This plan is used to sell the CMMI and process improvement
to the organization??”its executives, its managers, and its lower-level staff. The PI
Plan must document the benefits and costs and define the business goals and objectives
linked to business issues confronting the enterprise.
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The plan also defines the scope of the work and how to manage changes to
scope. It documents project resources and other support needed. Assumptions and
risks are also addressed (most common are pulling staff away from PI to do ???real
work,??? emergent work, production emergencies, etc.).
As for tracking and controlling the effort, the PI Plan documents how you will
track, control, measure, and report the status of the work. In the plan, present your
schedule with milestones included at the lowest level of detail that you feel you
can realistically accomplish and that you feel are necessary in order to track at a
level that keeps the effort focused. Discuss rewards and include a ???Miscellaneous???
category for anything else that fits your organization or will politically motivate
individuals who might prove to be obstacles in this effort.
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