PROCESS CHART – Traditional/Predictive
PLANNING MONITORING & CLOSING
INITIATING EXECUTING
(occurs in order) CONTROLLING
• Select project manager • Determine • Execute work • Take action to • Confirm work is
• Determine company development according to the monitor and control done to
culture and existing approach, life cycle, project management the project requirements
system and how you will plan • Measure • Complete final
• Collect processes, plan for each • Produce product performance against procurement closure
procedures, and knowledge area deliverables (proper performance • Gain final
historical information • Define and prioritize scope) measurement acceptance of
• Divide large projects requirements • Gather work baseline product
into phases or smaller • Create project performance data • Measure • Complete financial
projects scope statement • Request changes performance against closure
• Understand business • Assess what to • Implement only performance • Hand off completed
case and benefits purchase and create approved changes measurement product
management plan procurement • Continuously baseline • Solicit customer’s
• Uncover initial documents improve; perform • Measure feedback about the
requirements, • Determine planning progressive performance against project
assumptions, risks, team elaboration other metrics in the • Complete final
constraints and • Create WBS and • Follow processes project management performance
existing agreements WBS dictionary • Determine whether plan reporting
• Assess project and • Create activity list quality plan and • Analyze and evaluate • Index and archive
product feasibility • Create network processes are correct data and records
within the given diagram and effective performance • Gather final lessons
constraints • Estimate resource • Perform quality audits • Determine if learned and update
• Create measurable requirements and issue quality variances warrant a knowledge bases
objectives and success • Estimate activity reports corrective action or
criteria durations and costs • Acquire final team other change request
• Develop project • Determine critical and physical • Influence factors that
charter path resources cause change
• Identify stakeholders • Develop schedule • Manage people • Request changes
and determine their • Develop budget • Evaluate team and • Perform integrated
expectations, interest,, • Determine quality individual change control
influence, and impact standards, performance; provide • Approve or reject
• Request changes processes, and training changes
• Develop assumption metrics • Hold team-building • Update project
log • Determine team activities management plan
• Develop stakeholder charter and all roles • Give recognition and and project
register and responsibilities rewards documents
• Plan • Use issue logs • Inform stakeholders
communications • Facilitate conflict of all change request
and stakeholder resolution results
engagement • Release resources as • Monitor stakeholder
• Perform risk work is completed engagement
identification, • Send and receive • Confirm configuration
qualitative and information and solicit compliance
quantitative risk feedback • Create forecasts
analysis and risk • Report on project • Gain customers
response planning performance acceptance of interim
• Go back - iterations • Facilitate stakeholder deliverables
• Finalize engagement and • Perform quality
procurement manage expectations control
strategy and • Hold meetings • Perform risk reviews,
documents • Evaluate sellers; reassessments, and
• Create change and negotiate and audits
configuration contract with sellers • Manage reserves
management plans • Use and share project • Manage, evaluate,
• Finalize all knowledge and close
management plans • Execute contingency procurements
• Develop realistic and plans • Evaluate use of
sufficient project • Update project physical resources
management plan management plan
and baselines and project
• Gain formal documents
approval of the plan
• Hold kickoff
meeting
• Request changes
