Colorado Mountain College Planning Checklist Paper Please see the attached checklist, that is provided by the book author, and look at the first five categ

Colorado Mountain College Planning Checklist Paper Please see the attached checklist, that is provided by the book author, and look at the first five categories:

Risk Management
Work Breakdown Structure
Task Sequence
Estimating
Scheduling

From each category, pick one item and discuss the item in about 150 words each. You need to cite the book one time for each item (at least). Do not quote, only paraphrase. Include the page number in your citation.

Use APA 6 rules.

Your word count needs to be at least 750 words, but no more that 850 words, excluding title page and reference page. Planning Checklist
[Project Name]
[Project Name] Planning Checklist
Project Manager
[name]
Risk Management
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The project team has invested time and energy into identifying all project risks.
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A risk response strategy has been developed for all risks that have a significant impact or
probability.
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Contingency funds or time have been allocated by management.
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Funds to account for unexpected problems have been set aside as Management Reserve.
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A risk log has been developed to manage known risks and is accessible to all project team
members.
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Every risk in the log has someone responsible for managing it.
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There is a plan in place for continuously identifying and responding to new risks.
Work Breakdown Structure
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Tasks have been identified to produce every deliverable in the statement of work.
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The work breakdown structure for the project is consistent with standard WBS guidelines and/or
templates for similar projects.
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The project team participated in building the WBS or has reviewed and approved it.
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Every task on the WBS has a strong, descriptive name that includes a noun and a verb.
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Every task on the WBS has a beginning, an end, and clear completion criteria.
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Project management tasks are included on the WBS.
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Tasks have been broken down to a level that enables clear responsibility to be assigned.
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The WBS follows the rules for creating a top-down decomposition.
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The structure of the WBS has been evaluated to ensure the summary tasks are meaningful to
stakeholders that require high-level understanding of the project.
Task Sequence
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All work packages have predecessor tasks identified and task relationships are illustrated using a
network diagram.
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The team has reviewed all predecessor-successor relationships to ensure there are none missing
and that none of the relationships are unnecessary.
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Only work packages have predecessor-successor relationships defined. These relationships are
not defined for summary tasks.
Fast Foundation for Project Management – Planning Checklist
Reference The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management
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Planning Checklist
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[Project Name]
External schedule constraints are represented by milestones.
Estimating
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Wherever possible, historical data has been used as the basis for estimating.
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Ball park estimates have only been used for initial screening and are not the basis for setting any
project baselines.
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Estimates have been prepared by people who understand how to perform the work and who
understand the constraints of the people who will perform the work.
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Work package estimates include both the duration and the estimated labor.
Scheduling
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Critical path analysis has been performed to identify critical path tasks and schedule float.
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Resource leveling has been applied to ensure the schedule represents a realistic allocation of
personnel and other resources.
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The schedule is based on realistic assumptions about the availability of project personnel.
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Portions of the schedule that contain many concurrent tasks have been evaluated for risk.
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The cost-schedule-quality equilibrium is realistic and acceptable to the customer.
Vendors and sub-contractors
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Vendors and sub-contractors have signed contracts with specific scopes of work.
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The work to be performed by vendors and sub-contractors is integrated into the WBS and
schedule.
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There are specific milestones and activities planned for monitoring vendors and sub-contractors.
Approvals
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The detailed action plan has been presented and approved.
Fast Foundation for Project Management – Planning Checklist
Reference The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management
Filename: 20190924062215planning_checklist
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