual contribution to the team’s effort. Penalty to be applied to the assignment’s
mark for the particular student
A 0%
B. 0%
C 15%
D 50%
E 100%
Table 2: Human Resources Mismanagement Penalties.
This page is confidential and will NOT be seen by the class. The lecturer will
delete this page before releasing the document for class access on the web site.>

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Acknowledgment
Walter Fernandez is grateful to the author of this template,
David Tuffley, who generously allowed him to modify the
template and to use it at ANU.
Plagiarism
✍ Plagiarism will not be tolerated. It is the responsibility of
the team to ensure that proper citation and quotation
conventions are followed. Failure to observe this rule will
result in a zero mark for the entire assignment, regardless
of the magnitude of the infringement. Further action(s)
might be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Contents
Contents..................................................................................................ii
1. Executive Summary............................................................................1
2. Project Introduction...........................................................................2
3. Project Integration Management.......................................................3
3.1. Project Plan Development.............................................................3
3.1.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>..............................3
3.2. Project Plan Execution..................................................................3
3.2.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>..............................3
3.3. Integrated Change Control...........................................................3
3.3.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>..............................3
3.4. <Other points>...............................................................................3
4. Project Scope Management...............................................................4
4.1. Initiation..........................................................................................4
4.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>...................................................4
4.2. Scope Planning.............................................................................4
4.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................4
4.3. Scope Definition.............................................................................4
4.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................4
4.4. Scope Verification..........................................................................4
4.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................4
4.5. Scope Change Control..................................................................4
4.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................4
4.6. <Other points>...............................................................................5
5. Project Time Management..................................................................6
5.1. Activity Definition...........................................................................6
5.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>...................................................6
5.2. Activity Sequencing......................................................................6
5.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................6
5.3. Activity Duration Estimating...........................................................6
5.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................6
5.4. Schedule Development..................................................................6
5.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................6
5.5. Schedule Control...........................................................................6
5.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................6
5.6. <Other points>...............................................................................7
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6. Project Cost Management..................................................................8
6.1. Resource Planning........................................................................8
6.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>...................................................8
6.2. Cost Estimating.............................................................................8
6.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................8
6.3. Cost Budgeting..............................................................................8
6.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................8
6.4. Cost Control...................................................................................8
6.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................8
6.5. <Other points>...............................................................................8
7. Project Quality Management..............................................................9
7.1. Quality Planning.............................................................................9
7.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>...................................................9
7.2. Quality Assurance.........................................................................9
7.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................9
7.3. Quality Control...............................................................................9
7.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >..................................................9
7.4. <Other points>...............................................................................9
8. Project Human Resource Management..........................................10
8.1. Organizational Planning..............................................................10
8.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>................................................10
8.2. Staff Acquisition..........................................................................10
8.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >...............................................10
8.3. Team Development......................................................................10
8.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >...............................................10
8.4. <Other points>.............................................................................10
9. Project Communication Management.............................................11
9.1. Communications Planning...........................................................11
9.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>................................................11
9.2. Information Distribution...............................................................11
9.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >...............................................11
9.3. Performance Reporting................................................................11
9.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >...............................................11
9.4. Administrative Closure.................................................................11
9.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >...............................................11
9.5. <Other points>.............................................................................11
