Bases for Effective Project Planning

1. Statement of Work (SOW): It is narrative description of the work to be accomplished by the project. It describes project parameters and constraints.
2. Project Specifications: They are  documents stating the procedures and processes for technical contents, quality standards and organizational policies.
3. Milestone Schedule: It identifies major events in the project for formal reporting of progress including project start and end dates. It identifies logical relationships among tasks.
4. Work Breakdown Structure: It is grouping of activities in hierarchical order for each stage of the project. It breaks down the work into smaller elements which are measurable and integrable. It provides a basis for developing time, costs and schedules. Schedule is project time table.