Project Management Professionals

Project Processes (PMBOK Chapter3)

Project team activities that lead to a successful project
   Select required Process Groups to meet project objectives
   Meet project requirements by using a defined approach to adapt product specifications and plans
   Meet stakeholder needs, wants and expectations
   Balance competing demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk

Project Management Processes
Processes outlined by the integration of the Process Groups. (Process Groups are listed below.)

Product-oriented Processes
Specify and create the project’s product (or rather, the project’s end result).

Process Groups
   Initiating
   Planning
   Executing
   Monitoring and Controlling
   Closing

Initiating Process Group
Defines and authorizes the project or a project phase.

Planning Process Group
Defines and refines objectives, and plans the course of action required to attain the objectives and scope that the project was undertaken to address.

Executing Process Group
Integrates people and other resources to carry out the project management plan for the project.

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Regularly measures and monitors progress to identify variances from the project management plan so that corrective action can be taken when necessary to meet project objectives.

Closing Process Group
Formalizes acceptance of the product, service, or result and brings the project or a project phase to an orderly end.

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