Initiating
Select project Manager Determine Company culture & Existing systems Collect processes, procedures & historical information Divide large projects into phases Identify stakeholders
Planning
Determine how you will do planning- part of management plans Create project scope statement Determine team Create WBS & WBS dictionary Create activity list
Executing
Acquire final team Execute the PM plan Complete product scope Recommend changes & corrective actions Send & receive information Implement approved changes, defect repair, preventive & corrective actions Continuous improvement Follow processes Team building Give recognition & rewards Hold progress meeting Use work authorization system Request seller responses Select seller
Monitoring & Controlling
Measure against The performance Measurement baselines Measure according to the management plans Determine variances and if they warrant corrective action or a change Scope verification Configuration management Recommend changes, defect repair, preventive and corrective Actions Integrated change control Approve changes, defect repair, preventive and corrective actions Risk audits Manage reserve Use issue logs Facilitate conflict resolution Measure team member performance Report on performance Create forecasts Administer contracts
Closing
Develop closure procedures Complete contract closure Confirm work is done to requirements Gain formal acceptance of the product Final performance reporting
Document business need
Create network diagram Estimate resource requirements Estimate time & cost Determine critical Path Develop schedule Develop budget Determine quality standards, processes & metrics Determine roles & responsibilities Determine communications requirements Risk identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and response planning Iterations-go back Determine what to purchase Prepare procurement documents Finalize the how to execute and control" aspects of all management plans Create processes improvement plan Develop final PM plan and performance measurement baselines Gain formal approval Hold Kickoff meeting
Index and archive records Update lessons learned Knowledge base Hand off Completed product Release resources
Determine project objectives Document assumptions & constraints Develop preliminary project scope statement
Process Chart