1. Joint Project Planning (JPP) Sessions

2. What is it?
A meeting to develop a Project Plan that meets the COS and is as described in the POS.
The main activity is planning
This is a “high stakes” meeting
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3. Who Should Come? Meeting Facilitator Project Manager Technographer
Alternate: Another project manager, outside consultant
Project Manager
Technographer
Core Project Team
Customer / Representative
Resource Managers
Functional Managers
Process Owners
Project Champion/Executive Sponsor
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4. Facilities and Equipment
Comfortable
Isolated, but on-site
Large Room with plenty of whiteboard or blank wall, tables, chairs for up to five –person groups with flip charts
Post-It notes, tape scissors, color markers, LCD Projector, PC/Laptop, butcher paper.
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5. Agenda Review COS Review POS, amend, extend.
First level WBS (everyone)
Decomposition by subject matter experts
Estimate activity durations, resource requirements, dependencies
Construct Project Network Diagram
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6. Agenda Cont’d Determine Critical Path
Revise, approve project completion date
Finalize Resource Schedule
Gain consensus on the project plan.
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7. Deliverables WBS Activity duration estimates Resource requirements
Project network schedule
Activity schedule
Resource assignments
Project notebook
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8. End Result Project proposal Background Objective Approach overview
Detailed statement of work
Time/cost summary
Appendices
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