PM Processes and Framework

About Project Management

Project Management is a formalized and structured method comprising a set of interrelated processes and tools, ranging from simple to complex, and is based on the accepted principles of management used for planning, estimating and controlling work activities with a view to developing specifically defined outputs that are to be delivered by a certain time, to a defined uality standard and with a given level of resources so that the project goal and outcomes!benefits are realized" #ffective project management is essential for the success of any project $ whether in the private or public sectors $ and irrespective of its category, size and complexity"
Management by projects treats many aspects of ongoing operations as projects in order to apply project management techniques to them.

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&epresentative Project 'ife %ycle (typical)
*nitiation!%oncept!Feasibility Planning!+evelopment #xecution!*mplementation %ontrol!Monitoring %lose,out!-ermination!Finish

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Human resource and project cost need is greatest in the execution phase

Project %ost and Project .taffing

*nitiation Planning

#xecution %ontrol

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%haracteristics of Project Phases or Process group
#ach project phase is marked by completion of one or more deliverables (a tangible piece of work) Phase #nd reviews determine if the project should continue to the next phase"

%haracteristics of the Project 'ife %ycle

.erves to define the beginning and the end of a project Project 'ife cycle is collection of project phases

Process *nteractions
Process $ .eries of actions bringing about a result" *ndividual processes within a process group are linked by their inputs and outputs #ach process is defined by
*nputs/ +ocuments or documentable items that will be acted upon -ools and -echni ues/ Mechanisms applied to the inputs to create the outputs 0utputs/ +ocuments or documentable items that are a result of the process

 %ore Processes

Project Management Processes

1ave clear dependencies that re uire them to be performed in essentially the same order on most projects #xample / planning, estimating, development, test etc"

Facilitating Processes
+ependent on the nature of the project Performed intermittently as needed but are not optional #xample/ 2uality assurance, %%3 (%hange %ontrol 3oard ) Meetings, sponsor review etc"

Major Project Management .tandards

(%onventional -ypes and %ustomized)

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4*n,1ouse5 Project Management .tandards and Methodology

PM306, Prince 7, *MPA 3aseline, APM306, P7M, 3. 89:;, A<*'#, .ofware Process Models

+eveloped in 0rganizations based on their own specific re uirements, policies and environment and may incorporate processes and tools from one or more off, the,shelf standards

#xamples/

Project Management Methodology

A methodology is a framework of processes and tools tested on diverse projects. .ome of the reputable *nternational organizations for maintaining world wide standards and certifications for project management are; PM* $ Project Management *nstitute (www"pmi"org) P&*=%#7 $ P&ojects *= %ontrolled #nvironments *PMA , -he *nternational Project Management Association APM , -he Association of Project Management

-he Project Management 3ody of 6nowledge -he Project Management *nstitute>s 3ody of 6nowledge $ PM306 $ is perhaps the most widely acknowledged and popular project management standard in existence" *t is the basis for the PM*>s coveted PMP certification examinations" Presently in its fourth version (799?), PM306 offers a comprehensive and sophisticated best practices and process, based standard which can be applied to different categories of projects" At the heart of the PM306 are the nine areas of knowledge and five process groups which find application over the project life,cycle"

*ntroduction to Project Management

Project Management Knowledge Areas Per PMI (Project Management Institute)
Describe Project Management knowledge and practice in terms of its component processes Mapping of t e ! knowledge areas to t e fi"e process groups#

PM306 6nowledge Areas

Project Integration Management Project $cope Management Project %ime Management Project &ost Management Project 'ualit( Management Project )uman *esource Management Project &ommunications Management Project *isk Management Project Procurement Management

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Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)
Integration Management Scope Management Time Management Cost Management Q ality Management ! man "eso rce Management Comm nication Management "isk Management

*nitiation 42 Planning

*mplementation! #xecution Monitoring, #valuation @ %ontrol

%losure
#roc rement Management

-. Processes ! Knowledge Areas + Process ,roups