# Adjust project plan as needed

*/Processes/Adjust_project_plan_as_needed*

Changes to project plans based upon internal and or external influences on the project.  This would include the update to the project plan file, as well as the communication to the team.

## Digital Scalar

**Band**: digital
**Digital**: 0.85
**Rationale**: With no seeded child occupations, the scalar is derived from the PCF lens 'Manage portfolio, program, and project' and the process description. The work consists entirely of updating project plan files and communicating changes to a team, which is pure information-transformation and coordination work that executes almost exclusively within software and communication channels.

## Process Profile

**Outcome**: A revised project plan is finalized, saved, and formally communicated to all relevant team members and stakeholders.
**Trigger**: An internal deviation or external change request mandates a modification to the current project baseline.
**Key Steps**:
- Evaluate project change triggers and impacts
- Adjust project schedule and milestones
- Reallocate budget and resources
- Update master project plan documents
- Distribute revised plan to team and stakeholders
**Measured By**:
- [Plan Revision Cycle Time](/Metrics/Plan_Revision_Cycle_Time)
- [Schedule Variance](/Metrics/Schedule_Variance)
- [Change Implementation Rate](/Metrics/Change_Implementation_Rate)

## Boundary Of Firm

**Outsourced To**:
- [Project Management Consultancy](/CompanyTypes/Project_Management_Consultancy)
**Automatability**: augmented
**Routing Summary**:
- The replanning judgment is kept in-house with the project manager, who reweighs scope, schedule, and resources against new status.
- Schedule recomputation, dependency relinking, and critical-path updates run on project management software.
- On large programs the replanning effort is sometimes contracted to a project management consultancy.
**Delivered By Role**:
- [Project Manager](/Processes/Adjust_project_plan_as_needed/JobTypes/Project_Manager)
- [Program Manager](/Processes/Adjust_project_plan_as_needed/JobTypes/Program_Manager)
**Asset Specificity**: specific
**Automated By Action**:
- [Rescheduling Tasks](/Action/Rescheduling_Tasks)
- [Recalculating Critical Path](/Action/Recalculating_Critical_Path)
**Automated By Software**:
- [Project Management Software](/Software/Project_Management_Software)
**Delivered By Department**:
- [Project Management Office](/Processes/Adjust_project_plan_as_needed/Departments/Project_Management_Office)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Execute projects](/Processes/Execute_projects) — parent · Processes

### Siblings

- [Evaluate impact of project management (strategy and projects) on measures and outcomes](/Processes/Evaluate_impact_of_project_management_(strategy_and_projects)_on_measures_and_outcomes) — siblings · Processes
- [Promote and sustain activity and involvement](/Processes/Promote_and_sustain_activity_and_involvement) — siblings · Processes
- [Realign and refresh project management strategy and approaches](/Processes/Realign_and_refresh_project_management_strategy_and_approaches) — siblings · Processes
- [Report the status of project](/Processes/Report_the_status_of_project) — siblings · Processes
- [Manage project scope](/Processes/Manage_project_scope) — siblings · Processes
- [Conduct Project Reviews with Program Managers and other stakeholders](/Processes/Conduct_Project_Reviews_with_Program_Managers_and_other_stakeholders) — siblings · Processes

### Related (triggers)

- [Karlia — Delete Project Subtask](/Event/Karlia_—_Delete_Project_Subtask) — triggers · Event
- [Scope.ws — Task Deleted](/Event/Scope.ws_—_Task_Deleted) — triggers · Event

### Industries where this operates

- [Building Construction](/Industries/Building_Construction) — operates in · Industries
- [Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting](/Industries/Agriculture,_Forestry,_Fishing_and_Hunting) — operates in · Industries
- [Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation](/Industries/Arts,_Entertainment,_and_Recreation) — operates in · Industries
- [Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services](/Industries/Administrative_and_Support_and_Waste_Management_and_Remediation_Services) — operates in · Industries
- [Educational Services](/Industries/Educational_Services) — operates in · Industries
- [Finance and Insurance](/Industries/Finance_and_Insurance) — operates in · Industries
- [Health Care and Social Assistance](/Industries/Health_Care_and_Social_Assistance) — operates in · Industries
- [Information](/Industries/Information) — operates in · Industries
- [Management of Companies and Enterprises](/Industries/Management_of_Companies_and_Enterprises) — operates in · Industries
- [Manufacturing](/Industries/Manufacturing) — operates in · Industries
- [Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction](/Industries/Mining,_Quarrying,_and_Oil_and_Gas_Extraction) — operates in · Industries
- [Other Services (except Public Administration)](/Industries/Other_Services_(except_Public_Administration)) — operates in · Industries
- [Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services](/Industries/Professional,_Scientific,_and_Technical_Services) — operates in · Industries
- [Public Administration](/Industries/Public_Administration) — operates in · Industries
- [Real Estate and Rental and Leasing](/Industries/Real_Estate_and_Rental_and_Leasing) — operates in · Industries
- [Retail Trade](/Industries/Retail_Trade) — operates in · Industries
- [Transportation and Warehousing](/Industries/Transportation_and_Warehousing) — operates in · Industries
- [Utilities](/Industries/Utilities) — operates in · Industries
- [Wholesale Trade](/Industries/Wholesale_Trade) — operates in · Industries
- [Accommodation and Food Services](/Industries/Accommodation_and_Food_Services) — operates in · Industries

### Problems this exposes

- [schedule changes in the Gantt break baseline comparison and earned-value tracking](/Problems/schedule_changes_in_the_Gantt_break_baseline_comparison_and_earned-value_tracking) — exposes problem · Problems
- [stakeholders notified of replans inconsistently across tools](/Problems/stakeholders_notified_of_replans_inconsistently_across_tools) — exposes problem · Problems
- [downstream task and resource impacts of a change recomputed by hand](/Problems/downstream_task_and_resource_impacts_of_a_change_recomputed_by_hand) — exposes problem · Problems
- [scope changes not reconciled against the approved change-control log](/Problems/scope_changes_not_reconciled_against_the_approved_change-control_log) — exposes problem · Problems

### Automated by

- [Project Management Software](/Software/Project_Management_Software) — automated by · Software
- [Recalculating Critical Path](/Activities/Recalculating_Critical_Path) — automated by · Activities
- [Rescheduling Tasks](/Activities/Rescheduling_Tasks) — automated by · Activities

### Outsourced to

- [Project Management Consultancy](/CompanyTypes/Project_Management_Consultancy) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Delivered by

- [Program Manager](/JobTypes/Program_Manager) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Project Manager](/JobTypes/Project_Manager) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Project Management Office](/Departments/Project_Management_Office) — delivered by · Departments