Planning / v1.0 clean-room
Stage Plan
Define the work, controls, and decisions for the current management stage.
When to use
Use before each stage starts and refresh when tolerances are threatened.
Sample suggested content
Project example: Stage 2 readiness checkpoint
- Stage goal: Complete pilot readiness, acceptance criteria, and operational support model.
- Decision point: Sponsor confirms whether the pilot can start on 12 May.
- Key risk: Supplier milestone slippage threatens training window.
Minimum version
- Stage goal
- Products
- Milestones
- Work packages
- Tolerances
- Decision points
Fuller version
- Resource profile
- Quality checks
- Dependencies
- Supplier commitments
- Assurance activities
Field guide
- Stage objective
- Products
- Schedule
- Budget
- Risks
- Controls
- Approvals
Tailoring notes
- Use rolling-wave detail for agile or hybrid delivery
- Increase checkpoint frequency for recovery work
Common mistakes
- Planning the whole project in stage-level detail
- Not tying work packages to products