Part 4: Stakeholder Plan

For the project selected in Unit III, create an abbreviated stakeholder management plan. Your plan should follow the guidance in thePMBOK Guidefor the plan stakeholder management process as well as Table 4.1 in the textbook.

The deliverable for this element of the project is a table that you may create in Word or Excel. The table should include at least 10 project stakeholders using the following headings:

• Stakeholder
• Communication Needs
• Method/Medium
• Timing/Frequency

Further, each stakeholder is labeled in the table using thePMBOK Guidecategories:

• Unaware
• Resistant
• Neutral
• Supportive
• Leading

Finally, include a column for Strategies to succinctly list your planned approach to the management of each stakeholder.

Part 5: Resource Acquisition Plan

Your plan should follow the guidance in thePMBOK Guidefor the acquire project resources process as well as Figures 5.1 and 5.2 in the textbook. Your plan should include an introduction, and should be able to answer the following questions:

• What policies and procedures exist in the project environment that governs resource acquisition?
• What are my criteria for resource selection?
• How many resources am I likely to require?
• What skill sets will I require?
• With whom should I plan to negotiate for resources, and how?
• How do I document and explain the detailed requirements in terms of time required, skillsets, budget, and accounting?

Feel free to make use of tables with the resource acquisition plan when describing itemized elements such as skillsets, numbers, criteria, and policies and procedures. Note also that the plan should end with an example of a project work package. An example work package can be found in the Unit V Lesson.

Part 6: Team Development Plan

For the project selected in Unit III, create a simple project team development plan. Your plan should follow the guidance in thePMBOK Guideusing the processes under "Develop Team" on pages 336-344, "Manage Team" on pages 345-349, as well as Figures 6.1 and 6.2 in the textbook. Your plan should include an introduction and should answer the following questions:

• What human resource tools will you draw upon in the overall development and management of the project team
• What approach will you take to kick off the project team?
• What ground rules will you establish for team meetings and interaction?
• What specific ways will you demonstrate emotional intelligence in the development of the project team?
• What methods will you employ to resolve conflict throughout the stages of team development?
• What will be the conflict sources within the team development process?
• How will you set and measure goals and reward achievement?

Compile the team development plan that addresses the questions above. Feel free to use a table to summarize your policy and approach. (As one example, refer to Table 6.2 in the textbook).

Part 7: Team Performance Reporting

For the project selected in Unit I, create a simple project team development plan. Your plan should follow the guidance in thePMBOK Guidefor manage communication (Executing Section 4.7) as well as Figures 8.1 and 8.2 in the textbook. Your plan should include an introduction and should answer the following questions:

• What project documents will you use to report project progress (seePMBOK Guide, Section 4.7.2 for examples)?
• How will you present and deliver project work performance reports?
• What historical organizational project artifacts will you review and include in your reports?
• What project communications management tools will you employ?
• How will you report revisions to resource requirements based on project progress?
• What ethical guidelines will you include in your project communication policies?
• How will you collect and ensure accuracy of project performance information used for reporting?
• What, if any, templates will you employ to document, present, and communicate team performance?

Compile the project reporting plan that addresses the questions above.

Part 8: Stakeholder Engagement Monitor and Control Plan

For the project selected in Unit I, create a simple stakeholder engagement monitor and control plan. Your plan should follow the guidance in thePMBOK Guidefor manage stakeholder engagement and monitor stakeholder engagement (Sections 13.3 and 13.4) as well as Figures 9.1 and 9.2 in the textbook. Your plan should include an introduction, and should answer the following questions:

• What specific soft skills will you employ in managing project stakeholders?
• What ground rules will you establish for managing project stakeholders?
• What types of meetings do you plan to have with project stakeholders? How often do you plan to hold them?
• How will you manage change requests from stakeholders?
• How will you monitor stakeholders and levels of stakeholder engagement?
• How will you manage changes to stakeholder requirements?
• What historical documents will you update in the process of managing and monitoring stakeholders?