1.2: Project Management Life Cycles and Processes
Notes
PMI Project Life Cycle
1. Fill in the blanks below with the stages of the PMI generic project management life cycle.
2. Draw a line that represents the relative costs and labour involved during these stages.
Project Life Cycles…
- Are not the same as project management processes.
- Will vary based on industry and project
- Can be short or long, but have an orderly progression from the start of the project to the end.
Process Groups
Fill in the names of the process groups below.
Chart of PMI Processes
| Initiating | Planning | Executing | Monitoring and Controlling | Closing |
| Develop project charter | Develop project management plan | Direct and manage project work | Monitor and control project work | Close project or phase |
| Identify stakeholders | Plan scope management | Perform quality assurance | Perform integrated change control | Close procurements |
| Collect requirements | Acquire project team | Validate scope | ||
| Define scope | Develop project team | Control scope | ||
| Create WBS | Manage project team | Control schedule | ||
| Plan schedule management | Manage communications | Control costs | ||
| Define activities | Conduct procurements | Control quality | ||
| Sequence Activities | Manage stakeholder engagements | Control communications | ||
| Estimate activity resources | Control risks | |||
| Estimate activity durations | ||||
| Develop schedule | ||||
| Plan cost management | ||||
| Estimate costs | ||||
| Determine budget | ||||
| Plan quality management | ||||
| Plan human resource management | ||||
| Plan communications management | ||||
| Plan risk management | ||||
| Identify risks | ||||
| Perform qualitative risk analysis | ||||
| Perform quantitative risk analysis | ||||
| Plan risk responses | ||||
| Plan procurement management | ||||
| Plan stakeholder management |
Check Your Knowledge
Questions: Project Life Cycles and Processes
8. Fill in the blanks in the diagram below:
