Project Management
1. Project Integration Management
Integrative actions that are crucial for successfully completing the project. Must manage the inter-dependencies among other knowledge areas.
A. Initiating Process Group
i. Develop Project Charter
a. Inputs
i. Project Statement of Work
ii. Business Case
iii. Agreements
iv. Enterprise Environmental factors
v. Organizational Assets (Best Practices)
b. Tools
i. Expert Judgment
ii. Facilitation techniques
c. Output
i. Project Charter
ii. Identify Stateholders
B. Planning Process Group
i. Develop Project Management Plan – detailed document which describes how the project would be executed monitored and controlled.
a. Processes
i. Defining
ii. Preparing
iii. Integrating
iv. Coordinating- all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.
C. Executing Process Group
i. Direct & Manage Project Work
ii. Direct and Manage Project Knowledge
D. Monitoring and Control Process Group
i. Monitor and Control Project Work
ii. Perform integrated Change Control
E. Closing Process Group
i. Close Project or Phase
2. Project Scope Management
Includes the processes required to ensure that the project comprises all and only the work required to complete the project successfully.
Product Scope vs Project Scope
· Product Scope - refers to features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result
· Project Scope - refers to the work performs to deliver a product, service, or result with specified features and functions.
A. Plan Scope Management
a. Inputs
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Enterprise Environmental Factors
iv. Organizational Process Assets
b. Tools
i. Expert Judgment
ii. Data Analysis
iii. Meetings
c. Output
i. Scope Management Plan
ii. Project Scope Statement
1. Describes scope
2. Major deliverables
3. Assumptions & Constraints
B. Collected Requirements (Planning)
a. Inputs
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Project Documents
1. Scope Management Plan
2. Project Scope Statement
3. Major Deliverables
4. Assumptions & Constraints
iv. Business Documents
v. Agreements
vi. Enterprise Environmental factors
vii. Organizational Assets
b. Tools
i. Expert Judgment
ii. Data Gathering
iii. Data Representation
iv. Interpersonal Skills
v. Team Skills
vi. Decision Making
1. Types
a. Brainstorming
b. Nominal Group technique- select from set of ideas
c. Multi-Criteria decisions analysis
2. Techniques
a. Unanimously – all agree
b. Majority > 50%
c. Plurality-key people
d. Autocratic- one person
vii. Context Diagrams
1. Ideal or Mind Mapping
2. Affinity Diagram-categorizing in groups
viii. Data Analysis
ix. Prototypes
c. Output
i. Requirements Documentation
ii. Requirements Traceability Matrix
C. Define Scope (Planning)
a. Input
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Project Documents
1. Requirements Documentation
2. Requirements Traceability Matrix
iv. Enterprise Environmental Factors
v. Organizational Assets
b. Tools
i. Expert Judgment
ii. Data Analysis
iii. Decision Making
iv. Interpersonal Skills
v. Team Skills
vi. Product Analysis
c. Output
i. Project Scope Statement
ii. Deliverables
iii. Assumptions Log
iv. Stakeholder Register
v. Project Document Updates
D. Create WBS (Work Break-down Structure) (Planning)
a. Inputs
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Project Documents from above
1. Project Scope Statement
2. Deliverables
3. Assumption Log
4. Stakeholder Register
iv. Enterprise Environmental Factors
v. Organizational Assets
b. Output
i. Scope Baseline
ii. WBS (Work Break-down Schedule)
iii. Project Doc Updates
E. Validate Scope (Monitoring and Controlling)
a. Input
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Project Documents
1. Scope Baseline
2. WBS
iv. Verified Deliverables
v. Work Performance Data
vi. Enterprise Environmental Factors
vii. Organizational Assets
b. Tools
i. Inspection
ii. Decision Making
c. Output
i. Accepted Deliverables
ii. Change Request
iii. Work Performance Data
iv. Project Documents Updates
F. Control Scope (Monitoring and Controlling)
a. Input
i. Project Charter
ii. Project Management Plan
iii. Project Documents
1. Accepted Deliverables
2. Change Request
3. Work Performance Data
iv. Enterprise Environmental Factors
v. Organizational Assets
b. Tools
i. Data Analysis
c. Output
i. Work Performance Information
ii. Change Request
iii. Project Management Plan Updates
iv. Project Documents Updates
