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Planning and Scheduling at the Project level

Planning and Scheduling (P&S) at a project level will be affected by its inclusion into or the introduction of a Programme.

How should Planning and Scheduling activities be carried out at the Project Level?

The Programme Support Function (PSF) may set strategies for some project activities which constrain when and how P&S activities occur. This will ensure a consistent approach is adopted throughout the programme.

The strategies covered may include:

Monitoring and Reporting
Communications
Assurance
Quality.

Each strategy may include guidance on the way that P&S information is managed:

Format and scope of information
Key anchor milestones
Defined tools
Consistent and coherent strategy to be deployed.

The PSF may also define a Change Control strategy.that ensure Project / DLoD and Programme P&S remains consistent and coherent at all levels

The change control strategy might include:

Establishing a mechanism for prioritising the potential changes.
Maintaining a central log of potential changes.
Carrying out impact assessments against the Programme Plan / Programme Business case etc.
Assessing the impact of the change on the risks to the Programme.
Assessing the impact of expected benefits to the Programme.
Re-evaluating the priority status.
The decision process for deciding which changes to accommodate.
Updating the issue log with decisions to maintain an audit trail.
Implementation of approved changes and the communication of the changes outcomes to those affected.

The Interface Management Strategy will define how cross project dependencies are managed.

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