10. Project Risk Management..............................................................12
10.1. Risk Management Planning.......................................................12
10.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>..............................................12
10.2. Risk Identification ....................................................................12
10.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................12
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10.3. Qualitative Risk Analysis...........................................................12
10.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................12
10.4. Quantitative Risk Analysis.........................................................12
10.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................12
10.5. Risk Monitoring and Control......................................................12
10.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................12
10.6. <Other points>...........................................................................13
11. Project Procurement Management................................................14
11.1. Procurement Planning...............................................................14
11.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>..............................................14
11.2. Solicitation Planning ................................................................14
11.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................14
11.3. Solicitation.................................................................................14
11.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................14
11.4. Source Selection........................................................................14
11.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................14
11.5. Contract Administration.............................................................14
11.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................14
11.6. Contract Closeout......................................................................15
11.6.1. <Subheading(s) if required >.............................................15
11.7. <Other points>...........................................................................15
12. Conclusion.......................................................................................16
13. Appendix 1.......................................................................................17
14. References.......................................................................................18
15. Document format (advisory - to be deleted)..................................1
15.1. Table of contents.........................................................................1
15.2. Page size and margins................................................................1
15.3. Headings......................................................................................2
15.4. Body text......................................................................................2
15.5. Bullets..........................................................................................2
15.6. Numbered lists.............................................................................3
15.7. Figures & numerals......................................................................3
15.8. Justification..................................................................................3
15.9. Italics............................................................................................3
15.10. Emphasis...................................................................................3
15.11. Hyphenation...............................................................................3
15.12. Acronyms & jargon.....................................................................4
15.13. Widow/orphan protection...........................................................4
15.14. Paragraph numbering................................................................4
15.15. Other considerations.................................................................4
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Tables
Table 1: Membership and Individual Contribution..............................b
Table 2: Human Resources Mismanagement Penalties.....................b
Figures
Figure 1: Example - Manufacturing Clip...............................................2
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1. Executive Summary
<Introduce your essay by stating what it is you are going to do,
how you will accomplish it. The Introduction will be used to see
whether the Body of the assignment achieves these
objectives>
<length: not more than one page – about 400 words>
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2. Project Introduction
<Define the topic of your essay by stating its meaning and
purpose, existing and future needs, problem that it addresses
and why the topic is important. A good definition ensures that
the reader understand the meaning as well as the importance
of the topic>
<length: not more than two pages – about 800 words>
<if you use figures or tables, please follow the convencion
shown in this template for captions and cross-referencing.>
<To insert the caption on a figure or a table highlight the
object then (=>) from the menu select Insert => Reference =>
Caption => select the appropriate label (figure in this case)
and the position (below selected item). You could also right
click on the figure and select the Caption option. Try that with
Figure 1.>
Figure 1: Example - Manufacturing Clip.
<Please notice that references to Figure 1 are not hard-coded
(not typed), rather they were inserted as a cross-reference.>
<To insert a cross-reference you need to go to the main
menu, select Insert => Reference => Cross-reference => then
select the reference type [figure|table|etc.] and choose “only
level and number” from the list of Insert reference to: (top right
corner).>
<By using captions and cross-references every time you insert
a table or a figure you are automating your document and
making it efficient and self-correcting.>
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3. Project Integration Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
3.1. Project Plan Development
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
3.1.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>
3.2. Project Plan Execution
3.2.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>
3.3. Integrated Change Control
3.3.1. <Subheading(s) if you want to use them>
3.4. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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4. Project Scope Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
4.1. Initiation
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
4.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
4.2. Scope Planning
4.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
4.3. Scope Definition
4.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
4.4. Scope Verification
4.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
4.5. Scope Change Control
4.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
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4.6. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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5. Project Time Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
5.1. Activity Definition
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
5.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
