NICS Centre of Expertise for Programme and Project Management

Generic PPM Templates

Programme/Project Name

Phase/Stage Plan

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Purpose

  • To provide management and project team staff with a view of the milestones, overall timescales and required resource commitment (from both suppliers and the office) of a project phase
  • To identify any particular facilities which the phase team will require (e.g. co-location, accommodation, tools, technical environments etc.)
  • To define the organisation and roles and responsibilities for the phase
  • To define control mechanisms to be used for monitoring, configuration management, change control and risk management
  • To provide a baseline against which progress will be measured

ContentsThis document sets out sample content for a detailed phase/stage plan as it might appear as part of a PRINCE2 project. It should be seen as a component of the overall project plan and complementary to plans for the other stages of the project.

Topic / See Page
Plan description
Planning assumptions
Constraints
Dependencies
Deliverables
Quality plan
Risk assessment
Controls and reporting
Timescales and milestones
Stage budget
Roles and responsibilities
Stage tolerances
Appendices

1.Plan description

2.Planning assumptions

3.Constraints

4.Dependencies

5.Deliverables

6.Quality plan

7.Risk assessment

8.Controls and reporting

9.Timescales and milestones

10.Stage budget

  • Summarise the costs for the work to be carried out over time

11.Roles and responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities

Organisation structure and reporting lines

12.Stage tolerances

Appendix A – Stage schedule

Appendix B – Resource requirements

Appendix C – Risk register