Project Plan Project Management

Question: Discuss about the Project Plan for Project Management? Answer: The project plan of the Liverpool music festival has been classified into the following 8 stages; planning, budgeting, designing, marketing, location, safety, testing and delivery and post festival. The following table provides the justification for the inclusion of these phases in the Gant Chart tool. Stages Reason for have in it in the Gantt Charts tool. Planning stage The project planning phase is the second phase of the project lifecycle: this particular phase is essential as it provides the project team with the scope for making plans that would be used in executing the entire project. The planning phase has been included in the Gantt Chart tool in order to make provide the project team with the scope to perform the following activities: a. Setting out the budget of the entire project. b. Setting out the plans for the venue and the time frame at which the Liverpool music festival would be held. c. Making arrangements for obtaining the licenses required for the festival. d. Communicating with the sponsor of the project. e. Making arrangements for renting the venue. f. Identifying the risks associated with the project and devising the plans for the management of the risks. Budget stage. The budget stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Determining the legal fees required for conducting the project. b. Determining the salaries that need to be paid to the project team. Design stage The design stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. designing the venue b. designing the structure that would be used for conducting the festival c. Collaborating the entire design Marketing stage The marketing stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Making marketing plans b. Advertising the project LMF Location stage The LMF Location stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Making consultations b. Providing permissions for conducting the festival c. Preparing the ground and the arts d. Ensuring the capacity and quality of the preparations being made Safety stage The Safety stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Making arrangement for mitigating health and safety risks associated with the festival. b. Communicating with the government agencies to make arrangement for police protection and ambulance services. c. Making arrangements for insurance. Test and delivery stage. The Test and delivery stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Testing the arrangements before the festival is held. b. Handing over the arrangements to the festival committee. Post festival stage The Post festival stage has been include in the Gantt Chart tool in order to cater to the following activities: a. Cleaning up the ground or venue that was rented for conducting the festival. b. Collecting reviews from the sponsors of the project. Bibliography Kerzner, H.R., 2013.Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley Sons. Phillips, J., 2013.PMP, Project Management Professional (Certification Study Guides). McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. Teller, J., Kock, A. and Gemnden, H.G., 2014. Risk management in project portfolios is more than managing project risks: a contingency perspective on risk management.Project Management Journal,45(4), pp.67-80. Turner, J.R., 2014.The handbook of project-based management(Vol. 92). McGraw-hill.