TAPPI TIP 0408-01: 2012, Checklist for a properly planned project, is a Technical Information Paper that supports the planning phase of capital project development. It provides a practical checklist for verifying that key project success factors have been addressed systematically across feasibility study, alternatives evaluation, preliminary engineering, and detailed cost estimate activities.
The document helps project teams assign responsibility, define planned and actual schedule milestones, and review topics such as owner participation, marketing analysis, site selection, process selection, environmental analysis, utilities, project scope definition, manufacturing costs, cost estimates, scheduling, economic analysis, and funding requests.
Application Scope: Intended for use by engineering, operations, maintenance, procurement, finance, legal, safety, and project management personnel involved in planning, reviewing, or auditing capital projects in pulp, paper, and related industrial facilities.
