Project Management Processes Flashcards
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- Progression of phases through a series of developmental stages
- Plan driven or change driven
Project Life Cycle
- Predictive development life cycles that require scope, schedule, and cost determination
- Done before the work begins to product project deliverables
Plan-Driven Project Life Cycle
- Use iterative, incremental, or adaptive (agile) development life cycles
- Varying levels of early planning for scope, schedule, and cost
Change-Driven Project Life Cycle
- Combination or predictive and adaptive development life cycles
Hybrid Development Life Cycle
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Closing
Project Management Process Groups
- Takes place between each phase
- Involves analyzing the results of the completed phase by comparing the results of the phase with business documents, project charter, and project plan
Phase Gate
Project management process phase:
- Determines whether the business case and the benefits management plan can be achieved
- High level planning to verify if the project can be completed with given constraints
- Stakeholders identified
- Stakeholder analysis performed to assess stakeholder involvement
- Project charter is signed and approved
Initiating Phase
- Creation of the project management plan
- How to plan, execute, monitor, and control, and close the project
- Appropriate amount of detail for the project life cycle and development approach
- Approval of the project management plan by the sponsor
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
- Team completes the work
Executing Phase
Project management process phase:
- Done while the work is being done
- Collects work results or work performance data
- Change requests are evaluated in the Perform Integrated Change Control process
Monitoring and Controlling
Project management process phase:
- Confirm work is done based on project requirements
- Gain final acceptance of the project
- Gather final lessons learned
- Index and archive records
Closing Phase
- Process of continually refining estimates and scope
Progressive Elaboration
- Form of Progressive Elaboration
- As the project progresses, and more information impacting the work becomes available, plans are elaborated in sufficient detail to accomplish the work
Rolling Wave Planning
Project management process phase:
- Sponsor selects the project manager
- Identify stakeholders, and determine their influence
- Create a stakeholder register
Initiating Phase
Project management process phase:
- Determine high-level requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks.
- Determine success criteria and measurable project and product
Initiating Phase
Project management process phase:
- Use the benefits management plan to understand the benefits that the project is expected to deliver to the business
- Finalize the project charter
- Collect historical information
Initiating Phase
Project management process phase:
- Perform high-level estimating for schedule and budget
- Develop project documents such as the risk register, stakeholder register, and assumption log
- Finalize the project charter
Initiating Phase
Project management process phase:
- Identify inherent or required milestones on the project
- Obtain approval of the project charter
- Define the exit criteria of the project
Initiating Phase
Project management process phase:
Develop Project Management Plan
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
Plan Scope Management
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
Collect Requirements
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
Define Scope
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
Create WBS
Planning Phase
Project management process phase:
Plan Schedule Management
Planning Phase