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| About the author | |
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| About the Project Management Essentials series | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| How to use this book | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The project lifecycle | |
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| Aims | |
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| What is project delivery planning? | |
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| Why a PDP is needed | |
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| The planning hierarchy | |
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| The project delivery plan | |
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| And remember ... | |
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| Business planning | |
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| What is a project business plan? | |
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| How to develop a project business plan? | |
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| Tool: Stakeholder Contracting Checklist | |
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| Sponsorship | |
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| Tool: Sponsor Contract Planning Tool | |
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| Tool: The Project Charter | |
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| Tool: Communications Planning Tool | |
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| Benefits management | |
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| Tool: Benefits Realization Plan | |
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| Business change management | |
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| Tool: The Sustainability Plan | |
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| Business plan case study - production capacity improvement | |
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| Handy hints | |
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| And finally ... | |
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| Set-up planning | |
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| What is a project set-up plan? | |
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| How to develop a project set-up plan? | |
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| Selecting a Project Manager | |
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| Tool: Project Manager Selection Checklist | |
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| Project organization | |
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| Tool: Team Selection Matrix | |
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| Tool: Project Team Role Profile | |
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| Tool: Team Start-up Checklist | |
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| Project type | |
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| Tool: Roadmap Decision Matrix | |
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| Funding strategy and finance management | |
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| Tool: Finance Strategy Checklist | |
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| Scope definition | |
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| Tool: Activity Plan | |
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| Tool: Scope Definition Checklist | |
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| Set-up plan case study - purchasing business process improvement | |
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| Handy hints | |
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| And finally ... | |
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| Control planning | |
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| What is a project control plan? | |
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| How to develop a project control plan? | |
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| Risk management strategy | |
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| Tool: Project Scenario Tool | |
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| Tool: SWOT Table | |
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| Tool: Critical Path of Risks Table | |
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| Contract and supplier strategy | |
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| Tool: Contract Plan | |
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| Tool: Supplier Selection Matrix | |
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| Project control strategy | |
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| Project review strategy | |
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| Control plan case study - construction project | |
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| Handy hints | |
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| And finally ... | |
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| The project delivery plan | |
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| Why we need a formal document | |
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| Who develops the PDP? | |
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| The PDP lifecycle | |
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| PDP style, format and content | |
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| Projects, portfolios and programmes | |
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| Example PDPs | |
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| And remember ... | |
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| Case Study One: capital engineering project | |
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| Situation | |
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| Project Delivery Plan | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Lessons learnt | |
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| Case Study Two: strategic consultancy assignment | |
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| Situation | |
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| Assignment Delivery Plan | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Lessons learnt | |
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| Case Study Three: organizational change programme | |
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| Situation | |
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| Project Delivery Plan (PDP) | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Lessons learnt | |
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| Appendices | |
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| The 'Why?' Checklist | |
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| The 'How?' Checklist | |
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| Project Delivery Plan (PDP) Template | |
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| The Simple Benefits Hierarchy Tool | |
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| The Benefits Specification Table | |
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| The Stakeholder Management Plan | |
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| The Benefits Tracking Tool | |
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| The Sustainability Checklist | |
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| RACI Chart | |
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| Table of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) | |
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| Project Scorecard | |
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| Risk Table | |
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| Risk Matrix | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Project Management Skills Toolkit Assessment | |
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| Index | |