ABSTRACT
At this point, all of the various KA decisions have been described and we have approached the end of the planning cycle in regard to a technical description of the project. Likewise, all of the KA perspectives have been integrated into the plan and also integrated with each other. The assumption of the plan status at this point is that it will support a successful outcome if the component parts are executed as defined. The team has collectively negotiated and resolved all required internal issues dealing with the KAs. In order for this stage to have produced a successful plan, it is necessary that all KA perspectives to be integrated together and any known disagreements resolved-not necessarily agreed with, but resolved sufficiently to support the version as defined. The final plan resulting from this activity undoubtedly involves compromise in various ways. So, the last step in the planning stage is to obtain formal management approval of the plan and formally close out the planning stage.