5.2. Activity Sequencing
5.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
5.3. Activity Duration Estimating
5.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
5.4. Schedule Development
5.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
5.5. Schedule Control
5.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
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5.6. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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6. Project Cost Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
6.1. Resource Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
6.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
6.2. Cost Estimating
6.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
6.3. Cost Budgeting
6.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
6.4. Cost Control
6.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
6.5. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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7. Project Quality Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
7.1. Quality Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
7.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
7.2. Quality Assurance
7.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
7.3. Quality Control
7.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
7.4. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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8. Project Human Resource Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
8.1. Organizational Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
8.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
8.2. Staff Acquisition
8.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
8.3. Team Development
8.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
8.4. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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9. Project Communication Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
9.1. Communications Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
9.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
9.2. Information Distribution
9.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
9.3. Performance Reporting
9.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
9.4. Administrative Closure
9.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
9.5. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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10. Project Risk Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
10.1. Risk Management Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
10.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
10.2. Risk Identification
10.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
10.3. Qualitative Risk Analysis
10.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
10.4. Quantitative Risk Analysis
10.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
10.5. Risk Monitoring and Control
10.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
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<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
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11. Project Procurement Management
<Introduce the topic briefly >
11.1. Procurement Planning
<length for each component: 500 - 1000 words>
11.1.1. <Subheading(s) if required>
11.2. Solicitation Planning
11.2.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
11.3. Solicitation
11.3.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
11.4. Source Selection
11.4.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
11.5. Contract Administration
11.5.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
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11.6. Contract Closeout
11.6.1. <Subheading(s) if required >
11.7. <Other points>
<Include other issues or considerations regarding this topic
that you may have identified as part of your research and
consider important to be highlighted>
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12. Conclusion
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<length: not more than one page – about 400 words>
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13. Appendix 1
<use as many appendices as necessary, while this element is
not examinable it may provide an indication of the quality of
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14. References
<use Harvard Style, see:
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html >
<For example:
Groenewegen, D. (1997), The Real Thing?: The Rock Music
Industry and the Creation of Australian Images, Moonlight
Publishing, Golden Square, Victoria
Blaxter, P. (1976), Social health and class inequalities, in:
Carter, C. & Peel, J. (eds) Equalities and Inequalities in
Health, 2nd ed, Academic Press, London
Hudson, P. (1998, September 16 - last update), "PM, Costello
liars: former bank chief", (The Age), Available:
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/980916/news/news2.html
(Accessed: 1998, September 16).
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15. Document format (advisory - to be deleted)
This section outlines a uniform set of formatting standards which
enable a reader to find the information they need with a minimum of
time and effort.
15.1. Table of contents
The document contents list is located after the cover sheet and
should comply with the following:
• Be titled “Contents” not “Table of contents”.
• Contain the headings from the document broken down and
arranged into a logical groupings.
• Contain all headings up to but not exceeding level four headings.
The document itself should have no more than four levels of
headings.
• Illustrations lists should be shown.
• Appendix(es) should be shown.
• Page numbers are given for each entry and are joined to the entry
by a leader string (row of dots).
• TOC text should use the following font attributes:
Level Font Indent Size Space
above/below
toc 1 Arial bold 1.0 cm. 12 pt. 12/6 pts.
toc 2 Arial 1.5 cm. 11 pt. 6/0 pts.
toc 3 Arial 2.0 cm. 11 pt. 3/0 pts.
toc 3 Arial 2.5 cm. 11 pt. 0/0 pts.
• Level one TOC entry should have a narrow ruling line beneath.
• Header/footer.
If the document being produced does not have a table of contents, it
is good practice to design the document before beginning work by
making a list of the headings which will form the contents list.
As a general guide, the organisation of a document should reflect a
logical sequence, whether a chronological sequence, a progression
from the general to the specific, or other meaningful sequence.
15.2. Page size and margins
Page set-up should have the following attributes:
• Page size - A4.
• Margins (left & right) - 2.54 cm.
• Margins (top & bottom) - 3.17 cm.
• Header & footer - 1.25 cm in from edge.
• Gutter - zero cm.
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15.3. Headings
Document headings should have the following attributes:
• No more than four levels of heading should be used.
• Headings should be indented according to their level of
significance in accordance with the following table.
Level Style Font & Size Space
above/below
Ruling
line
Indent
1 Heading 1 Arial 18 pt bold 18/18 pts. 3 pt. 0 cm.
2 Heading 2 Arial 16 pt bold 10/12 pts. 1.5 pt. 1.25 cm.
3 Heading 3 Arial 14 pt bold 12/6 pts. - 2.5 cm.
4 Heading 4 Arial 12 pt bold 12/3 pts - 3.75 cm.
Level one and two headings should have a ruling line beneath, as
shown in the above table. The ruling lines should be 4 pts. beneath
the text and extend from the beginning of the heading across to the
right margin.
