ABSTRACT
This technique highlights and isolates risk disparities in planning. It evaluates project plans for contradictions and voids. Traditional, formal plans used to guide a project include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project
Quality
Communication
Contracting
Testing
Training
Other documents are also essential to the success of the project and to such evaluations:
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Project specifications
Statement of work (SOW)
Contracts
Other baseline documents
Although plans outline project implementation steps, other documents represent critical communication with stakeholders about what is to be done. Flaws, inconsistencies, contradictions, and voids in these documents inevitably lead to project problems and introduce significant risk. Figure 14 illustrates the linkage between three key documents.
