Initiation Group Process Develop Project Charter Project statement of work Expert judgment Project charter Business case Contract (if third party project) EEF: government/industry standards, organizational infrastructure, marketplace conditions OPA: Org s standard processes, policies, definitions, templates, historical info and lessons learned Identify Stakeholders Project Charter Stakeholder analysis Stakeholder register Procurement Documents Expert judgment Stakeholder management strategy EEF: Company Culture, structure, government and industry standards OPA: Stakeholder register templates, previous stakeholder registers, lessons learned Planning Group Process Develop Project Management Plan Project chárter Expert judgment Project management plan Planning process outputs EEF: Government/industry standards, org structure/infrastructure/culture, project management system OPA: Standardized guidelines, proposal/performance eval criteria, PMP templates, closure templates, change control procedures, previous project docs like calendars, registers, and baselines. Collect Requirements Project charter Interviews Requirements documentation
Stakeholder register Focus groups Requirements management plan Facilitated workshops Group creativity techniques: brainstorming, nominal group technique, Delphi technique, idea/mind mapping, affinity diagram. Group decision making techniques: unanimity, majority, plurality, dictatorship Questionnaires and surveys Observations Prototypes Define Scope Requirements traceability matrix Project charter Expert judgment Project scope statement Requirements documentation Product analysis OPA: Scope statement policies, procedures and templates. Previous project files and lessons learned. Alternatives identification Facilitated workshops Create WBS Project scope statement Decomposition WBS Requirements documentation OPA: WBS policies, procedures, and templates. Previous project files, lessons learned Define Activities WBS dictionary Scope baseline Scope baseline (WBS, WBS dictionary, and Project Scope Statement) EEF: PMIS (project management information system) OPA: activity planning related policies, procedures, guidelines. e.g. the scheduling methodology. Decomposition Rolling wave planning Templates Expert judgment Sequence Activities Activity list Activity attributes Milestone list Activity list Dependency determination Project schedule network diagrams
Activity attributes Precedence diagramming method (PDM) Milestone list Project scope statement OPA: e.g. scheduling methodology files, previous project network diagrams Applying leads and lags Schedule network templates Estimate Activity Resources Activity list Expert judgment Activity resource requirements Activity attributes Alternatives analysis Resource breakdown structure Resource calendars Published estimating data EEF: e.g. resource availability and skills OPA: Policies and procedures for staffing, renting and purchasing, historical resource usage information Bottom-up estimating Project management software Estimate Activity Durations Activity list Expert judgment Activity duration estimates Activity attributes Analogous estimating (top down) Activity resource requirements Resource calendars Project scope statement EEF: Reference data, e.g. duration estimating databases, productivity metrics, published commercial information OPA: historical duration information, project calendars, scheduling methodology and lessons learned. Parametric estimating (plotted forecasts) Three-point estimating (PERT) Reserve analysis Develop Schedule Activity list Schedule network analysis Project schedule Activity attributes Critical path method Schedule baseline Project schedule network diagram Critical chain method Schedule data Activity resource requirements Resource leveling Activity duration estimates Scheduling tool Resource calendars What-if scenario analysis
Project scope statement EEF: e.g., a company s scheduling tool OPA: Scheduling methodology and project calendar Applying leads and lags Schedule compression Estimate Costs Scope baseline Expert judgment Activity cost estimates Project schedule Analogous estimating Basis of estimates Human resource plan Parametric estimating Risk register EEF: Market conditions, published commercial information OPA: cost estimating policies and templates, historical information and lessons learned Bottom-up estimating Three-point estimates Reserve analysis Cost of quality Project management estimating software Vendor bid analysis Determine Budget Activity cost estimates Cost aggregation Cost performance baseline Basis of estimates Reserve analysis Project funding requirements Scope baseline Expert judgment Project schedule Resource calendars Contracts OPA: cost budgeting related policies, procedures, and guidelines. Cost budgeting tools, reporting methods Historical relationships Funding limit reconciliation Plan Quality Scope baseline Cost-benefit analysis Quality management plan Stakeholder register Cost of quality Quality metrics Cost performance baseline Control charts Quality checklists Schedule baseline Benchmarking Process improvement plan
