Preliminary Project Plan (pE1)

Purpose
The preliminary project plan provides a basis for deciding on the execution of the project from a project control perspective. It must therefore be sufficiently detailed to be able to answer the following vital questions with the greatest degree of certainty: "Can we do the job at all - and, if so, with what effort and by when?"

Content
The preliminary project plan must contain the key technical data for the planned project from the perspective of the initial analyses (project goal, effort and deadline frameworks, personnel requirements framework, project organization, etc.). One aspect which is particularly important at this point in time is a risk analysis, the results of which need to be incorporated in the preliminary project plan.

The preliminary project plan must be checked.

Notes
With each planned project enterprise, a documented preliminary project plan must exist at the time the project decision is made. It is not essential, however, to create a separate document in each case. The preliminary project plan can be combined, where necessary, with the specification of proposed solution and the preliminary QA plan (e.g. in the case of small-scale projects, provision of personnel, or sequences of very similar projects). The most important aspect is that the specified goal be achieved (sufficient degree of certainty for project decision).

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