All headings should have the first word capitalised and subsequent
words in lower case. Proper nouns (i.e. Griffith University) have the
first letter capitalised wherever they appear in a heading.
✍ Note: This guide specifies the use of Arial and Times Roman fonts
since these are excellent general purpose fonts available on most
computers. As a general rule, stick to these two fonts where possible.
If unavailable use another similar font. Avoid the use of unusual or
fancy fonts unless you have a specific need.
15.4. Body text
The body text should have the following attributes:
• Be left justified (i.e. aligned to the left, leaving a ragged right
edge).
• Times Roman (TT) 12 points.
• Indented 3.75 cm from the left margin.
• Space - zero points above and six points below.
15.5. Bullets
Bullets are used for lists where the order is not important. Bullet
points should have the following attributes:
• Times Roman (TT) 11 points.
• Indented 3.75 cm from the left margin so that bullet character is in
line with body text.
• Bullet character a 10 pt. filled dot.
• Hanging indent of 0.5 cm from bullet character to start of text.
• Space - zero points above and three points below.
• Bullet points should only be used for lists of two or more points
(i.e. no single bullet point).
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15.6. Numbered lists
Numbered lists are used where the order is significant, such as in
procedural steps.
The attributes for a numbered list are the same as for bullet lists, with
the substitution of Arabic numbers (i.e. 1, 2, 3) for bullet dots and a
hanging indent of 0.75 cm after the number to accommodate double
digits.
15.7. Figures & numerals
Decimal numbers less than 10 shown as numbers (i.e. 6.5). Whole
numbers less than 10 are spelt in full. Spaces are used for numbers
with four or more figures (i.e. 10 000).
15.8. Justification
Justification styles should be as follows:
• All heading, body text and bulleted/numbered lists and captions
left justified.
• Table headings and table contents may be left, right or centred.
15.9. Italics
Italics should be used for the following:
• To add emphasis to words, phrases or sentences.
• Foreign words (i.e. ad hoc).
• Titles of publications (i.e. Concise Oxford Dictionary)
15.10. Emphasis
Emphasis can be achieved in the following ways (in ascending order
of emphasis):
• Italics.
• Bold Italics.
• Callout character - as follows:
✍ Add emphasis to a paragraph with a callout character. Words within
such a paragraph may be further emphasised with italics or bold
italics.
15.11. Hyphenation
Hyphenation is not obligatory. Many people prefer not to have body
text hyphenated since it slightly increases the difficulty with which a
reader scans a line, although the difficulty in many cases is
negligible.
Where done, hyphenation should be made as follows:
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• The break is made after a vowel with the second part beginning
with a consonant (i.e. peo-ple).
• For multiple part words the practice of hyphenating words is
decreasing, so as a general rule don’t hyphenate if in doubt. For
example, cooperate multi tasking.
• Fractions are hyphenated (i.e. two-thirds, five-eighths).
Compound words like day-to-day task-sharing are hyphenated.
Enable automatic hyphenation where this is available in your
wordprocessor.
15.12. Acronyms & jargon
While the use of acronyms and jargon can be justified in some
cases, they should be avoided where possible. Where acronyms are
used they should be defined in the definitions and acronyms section
and also defined the first time they are used in each chapter.
Only acronyms used in the current document are to appear in the
definitions & acronyms section.
15.13. Widow/orphan protection
A "widow" is the last line of a paragraph that appears alone at the top
of a page. An "orphan" is the first line of a paragraph that appears
alone at the bottom of a page.
Use the widow/orphan protection option in your wordprocessor to
prevent this occurring in the document.
15.14. Paragraph numbering
While headings can be numbered, avoid paragraph numbering the
body text unless there is a specific need to use it.
15.15. Other considerations
Abbreviations - use fullstops with abbreviations and contractions. For
example Fri. for Friday.
Punctuation Spacing - one space only after any punctuation mark.
Note: in some places the norm is to use two spaces after a full stop
and one space after all other punctuation marks. Whichever rule you
follow, you must be consistent.
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