Risk register Design of experiments EEF: Associated rules, standards, and guidelines. Government agency regulations. Product s working / operating conditions. OPA: Organizational quality policies, procedures, and guidelines, historical databases, lessons learned, quality policy (either an endorsed as-is policy or one created by the PM and communicated to stakeholders.) Input Activity resource requirements EEF: Company culture, organization, HR, personnel policies, market OPA: org chart templates, historical project org info, standard processes and roles descriptions Tools & Techniques Org charts and position descriptions Networking Organizational theory Statistical sampling Flowcharting Proprietary quality management methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma) Additional quality planning tools (Group decision techniques, matrices,..) Develop Human Resources Plan Output Human resources plan: roles and responsibilities, org charts and staffing management plan: resource calendars, acquisition and release, recognition and rewards, safety, compliance and training. Stakeholder register Plan Communications Communication requirements analysis Communications management plan Stakeholder management strategy Communication technology EEF: All the other EEF are used here OPA: Lessons learned and historical info from previous projects, as well as all other OPAs. Communication models: components are encoding, message/feedback, medium, noise, and decoding Communication methods: push, pull and interactive
Plan Risk Management Project scope statement Planning meetings and analysis Risk management plan Cost management plan Schedule management plan Communications management plan EEF: risk attitudes and tolerances OPA: stakeholder registers, risk categories, common definitions, templates Identify Risks Risk management plan Documentation reviews Risk register Activity cost estimates Activity duration estimates Scope baseline Stakeholder register Cost management plan Schedule management plan Quality management plan Project documents EEF: Risk attitudes, benchmarking, and published information: checklists, databases, studies. OPA: Project files, process controls, risk statement templates, lessons learned. Information gathering techniques Checklist analysis Assumptions analysis Diagramming techniques SWOT analysis Expert judgment Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Risk register Risk probability and impact assessment Risk resister updates: Risk management plan Probability and impact matrix Risk category grouping Project risk ranking Project scope statement Risk data quality assessment Watchlist Probability estimates of OPA: similar project info and project project objectives Risk categorization studies, industry risk databases Trends of the above data during the project Risk urgency assessment Expert Judgment Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Risk register Risk management plan Cost management plan Schedule management plan OPA: similar project info and project studies, industry risk databases Risk register Data gathering and representation techniques: interviewing, probability distributions Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techniques: sensitivity analysis, EMV analysis/decision tree, modeling and simulation (e.g. monte carlo) Expert judgment Plan Risk Responses Risk resister updates: List of prioritized, quantified risks Contingency time and cost reserves Project estimates: Time and Date vs. Confidence Probability estimates of project objectives Trends of the above data during the project Strategies for negative risks or threats Risk resister updates: Residual risks Secondary risks Contingency plans Risk response owners Fallback plans Risk triggers Contracts Reserves Risk management plan Strategies for positive risks or opportunities Risk-related contract decisions Contingent response strategies Expert judgement Plan Procurements Scope baseline Make-or-buy analysis Procurement management plan Requirements documentation Expert judgment Procurement statements of work Teaming aggreements Contract types Make-or-buy decisions Risk register Risk-related contract decisions Activity resource requirements Project schedule Activity cost estimates Cost performance baseline Procurement documents Source selection criteria
EEF: market, availability, suppliers, locale, industry T&Cs OPA: purchasing policies, management systems, supplier system Executing Group Process Direct And Manage Project Execution Project management plan Expert judgment Deliverables Approved change requests EEF: Infrastructure, personnel rules, stakeholder risk tolerances, project management information systems OPA: Standardized work guidelines, communication requirements, defect management procedures, project files from previous projects Project management information system Work performance information Project management plan updates Perform Quality Assurance Project management plan Plan Quality and Perform Quality Control tools and techniques OPA updates Quality metrics Quality audits Work performance information Process analysis Quality control measurements Acquire Project Team Project management plan Pre-assignment Project staff assignments EEF: Org s skill levels and structure, personnel policies, locale, OPA: Org s standard policies, processes, and procedures Negotiation Acquisition Virtual teams Resource calendars Develop Project Team Project staff assignments Interpersonal skills Team performance assessments Project management plan Training EEF updates Resource calendars Team-building activities Ground rules
