Project Management Processes
Project Management Processes
These documents provide simple explanation and summary of the book. However they do not replace the necessity of reading the book.
The project processes are performed by the project team and generally fall into one of two major categories: o Project management processes ensure the effective flow of the project throughout its existence. o Product-oriented processes specify and create the projects product.
Process Groups
Initiating process group: recognizing a project or phase should begin (authorizing the project or phase) Planning process group: devising and maintaining a workable plan Executing process group: coordinating resources to execute the plan Monitoring & Controlling process group: ensuring project objectives are met; monitoring, correcting and measuring progress Closing process group: formalized acceptance
Common Project Management Processes Interactions: o Monitoring & Controlling Process Group interacts with the other Process Groups o Project Management Process Groups are linked by the outputs that are produced o The Process groups are overlapping activities that occur throughout the project o The output of one process generally becomes an input to another process or is a deliverable of the project, subproject or phase o Deliverables of subproject or project level may be called incremental deliverables o The Planning Process Group provides the Executing Process Group with project management plan and project documents o Project management plan and project documents always revisited and updated
o If the project is divided into phases, the process groups interact with each phase o The Process Groups are not Project Life Cycle Phases
Plan Schedula Management, Define Activities, Sequance Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activty Durations, Develop Schedule
Plan Cost Management, Estimate Costs, Determine Budget Plan Quality Management Plan Human Resource Management Plan Communications Management Plan Risk Management, Identify Risks, Perform Qualititative Risk Analysis,
Majority of the project budget will be spent in performing Executing Process Group. Integrates people and other resources to carry out the project management plan. During the project execution, results may require planning updates and rebaselining.
Project Information
The project data are continuously collected and analyzed during the dynamic context of the project execution. The project team should use appropriate terminologies. Such as: Work performance data: the row observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry out the project work. (Ex: reported present of work physically completed, quality and technical performance measures, start and finish date of scheduled activities, number of defects, actual cost, actual duration, etc..) Work performance information: the performance data collected from various controlling processes, analyzed in context and integrated based on relationships across areas.(ex: status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and furcated estimates to complete). Work performance reports: the physical or electronic representation of work performance information is compiled in project documents, intended to raise issues or generate decisions (ex: status reports, memos, justifications, information notes, etc)
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