3. Project management processes Process groups rationale and general principles The initiating process group The planning process group The executing process group The monitoring and controlling process group The closing process group | This chapter introduces the concept of process groups for project management and then describes each one in detail. The previous chapter described project lifecycles, and it is vital to understand the difference between process groups and the phases in a lifecycle. By the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to: -
list the five project management processes in sequence; -
state the principal outputs of each process group; -
describe the purpose of each of the process groups; -
use some of the key tools in each process group. | 'Project Process Groups. The five process groups required for any project that have clear dependencies and that are required to be performed in the same sequence for each project, independent of the application area or the specifics of the applied project life cycle. The process groups are (1) initiating, (2) planning, (3) executing, (4) monitoring and controlling, and (5) closing.' PMBOK Guide (p.370) [numbering of groups added] | |
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