Rita's Process Game
v2.0
Based to Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep
Ninth Edition
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Mixed
Select project manager
Determine company culture & existing systems
Collect processes, procedures, & historical information
Divide large projects into phases or smaller projects
Understand business case & benefits management plan
Uncover initial requirements, assumptions, risks, constraints & existing agreements
Assess project & product feasibility within the given constraints
Create measurable objectives & success criteria
Develop project charter
Identify stakeholders & determine their expectations, interest, influence, & impact
Request changes (1)
Develop assumption log
Develop stakeholder register
Determine development approach, life cycle, & how you will plan for each knowledge area
Define & prioritize requirements
Create project scope statement
Assess what to purchase & create procurement documents
Determine planning team
Create WBS & WBS dictionary
Create activity list
Create network diagram
Estimate resource requirements
Estimate activity durations & costs
Determine critical path
Develop schedule
Develop budget
Determine quality standards, processes, & metrics
Determine team charter & all roles & responsibilities
Plan communications & stakeholder engagement
Perform risk identification, qualitative & quantitative risk analysis, & risk response planning
Go back - iterations
Finalize procurement strategy & documents
Create change & configuration management plans
Finalize all management plans
Develop realistic & sufficient project management plan & baselines
Gain formal approval of the plan
Hold kickoff meeting
Request changes (2)
Execute work according to the project management plan
Produce product deliverables (product scope)
Gather work performance data
Request changes (3)
Implement only approved changes
Continuously improve, perform progressive elaboration
Follow processes
Determine whether quality plan & processes are correct & effective
Perform quality audits & issue quality report
Acquire final team & physical resources
Manage people
Evaluate team & individual performance; provide training
Hold team-building activities
Give recognition & rewards
Use issue logs
Facilitate conflict resolution
Release resources as work is completed
Send & receive information & solicit feedback
Report on project performance
Facilitate stakeholder engagement & manage expectations
Hold meetings
Evaluate sellers, negotiate & contract with sellers
Use & share project knowledge
Execute contingency plans
Update project management plan & project doc
Take action to monitor & control the project
Measure performance against performance measurement baseline
Measure performance against other metrics in the project management plan
Analyze & evaluate data & performance
Determine if variances warrant a corrective action or other change request(s)
Influence factors that cause change
Request changes (4)
Perform integrated change control
Approve or reject changes
Update project management plan & project documents
Inform stakeholders of all change request results
Monitor stakeholder engagement
Confirm configuration compliance
Create forecasts
Gain customer’s acceptance of interim deliverables
Perform quality control
Perform risk reviews, reassessments, & audits
Manage reserves
Manage, evaluate, & close procurements
Evaluate use of physical resources
Confirm work is done to requirements
Complete final procurement closure
Gain final acceptance of product
Complete financial closure
Hand off completed project
Solicit customer’s feedback about the project
Complete final performance reporting
Index & archive records
Gather final lessons learned & update knowledge bases
Monitoring and Controlling