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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). 
Activities leading to this result:
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Follow-up activities (in this phase):
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