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Project Management Process Groups
October 18, 2009 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: PMBOK, Project Lifecycle Phases, Project Management Definitions
Project Management Process Groups
By Michael D. Taylor
The Project Management Institute has posited five major process groups. A process is defined as a set of interrelated actions & activities performed to achieve a pre-specified product, result, or service. Each process is characterized by its inputs, the tools and techniques that can be applied, and the resulting outputs.
The five groups consist of project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing processes.
- Initiating Process Group. Those processes performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project.
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Planning Process Group. Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.
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Executing Process Group. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications.
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Monitoring and Controlling Process Group. Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.
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Closing Process Group. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all Project Management Process Groups to formally close the project.1
1A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (Project Management Institute: Newton Square, PA, 2004), p. 41.
MICHAEL D. TAYLOR, M.S. in systems management, B.S. in electrical engineering, has more than 30 years of project, outsourcing, and engineering experience. He is principal of Systems Management Services, and has conducted project management training at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension in their PPM Certificate program for over 13 years, and at companies such as Sun Microsystems, GTE, Siemens, TRW, Loral, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and Inprise. He also taught courses in the UCSC Extension Leadership and Management Program (LAMP), and was a guest speaker at the 2001 Santa Cruz Technology Symposium. His website is www.projectmgt.com.
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Hi Michael,
Thank you so much for this clarifying post! Great job.
Laura Bamberg
Steelray Software
http://www.steelray.com