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Step Two

The second step is I say is the second in size of effort to complete. The part of project planning that takes the most effort is defining the project schedule. In the second step the Project Management Plan is created. The project management plan defines all of the subplans that will be executed during the duration of the project. This is where tayloring the on which PMBOK processes will be used. The full project management plan contains the following per the 6th Edition of the PMBOK:

1. Scope Management Plan
2. Requirements Management Plan
3. Schedule Management Plan
4. Cost Management Plan
5. Quality Management Plan
6. Resource Management Plan
7. Communication Management Plan
8. Risk Management Plan
9. Procurement Management Plan
10. Stakeholder Management Plan
11. Change Management Plan
12. Configuration Management Plan
13. Scope Baseline
14. Schedule Baseline
15. Cost Baseline
16. Performance Measurement Baseline
17. Project Life Cycle Approach
18. Development Approach
19. Management Reviews

Step Three is on the next page