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Project Management Processes

A process is "a series of actions bringing about a result".

The purpose of project management processes is to identify, establish, coordinate, and monitor the activities and resources necessary for a project to produce the product or service that best satisfies the project objectives.

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Process Outcomes

the scope of the work will be defined; the tasks and resources required will be

sized and estimated; the feasibility of achieving the objectives

of the project with the available resources and constraints will be evaluated;

interfaces between the elements of the project, and with other projects, will be identified and monitored;

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Process Outcomes(continued)

Plans for execution will be developed and implemented;

progress will be monitored and reported;

corrective and preventative actions will be identified and taken.

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Process Groups

Project management process can be organized into five major groups. Initiating Processes Planning Processes Executing Processes Controlling Processes Closing Processes

See PMI BOK Figures 3-1 and 3-2

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Processes within Process Groups

PMI BOK Figures 3-4 through 3-8 show the processes within each of the process groups. there are a few differences between 1996

ed. and 2000 ed. (primarily for Risk Mgmt)In this course, our focus will primarily

be in the Planning Group (Fig. 3-5) and the Controlling Group (Fig 3-7). Let’s take a look at these two figures.

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For Next Week

Please read Chapter 6 of the PMI BOK.

If you are unable to acquire a copy of the book, let me know and I’ll have a copy of the 1996 edition sent to you.