Project Life Cycle Flashcards
(85 cards)
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1.1. Initiation
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1.1. Select Project Manager
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1.2 Initiation
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1.2 Determine Company Culture and existing systems
- Company’s change control system
- processes & procedures for how they company operates
- Past relationships w/ sponsor of the project likely stakeholders and possible team members
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1.3 Initiation
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- 3 Collect processes, procedure, historical information
- List of people who may be good team members
- Co’s change control system
- processes & procedures for how the Co’s operates
- templates from past projects
- historical WBS, estimates, lessons learned
- Co today, major projects and potential impact current & planned initiatives could have
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1.4 Initiation
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1.4 Divide large projects into phases
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1.5 Initiation
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- 5 Understand the business case “why the project is being done”
- perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and techniques & gain support for the project
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1.6 Initiation
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1.6 Uncover initial requirements, assumptions, risks, constraints, & existing agreements
- any known constraints (e.g. imposed schedules, budget or resources) risks, and assumptions
- any relevant agreements, including contracts if the work will be done under a contract
- industry standard
- market place trends
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1.7 Initiation
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- 7 Assess project & product feasibility within the given constraints
- participate in development of project charter by compiling and analyzing gathered information in order to ensure project stakeholders are in agreement on its elements
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1.8. Initiation
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- 8 Create measurable objectives
- identify key deliverables based on the business requirements in order to manage customer expectations & direct the achievement of project goals
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1.9 Initiation
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- 9 Develop Project Charter
- obtain project charter approval from the sponsor in order to formalize the authority assigned to the project manager & gain commitment & acceptance for the project
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1.10 Initiation
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- 10 Identify stakeholders and determine their expectations, influence and impact
- inform stakeholders of the approved project charter to ensure common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones, and their roles and responsibilities
- conduct benefit analysis w/ relevant stakeholders to validate project alignment with org strategy
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2.1 Planning
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2.1 Determine how you will plan for each knowledge areas
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2.2. Planning
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2.2 Determine detailed requirements
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2.3 Planning
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2.3 Create project scope statement
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2.4 Planning
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2.4 Assess what to purchase and create procurement documents
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2.5 Planning
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2.5 Determine planning team
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2.6 Planning
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2.6 Create WBS and WBS dictionary
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2.7 Planning
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2.7 Create Activity List
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2.8 Planning
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2.8 Create network diagram
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2.9 Planning
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2.9 Estimate resource requirements
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2.10 Planning
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2.10 Estimate time and cost
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2.11 Planning
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2.11 Determine Critical Path
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2.12 Planning
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2.12 Develop Schedule
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2.13 Planning
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2.13 Develop Budget
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2.14 Planning
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2.14 Determine Quality standards, processes and metrics
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2.15 Planning
2.15 Create process improvement plan
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2.16 Planning
2.16 Determine all roles & responsibilities
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2.17 Planning
2.17 Plan communications and stakeholder engagement
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2.18 Planning
2.18 Perform risks identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and risks response planning
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2.19 Planning
2.19 Go back- iterations
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2.20 Planning
2.20 Finalize procurement document
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2.21 Planning
2.21 Create change management plans
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2.22 Planning
2.22 Finalize the "how to execute and control" parts of all management plans
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2.23 Planning
2.23 Develop realistic and final PM plan and performance measurement baseline
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2.24 Planning
2.24 Gain formal approval of the plan
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2.25 Planning
2.25 hold kick-off meeting
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3.1 Executing
3.1 Execute the work according to the PM plan
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3.2 Executing
3.2 Produce product deliverables (product scope)
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3.3 Executing
3.3 Gather work performance data
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3.4 Executing
3.4 Request changes
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3.5 Executing
3.5 Implement only approved changes
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3.6 Executing
3.6 Continuously improve
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3.7 Executing
3.7 Follow processes
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3.8 Executing
3.8 Determine whether processes are correct and effective (quality assurance)
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3.9 Executing
3.9 Perform quality audits
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3.10 Executing
3.10 Acquire final team
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3.11 Executing
3.11 Manage people
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3.12 Executing
3.12 Evaluate team and individual performance
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3.13 Executing
3.13 Hold Team Building Activities
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3.14 Executing
3.14 Give recognition and rewards
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3.15 Executing
3.15 Use Issue logs
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3.16 Executing
3.16 Facilitate conflict resolution
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3.17 Executing
3.17 Release resources as work is completed
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3.18 Executing
3.18 Send and receive information and solicit feedback
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3.19 Executing
3.19 Report on project performance
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3.20 Executing
3.20 Manage stakeholder engagement and expectations
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3.21 Executing
3.21 Hold meetings
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3.22 Executing
3.22 Select sellers
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4.1 Monitoring & Controlling
4.1 Take action to control the project
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4.2 Monitoring & Controlling
4.2 Measure performance against the performance measurement baseline
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4.3 Monitoring & Controlling
4.3 Measure performance against other metrics in the PM plan
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4.4 Monitoring & Controlling
4.4 Analyze and evaluate performance
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4.5 Monitoring & Controlling
4.5 Determine if variances warrant a corrective action or other change request
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4.6 Monitoring & Controlling
4.6 Influence the factors that cause changes
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4.7 Monitoring & Controlling
4.7 Request changes
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4.8 Monitoring & Controlling
4.8 Perform integrated change control
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4.9 Monitoring & Controlling
4.9 Approve or reject changes
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4.10 Monitoring & Controlling
4.10 Update the PM Plan and project documents
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4.11 Monitoring & Controlling
4.11 Inform stakeholders of the results of change requests
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4.12 Monitoring & Controlling
4.12 Monitor stakeholder engagement
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4.13 Monitoring & Controlling
4.13 Manage configuration
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4.14 Monitoring & Controlling
4.14 Create forecasts
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4.15 Monitoring & Controlling
4.15 Gain acceptance of interim deliverables from the customer
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4.16 Monitoring & Controlling
4.16 Perform quality control
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4.17 Monitoring & Controlling
4.17 Perform risk reassessment and audits
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4.18 Monitoring & Controlling
4.18 Manage reserves
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4.19 Monitoring & Controlling
4.19 Control Procurementss
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5.1 Closing
5.1 Confirm work is done to requirements
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5.2 Closing
5.2 Complete procurement closure
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5.3 Closing
5.3 Gain final acceptance of the product
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5.4 Closing
5.4 Complete financial closure
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5.5 Closing
5.5 Hand off completed product
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5.6 Closing
5.6 Solicit feedback from the customer about the project
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5.7 Closing
5.7 Complete final performance reporting
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5.8 Closing
5.8 Index and archive records
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5.9 Closing
5.9 Gather final lessons learned and update knowledge base
