The Project Plan

With the each step in the software engineering procedure should produce a work product which can be reviewed and which can act as a foundation for the steps that follow the Software project plan is produced at the culmination of the planning tasks. This provides baseline scheduling and cost information which will be used by the software engineering process.

The software project plan is a relatively brief document which is addressed to a diverse audience. Which must (1) resources and communicate scope to software management technical staff and the customer; (2) Describe risks and suggest risk management methods; (3) Describes schedule and cost for management review; (4) give an overall approach to software development for all people related with the project; and (5) outline how quality will be change and ensured will be managed. 

A presentation of schedule and cost will vary with the audience to whom it is addressed if the plan is used only as an internal document so the result of each costing method can be presented and organized. When the plan is disseminated outside the company a reconciled cost breakdown which combining the results of all costing method is provided. As similar the degree of detail contained within the schedule section may vary with the audience and formality of the plan.