Plan the Process
Requirements for the process's specified work products and for
performing the work may be derived from other requirements. In the
case of a project’s processes, they may come from that project’s
requirements management process; in the case of an process, they may come from organizational sources.
The objectives for the process may be derived from other plans (e.g.,
the project plans). Included are objectives for the specific situation,
including quality, cost, and schedule objectives. For example, an
objective might be to reduce the cost of performing a process for this
implementation over the previous implementation.
Establishing a plan includes documenting the plan and providing a
process description. Maintaining the plan includes changing it as
necessary, in response to either corrective actions or to changes in
requirements and objectives for the process.
- Obtain management sponsorship for performing the process.
- Define and document the process description. The process description, which includes relevant standards and procedures, may
be included as part of the plan for performing the process or may be included in
the plan by reference.
- Define and document the plan for performing the process.
This plan may be a stand-alone document, embedded in a more comprehensive
document, or distributed across multiple documents. In the case of the plan being
distributed across multiple documents, ensure that a coherent picture is preserved
of who does what. Documents may be hardcopy or softcopy.
- Review the plan with relevant stakeholders and get their
agreement. This includes reviewing that the planned process satisfies the applicable policies,
plans, requirements, and standards to provide assurance to relevant
stakeholders.
- Revise the plan as necessary.