Checklist for Project Plan Reviews
Checklist for Project Plan Reviews
Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.
~Swami Vivekananda
Clarity
- Is the project plan appropriately decomposed (neither too detailed nor too general)?
- Is the meaning of each component clear and unambiguous?
- Is the relationship between components clear?
- Is the meaning of the document clear and unambiguous?
- Is the document organized in a logical and clear way (e.g., consistent with an applicable template)?
Completeness
- Are all assumptions that went into the project planning clearly stated?
- Are all estimates documented, along with the method used for deriving them?
- Does the project plan include all the items required by the applicable standard, procedure, or template?
- Are relevant details missing from any components?
- Are some components irrelevant?
- Are irrelevant details present in some components?
Consistency
- Are related components within the document consistent?
- Is the content of the plan consistent with the contents of all related documents?
- Is the content consistent with the document’s scope and objectives?
- Is the level of detail, vocabulary, and syntax in the document consistent with its audience and usage assumptions?
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