Business

Project Advice and

mandate decisions from
the business

Initiation Project authorization

PROCESS MODEL Project board Closure
notice notice advice request notice

Starting up
Activity
Authorize initiation
Activity
Authorize the project
Directing a project
APPROVE
a project Activity - Outline business
Directing

Directing
Activity Activity
Authorize a stage or exception plan Give ongoing direction Authorize project closure case
- Project brief
- Project product
description
Exception End project
Activities plan report - Stage plan
Appoint the - Business case
project executive - End stage report
and the project manager Project brief Lessons
Exception plan report - Stage plan
Project initiation PID Stage Project board Premature
authorized request advice close notice - Project plan
authorized
Stage plan Benefits mgmt.
Full business Exception plan (next stage)
Assess previous case approach - updated
authorized
lessons Stage plan
(initiation) End stage report
(current stage) PID - current

Highlight Business case

PID - updated Exception
Prepare the outline reports - updated
raised
business case Project Benefits mgmt.
Project Initiation authorization approach - updated Exception
request reports
request Request for Project closure
Next stage advice request
Business case
request
- updated Issue reports
Appoint the
Exception plan
project management
team Initiating a project approval request
Project plan
- updated
UPDATED CREATED
- Lessons report
- Project log
- PID
Closing a project - End project report
Activities
Managing a stage boundary - Project plan
Activities
Managing

Managing
Agree tailoring requirements - Benefits management
Select the project
approach Agree the management approaches Activities approach
Prepare planned closure
Establish project controls - Business case UPDATED
Prepare next stage plan
- Product register - Project plan
Prepare the project plan Prepare exception plan Prepare premature closure
CREATED Prepare the full business case - Project log
Update the project plan
- Daily log - Benefits management
Assemble the - Lessons log
Assemble the project initiation documentation (PID) Update the business case Confirm project acceptance approach
project brief - Project brief assembled, comprising: Request project authorization Evaluate the stage CREATED - Business case
- Outline business case Request next stage - Stage plan (next stage) Evaluate the project
- Project product description - Product descriptions
- Project approach (next stage) Request project closure
CREATED - Exception plan
Plan the initiation
- End stage report
2 PRO - Project initiation documentation assembled,
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stage
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Request
project initiation
Controlling a stage
DEL

Activities Activities
Authorize a work package Capture issues and risks New issue
Activities
UPD

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Gro Evaluate stage status
up Receive completed work package Take corrective action
plc Report highlights
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th E DITIO CREATED UPDATED
New risk
- Work package - Stage plan (raise)
Work package Completed
description (current stage)
Legend CREATED
- Team plan
authorized
- Highlight reports - Project log
work package
notice New issue
Delivering

Delivering
(current period) (raise)
- Checkpoint reports - Issue reports
These are management products that are created, - Specialist products - Exception reports New lesson
assembled or updated by a process’s activities. (raise)

This is an event or decision that triggers another UPDATED Activity Activity Activity Activity
process or is used to notify the business layer. - Project log Accept a work package Execute a work package Evaluate a work package Notify work package
- Team plan completion

Managing product delivery

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