Project Manager's Book of Templates

CYNTHIA SNYDER DIONISIO, PMP, MBA is a well-known consultant with over 25 years of experience in project management. She has authored a dozen books related to project management. She is the Project, Program and Portfolio Management Lead at the International Institute for Learning.

• Acknowledgments viiAbout the Companion Website viiiIntroduction ixAudience ixOrganization ix1 Starting the Project 11.1 Project Proposal 21.2 Business Case 51.3 Project Startup Canvas 91.4 Project Vision Statement 121.5 Project Charter 151.6 Project Brief 211.7 Project Roadmap 252 Project Plans 272.1 Scope Management Plan 282.2 Requirements Management Plan 322.3 Schedule Management Plan 362.4 Release Plan 402.5 Cost Management Plan 422.6 Quality Management Plan 452.7 Resource Management Plan 492.8 Communication Plan 532.9 Risk Management Plan 562.10 Procurement Management Plan 622.11 Stakeholder Engagement Plan 672.12 Change Management Plan 702.13 Project Management Plan 743 Project Documents 813.1 Change Request 823.2 Requirements Documentation 863.3 Requirements Traceability Matrix 893.4 Project Scope Statement 943.5 WBS Dictionary 973.6 Effort/Duration Estimates 1003.7 Effort--Duration Estimating Worksheet 1033.8 Cost Estimates 1073.9 Cost Estimating Worksheet 1093.10 Responsibility Assignment Matrix 1143.11 Team Charter 1173.12 Probability and Impact Assessment 1213.13 Risk Data Sheet 1273.14 Procurement Strategy 1303.15 Source Selection Criteria 1333.16 Stakeholder Analysis 1363.17 User Story 1383.18 Retrospective 1404 Logs and Registers 1434.1 Assumption Log 1444.2 Backlog 1474.3 Change Log 1494.4 Decision Log 1524.5 Issue Log 1544.6 Stakeholder Register 1574.7 Risk Register 1604.8 Lessons Learned Register 1635 Reports and Audits 1675.1 Team Member Progress Report 1675.2 Project Status Report 1735.3 Variance Analysis Report 1795.4 Earned Value Analysis 1835.5 Risk Report 1875.6 Contractor Status Report 1935.7 Contract Closeout Report 1975.8 Lessons Learned Report 2015.9 Project Closeout Report 2065.10 Quality Audit 2105.11 Risk Audit 2135.12 Procurement Audit 217Appendix: Combination Templates 221Index 231