This document provides a template for a standard project plan format. It recommends including a cover page with the project name, company name, and date. It also suggests a signature page to confirm all key players understand the plan, a document revision history table, and sections for an introduction, goals and objectives, scope, list of deliverables, and milestones. The goals and objectives section should define long term goals and short term tasks to achieve them, and be S.M.A.R.T. The scope section describes the quantitative assumptions and expectations. The deliverables section lists and describes primary and secondary deliverables.

1. PROJECT PROPOSAL
PROJECT PLANNING,
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
June 16 – July 11 2014

2. FORMAT
 The standard format of a project plan is shown
below. Remember to modify this according to
what is appropriate for your project.
1. Cover Page
 The cover page should have:
– Name of the project
– Your company’s name
– Date of issue
– Document revision number
 Use page borders and your company’s logo to
personalize the cover page.

3. 2. Signature Page
 This ensures that all key players have read and
understand what is expected.

4. 3. Document Revision History
- You would format this page in table format.
The headers would be:
i. Change number, which starts at one
ii. Revision Date
iii. Section/Pages Affected
iv. Summary of changes
v. Initial of person that changed project plan

5. 4. Table of Contents
5. Table of Figures/List of Tables – Any drawings,
flowcharts, and tables in the project plan
should go on this page.
4. Introduction – A two to three -sentence
paragraph describing the project.

6. 7. Goals and Objectives – Some people bypass this part,
but this is something you might want to reconsider.
This will give you and your team desired outcomes
that will aid in challenging them to excel in the project.
Goals are long-term, while objectives are short-term (12-
24 months) tasks that will aid in achieving the goals.
Special Tip: Make sure your goals and objectives are
S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, attainable, and timely).
8. Scope – Describe the quantitative assumption of the
work plans, budgets, schedules, and expectations. If
any work falls out of the defined scope, then the
Project Manager must make adjustments, either to the
scope or to the actual plan.

7. 9. List of Deliverables — In this section, you should have
the main deliverables for the project. If there are
secondary ones, list them as an appendix, as well as
descriptions for all deliverables, which includes the
main ones.
Special Tip: A table can give a brief overview of the
deliverables in a well-formatted way. Use it.
10. Milestones – These are the major tasks in the project
that have to be accomplished. Have a start and end
date for each one.