Project Life Cycle Flashcards
1.1. Initiation
1.1. Select Project Manager
1.2 Initiation
1.2 Determine Company Culture and existing systems
- Company’s change control system
- processes & procedures for how they company operates
- Past relationships w/ sponsor of the project likely stakeholders and possible team members
1.3 Initiation
- 3 Collect processes, procedure, historical information
- List of people who may be good team members
- Co’s change control system
- processes & procedures for how the Co’s operates
- templates from past projects
- historical WBS, estimates, lessons learned
- Co today, major projects and potential impact current & planned initiatives could have
1.4 Initiation
1.4 Divide large projects into phases
1.5 Initiation
- 5 Understand the business case “why the project is being done”
- perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and techniques & gain support for the project
1.6 Initiation
1.6 Uncover initial requirements, assumptions, risks, constraints, & existing agreements
- any known constraints (e.g. imposed schedules, budget or resources) risks, and assumptions
- any relevant agreements, including contracts if the work will be done under a contract
- industry standard
- market place trends
1.7 Initiation
- 7 Assess project & product feasibility within the given constraints
- participate in development of project charter by compiling and analyzing gathered information in order to ensure project stakeholders are in agreement on its elements
1.8. Initiation
- 8 Create measurable objectives
- identify key deliverables based on the business requirements in order to manage customer expectations & direct the achievement of project goals
1.9 Initiation
- 9 Develop Project Charter
- obtain project charter approval from the sponsor in order to formalize the authority assigned to the project manager & gain commitment & acceptance for the project
1.10 Initiation
- 10 Identify stakeholders and determine their expectations, influence and impact
- inform stakeholders of the approved project charter to ensure common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones, and their roles and responsibilities
- conduct benefit analysis w/ relevant stakeholders to validate project alignment with org strategy
2.1 Planning
2.1 Determine how you will plan for each knowledge areas
2.2. Planning
2.2 Determine detailed requirements
2.3 Planning
2.3 Create project scope statement
2.4 Planning
2.4 Assess what to purchase and create procurement documents
2.5 Planning
2.5 Determine planning team
2.6 Planning
2.6 Create WBS and WBS dictionary
2.7 Planning
2.7 Create Activity List
2.8 Planning
2.8 Create network diagram
2.9 Planning
2.9 Estimate resource requirements
2.10 Planning
2.10 Estimate time and cost
2.11 Planning
2.11 Determine Critical Path
2.12 Planning
2.12 Develop Schedule
2.13 Planning
2.13 Develop Budget
2.14 Planning
2.14 Determine Quality standards, processes and metrics
2.15 Planning
2.15 Create process improvement plan
2.16 Planning
2.16 Determine all roles & responsibilities
2.17 Planning
2.17 Plan communications and stakeholder engagement
2.18 Planning
2.18 Perform risks identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and risks response planning
2.19 Planning
2.19 Go back- iterations
2.20 Planning
2.20 Finalize procurement document
2.21 Planning
2.21 Create change management plans
2.22 Planning
2.22 Finalize the “how to execute and control” parts of all management plans
2.23 Planning
2.23 Develop realistic and final PM plan and performance measurement baseline
2.24 Planning
2.24 Gain formal approval of the plan
2.25 Planning
2.25 hold kick-off meeting
3.1 Executing
3.1 Execute the work according to the PM plan
3.2 Executing
3.2 Produce product deliverables (product scope)
3.3 Executing
3.3 Gather work performance data
3.4 Executing
3.4 Request changes
3.5 Executing
3.5 Implement only approved changes
3.6 Executing
3.6 Continuously improve
3.7 Executing
3.7 Follow processes
3.8 Executing
3.8 Determine whether processes are correct and effective (quality assurance)
3.9 Executing
3.9 Perform quality audits
3.10 Executing
3.10 Acquire final team
3.11 Executing
3.11 Manage people
3.12 Executing
3.12 Evaluate team and individual performance
3.13 Executing
3.13 Hold Team Building Activities
3.14 Executing
3.14 Give recognition and rewards
3.15 Executing
3.15 Use Issue logs
3.16 Executing
3.16 Facilitate conflict resolution
3.17 Executing
3.17 Release resources as work is completed
3.18 Executing
3.18 Send and receive information and solicit feedback
3.19 Executing
3.19 Report on project performance
3.20 Executing
3.20 Manage stakeholder engagement and expectations
3.21 Executing
3.21 Hold meetings
3.22 Executing
3.22 Select sellers
4.1 Monitoring & Controlling
4.1 Take action to control the project
4.2 Monitoring & Controlling
4.2 Measure performance against the performance measurement baseline
4.3 Monitoring & Controlling
4.3 Measure performance against other metrics in the PM plan
4.4 Monitoring & Controlling
4.4 Analyze and evaluate performance
4.5 Monitoring & Controlling
4.5 Determine if variances warrant a corrective action or other change request
4.6 Monitoring & Controlling
4.6 Influence the factors that cause changes
4.7 Monitoring & Controlling
4.7 Request changes
4.8 Monitoring & Controlling
4.8 Perform integrated change control
4.9 Monitoring & Controlling
4.9 Approve or reject changes
4.10 Monitoring & Controlling
4.10 Update the PM Plan and project documents
4.11 Monitoring & Controlling
4.11 Inform stakeholders of the results of change requests
4.12 Monitoring & Controlling
4.12 Monitor stakeholder engagement
4.13 Monitoring & Controlling
4.13 Manage configuration
4.14 Monitoring & Controlling
4.14 Create forecasts
4.15 Monitoring & Controlling
4.15 Gain acceptance of interim deliverables from the customer
4.16 Monitoring & Controlling
4.16 Perform quality control
4.17 Monitoring & Controlling
4.17 Perform risk reassessment and audits
4.18 Monitoring & Controlling
4.18 Manage reserves
4.19 Monitoring & Controlling
4.19 Control Procurementss
5.1 Closing
5.1 Confirm work is done to requirements
5.2 Closing
5.2 Complete procurement closure
5.3 Closing
5.3 Gain final acceptance of the product
5.4 Closing
5.4 Complete financial closure
5.5 Closing
5.5 Hand off completed product
5.6 Closing
5.6 Solicit feedback from the customer about the project
5.7 Closing
5.7 Complete final performance reporting
5.8 Closing
5.8 Index and archive records
5.9 Closing
5.9 Gather final lessons learned and update knowledge base
