Conflicts need to be resolved.

A configuration management system needs to be selected or developed. The project manager

should apply a sanity test to all project plans. There is often a formal project kick-off meeting
of some sort, and after everything is agreed to, the scope, schedule, budget, and so forth are
baselined. The baseline becomes part of the project management plan, and it is used to
monitor and control the project.

Resolve Conflicts:
Sometimes, when all parts of the plan come together, it becomes obvious that the overall plan
is impractical. If this occurs, the key stakeholders may need to determine their priorities and
trade-offs.

Establish Configuration Management:

Configuration management system aid in project control.

A configuration management system has four parts:
1. Process for identifying and uniquely naming items that need to be controlled.
2. Activity of managing the project deliverables and documentation
3. Recording and reporting of all changes
4. Verification of the correctness of all deliverables and their components.

Apply Sanity Tests to All Project Plans:

The project manager and core team should apply a sanity test to their project plans by asking
one another questions to ensure that the comprehensive project plan makes sense.
Some of these questions could be as follows:

• Does the critical path look reasonable?

• Do the milestones look achievable?
• Are some resources overallocated?
• Does everyone understand what they are supposed to do?
• Do we really understand our customers?
• Are the customers’ desires likely to change?
• How well do we understand the standards we will be judged against?
• Are the methods for completing our work really sensible?
• Are we confident we can gather and analyse the data we need to control the plan?