This recommended practice (RP) to project planning provides guidelines developed primarily for engineering and capital construction projects.

AACE International Recommended Practices are intended to provide guidelines, not to establish standards. This recommended practice is intended to be a guide for the many project team members involved in the planning and scheduling of their work process and can be adapted for any type of project or program where planning is required.

This recommended practice is intended to focus on the elements of project planning: who, what, where, when, and how. It also focuses on the actions required by members of the project team in order to translate that planning effort into a useful project plan that will serve as a management navigation tool to guide the project team to successful project completion. This RP will focus on the actions required by the engineering and construction project team AFTER the development of the clients’ business requirements, business case, alternatives and assumptions.