Mujahid AkhtarProject Control Manager| Jereh Oil and Gas Engineering Corporation, UAEAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
I was working on a Project Execution Plan for an EPC Project and a team member asked me, what is the difference between Project Management Plan and Project Execution Plan? Please share your thoughts. Saving Changes...
Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
With all due respect to PMI and the earlier contributors, the Project Plan and the Execution Plan are what you define them as in your introduction. Don't get hung up on the title, focus on the intent and clearly state that intent. Saving Changes...
Luis,
I'm speaking about how companies use the term. As Sergio and Peter point out, it's not a PMI term and the meaning is however people choose to use it.
The way I see the PMI scope and organization of the PMBOK, the technical nature of the underlying project is out of scope. Even the "technical" portion of the PMI talent triangle is limited to PM technical knowledge such as EVM, rather than software, construction, health care, etc.
In reality, PMs become involved in whatever the technical subject is out of necessity because those challenges become the project challenges. This is were terms such as "technical PM" and "project engineer" are used as a role that spans both the PM and the underlying domain.
The PM plan itself is not even a single document. It is a set of plans that together cover all the necessary aspects. Where I see the terms PEP and other similar variants used, it is a single document which includes everything, or at least provides a map to where all the underlying plans are located, both technical and business management.
The two major distinctions I see from the PMP "project plan" is how it is a single document, and how it contains elements of the domain technology execution plan in addition to the project management layer. Saving Changes...
Take the word "Project" out of it for a moment. There's a big difference between "execution" and "management." It's almost like asking how a team plays vs asking how a team is coached
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Is that why I prefer to user the term Project Work Plan (To me is a technical plan) , to me it's more clear ,sound's like an operational plan it implies to plan how the work will be carry out, what you need to do. The project Management Plan it will indicate or describes how you will do it , the rules , the success criteria etc.. everything you think it's necessary.
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Dec 13, 2019 1:05 PM
Replying to Wade Harshman
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Take the word "Project" out of it for a moment. There's a big difference between "execution" and "management." It's almost like asking how a team plays vs asking how a team is coached.
Project execution is a fancy way to say "doing the project work." A project execution plan isn't something PMI defines, but if you have one, it should outline how a project team intends to complete the work. By contrast, a project management plan also describes the way the project will be monitored and controlled, and closed. (PMBOK6 paragraph 4.2.3.1)
Wade, very well explained Saving Changes...
Mujahid AkhtarProject Control Manager| Jereh Oil and Gas Engineering Corporation, UAEAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Thanks, everyone for the insights on the subject and I got it more clearly. Saving Changes...
Reeba JohnFounder & CEO| John Andrews Project Management ConsultantsDubai, Du, United Arab Emirates
The Project Management Plan (PMP) includes the Project Execution Plan (PEP). The PMP covers the entire project lifecycle, while the PEP focuses specifically on how the execution phase is planned.
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Uttam KumarEngineering Manager| American Eagle OutfittersPittsburgh, PA, United States
The Project Management Plan is the guide for how a project will be managed from start to finish. It covers all aspects like scope, schedule, budget, and risk. Whereas, the Project Execution Plan zooms in on the actual work of the project. It details how the project will be carried out, with specific activities, timelines, and resources.
In terms of a typical software project, PMP would tell that as part of software delivery the team has to develop, test, deploy the application and the PME would explain the specific steps needs to be executed in each of those.
