Project Management Plan (PMP)

The PMP is the formal, comprehensive plan that governs how a project is run. Sageon Business gives you a 17-section template aligned to PMBOK / PRINCE2 best practice.

When to write a PMP

For any project above £100k or 6 months
For all government / regulated work where it's mandated
When the project crosses multiple programmes or organisations

For small internal projects, a PIM alone is enough.

The 17 sections

Project Overview (business case, alignment, objectives, success criteria, benefits)
Scope (in/out of scope, deliverables, exclusions)
Approach & Methodology
Schedule (milestones, dependencies, critical path)
Cost & Budget
Resource Plan
Governance
Risk Management approach
Issue & Change Management approach
Quality Management
Communications Plan
Procurement
HSE & Compliance
Benefits Realisation
Closure approach
Appendices & References
Sign-off

How sections flow

Sageon Business pulls some fields from the PIM, RAID, milestones and stakeholders — so you're not retyping. Other sections are free-text.

Each section can be:

Drafted
Reviewed (by the PM)
Approved (by the sponsor)

Progress tracking

A progress strip at the top shows X/17 sections complete. The PMP can be exported as PDF for sign-off.

Updating after kickoff

The PMP is a living document. Update relevant sections:

After every change request
At each gate / phase boundary
When risks or scope materially change

Tips

Don't write the whole PMP in one go. Bring sections to steering meetings for review one at a time.
The Comms Plan and Governance sections are the most-used post-kickoff. Make sure those are precise.
Sign-off matters. An unsigned PMP is a draft. Get the sponsor approval recorded.