Project Management Process Definitions

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4.1 Develop project charter

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Process of developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and gives PM authority

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4.2 Develop project management plan

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Process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all plan components and consolidating them into an integrated project management plan.

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4.3 Direct and manage project work

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Process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives

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4.4 Manage project knowledge

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The process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives defined in the project management plan.

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4.6 Perform integrated change control

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Process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating the decisions

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4.7 Close project or phase

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Process of finalizing all activities for the project, phase, or contract

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5.1 Plan scope management

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Process of creating a scope management plan that documents how the project and product scope will be defined, validated, and controlled

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5.2 Collect requirements

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Process of determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet project objectives

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5.3 Define scope

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Process of developing a detailed description of the project and product

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5.4 Create WBS

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Process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components

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5.5 Validate scope

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Process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables

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5.6 Control scope

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Process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline

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6.1 Plan schedule management

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Process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule

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6.2 Define activities

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Process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables

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6.3 Sequence activities

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Process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities

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6.4 Estimate activity durations

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Process of estimating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with the estimated resources

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6.5 Develop schedule

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Process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model for project execution and monitoring and controlling

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6.6 Control schedule

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Process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule and manage changes to the schedule baseline

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7.1 Plan cost management

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Process of defining how the project costs will be estimated, budgeted, managed, monitored, and controlled

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7.2 Estimate costs

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Process of developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project work

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7.3 Determine budget

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Process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline

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7.4 Control costs

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Process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and manage changes to the cost baseline