Basically, the project plan is a document showing major project tasks with beginning and end dates assigned. It is needed to control the many activities occurring and to measure progress and resource needs. Mark Perszyk has prepared a shell project plan for the deployment phase which was passed out at the meeting. We will need to fill in the plan with real tasks and timelines. In order to jump start our progress, any customization requests need to be put through the process which starts with the Customization Request from.
Forms are available through a link from the project web site.
It is critical that the forms be completed soon so the approval process can be started and resource allocation assignments can begin. The number of customization requests, including reports, could have a big impact on the project plan so it is important that they be identified immediately. It was generally agreed that any requests that need to go to the Steering Committee should be sent to Matt first who will accumulate and review them before sending to the Committee. Sally asked about getting a hardcopy of PeopleBooks. The on-line version can be difficult to work with especially printing specific sections.