PMP prep exam free course- Introduction & the environment in which project operate - Project Management Process Groups
- Project Management Process Groups
Project management have several knowledges area and under
these knowledges areas there are several processes and these processes grouped
under project management process groups.
Project management process includes:
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring & controlling
- Closing
Note that life cycle can change from project to project but
project management process groups are same.
The below figure shows interrelationship of each process
group with each other.
As you see, initiating process group triggers planning
process group. So, after documents and steps are ready to initiate a project,
planning phase starts.
Then planning process group triggers execution process
groups. After a proper planning of a project, execution phase starts, and this
is the phase will most of the project work is delivered.
Monitoring & controlling process group is only process
group that interact with all four processes groups because this process group
checks whether the project is going as planed and whether everything is okay.
The last process group is closing. Closing process group
helps to complete and close the project after all objectives of the project are
met or if the project is terminated in middle.
The below figure mention the process groups are initiated
and executed in each project
For small project, all phases can plane as a whole project
as per the above figure.