Co-location Recognition and rewards Manage Project Team Project staff assignments Observations and conversation EEF updates Project management plan Project performance appraisals OPA updates Team performance assessments Conflict management Performance reports Issue log OPA: bonus structures, certificates of appreciation, newsletters, perks Project management plan Performance reports Interpersonal skills Distribute Information OPA: information distribution guidelines and policies, lessons learned and historical project information Communication methods: mostly push method, like email, memos, etc, but include meetings, teleconferences, online chat, etc. Information distribution tools Manage Stakeholder Expectations Stakeholder register Communication methods OPA updates Stakeholder management strategy Interpersonal skills OPA updates Project management plan Management skills Issue log Change log OPA: org communication requirements, change control and issue management procedures Conduct Procurements Project management plan Bidder conferences Selected sellers Procurement documents Proposal evaluation techniques Procurement contract awards Source selection criteria Independent estimates Resource calendars Qualified seller list Expert judgment Seller proposals Advertising Project documents Internet search
Make-or-buy decisions Procurement negotiations Teaming aggreements OPA: prospective/qualified seller lists, historical seller information Monitoring and Controlling Group Process Monitor and Control Project Work Project management plan Expert judgment Performance reports EEF: Industry/Gov standards, stakeholder risk tolerances, project management information systems OPA: org communications requirements, financial controls procedures, defect management procedures, risk control/categories/matrices Perform Integrated Change Control Project management plan Expert judgment Change request status updates (approved change requests and denied change requests) Work performance information Change control meetings EEF: project management information system such as a scheduling tool OPA: change control procedures, process measurement database, project files like baselines, configuration management databases Verify Scope Project management plan Inspection Accepted deliverables Requirements documentation Requirements traceability matrix Validated deliverables Control Scope Project management plan Variance analysis Work performance measurements Work performance information OPA updates
Requirements documentation Requirements traceability matrix OPA: scope related policies, guidelines, procedures. Monitoring and reporting methods to be used. Control Schedule Project management plan Performance reviews Work performance measurements Project schedule Variance analysis OPA updates Work performance information Project management software OPA: Schedule control tools, related policies, guidelines, procedures. Monitoring and reporting methods to be used. Resource leveling What-if scenario analysis Adjusting leads and lags Schedule compression Scheduling tool Control Costs Project management plan Earned value management Work performance measurements Project funding requirements Forecasting Budget forecasts Work performance information OPA: cost control-related policies procedures and guidelines. Cost control tools and monitoring / reporting methods to be used. To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI) Performance reviews Variance analysis Project management software Perform Quality Control Organization process assets updates Project management plan Cause and effect diagrams Quality control measurements Quality metrics Control charts Validated changes Quality checklists Flowcharting Validated deliverables Work performance measurements Histogram OPA updates Approved change requests Pareto chart Deliverables Run chart
OPA: quality standards and policies, standard work guidelines, and issue / defect reporting procedures Scatter diagram Statistical sampling Inspection Approved change requests review Report Performance Project management plan Variance analysis Performance reports Work performance information Forecasting methods OPA updates Work performance measurements Communication methods Budget forecasts OPA: report templates, measurement indicator definitions, organization s variance limits Reporting systems Monitor And Control Risks Risk register Risk reassessment Risk register updates Project management plan Work performance information Performance reports Risk audits Variance and trend analysis Technical performance measurement Reserve analysis Status meetings OPA updates: technical documentation and assumptions Administer Procurements Procurement documents Contract change control system Procurement documentation Project management plan Procurement performance reviews OPA updates Contract Inspections and audits Performance reports Performance reporting Approved change requests Payment systems Work performance information Claims administration Records management system Closing Group Process
Close Phase Or Project Project management plan Expert judgment Final product, service, or result transition Accepted deliverables OPA: closure guidelines, audits, evaluations and other project docs OPA updates Close Procurements Project management plan Procurement audits Closed procurements Procurement documentation Negotiated settlements OPA Updates Records management system