A project manager is required to maintain various documents and procedures.
Which of the following require ongoing attention and periodic updates?
A. Project charter
B. Change requests
C. Project management plan
D. Communication plan
E. Project SOW
The project management plan serves as the baseline for project progress and is used throughout the Executing and Monitoring and Controlling phases to determine whether the project is on track. It is used to help evaluate changes against the original goals and objectives of the project and serves as a communication tool.
Requesting a new change which is not in the agreed scope, means the project management team needs to follows the change management process by issuing a new change request, in order to assess it from time, scope, cost, quality and risk.
A project charter include the high level plan of the project.
The project charter include the project purpose or justification, measurable project objectives and related success criteria, high-level requirements, assumptions and constraints, high-level project description and boundaries, high-level risks, summary milestone schedule, summary budget, stakeholder list, project approval requirements, assigned project manager, responsibility and authority level, name and authority of the sponsor or other person authorizing the project charter.
The communication plan should include the stakeholder communication requirements, reason for the distribution of the information, time frame and frequency for the distribution of required information, individual or group responsible for communication of the information, and individual or group receiving the information.