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Change Control Board Group whose function is to review, approve or reject
changes on the project as they relate to the various areas
of the represented bussiness
Used to asses the impact and
consequnces of
Change Control System requested changes on the project
Contraints Factors that limits project options such as the number of
people available, amount of time or money available to
finish the job or other resources or assest issues
General Closing Order of itmes for a project (6)
1. Close out any contracts
w/ outside vendors 2.
Deliver any required reports
assoc. w/ closure (Opa
updates)
3. Complete any Close
Project of Phase activites
4. Performed Lessons
Learned
5. Complete Archives
ofany project Files (OPA
updates)
6. Release resources
forother projects
,Opportunity that allows the What are Lessons Learned?
team to learn from past
experience and improve on
the project as the complete
it. LL can come along before
the end on the project . If
they come at the end
administrative procedures
come into play
1. To develop a 3 main goals of a configuration mgmt system
consistentprocess to
evaluate changes
2. To create
anenvironment in which
you can review and approve
appropiate changes to
modify the project for the
better.
3. To set
communicationstandards so
the project team can
communicate those
changes to the appropiate
stakeholders
Project Managment Plan A cumulative document that contains all the documents
used in the project mgmt apporach on the project. It
describes the steps associated w/ executing, monitoring and
controlling and closing
Product Verification Closing a Project Includes the Following (3)
Lesson Learned
Updating records -
Project files, contract files
Reporting Archiving
Formal Acceptance
,When you perform project Know Assumptions as they relate to a Project
mgmt part of the concept of
planning is to deal with
items unkown, here you
must make assumptions for
scheduling and budgeting. In
most cases as the project
evolves you learn more
about it
PMIS Used for communication and information distribution on the
project not necessarily a high tech system but whatever is
used for project communication on the project. Normally a
mixture of technology and nontechnology.
Project Scope is built What is the result of Executing?
Project Charter and What is the result of Initiating?
Stakholders are Identified
Corrective Action What is the result of Monitoring and Controlling?
results in the product, What is the result of Closing?
service or result transition
of the project
Characteristics of the Characteristics of the PMO (3)
PMO (3)
A centralized area for all
1.PM personnel to and be
assigned. 2. for
documentation a process
support 3. For Project mgmt
support and auditing of
projects.
Mgmt by Projects Performing day to day operations by a project Mgmt approach...
, Project Initiation The process that result in the authorization of a project..
Planning Process The process required to develop the activites to attain objective..
Project Mgmt Emcompasses project of similar work or correlated activites
managed in a coordinated way to attain benefits that could not
achieved separately
Project Life Cycle Process of completing work on the Project. It is not the
management of the work, but rather the work process. Can
be describe what work is done (and who does the work ) in
each phase of the project, what the deliverables are, and
the approval for each phase
Sub Project A smaller piece of the project as a result of
decomposition; is usually created as a result of
creating the work breakdown structure
Characterisitics of Has a specific purpose Creates specific results
Project(5) Has a start a nd finish Temporary
Could be progressively elaborated as more is learn
Product Life Cycle Involves the product or service from concept to divestment
(closure) This cycle typically begins with a business plan end with
a product or service
Project Mgmt Life Cycle in Initating Planning Executing Monitoring and
5 process group Controlling
Closing
Projects (or project Market Demand Strategic Opportunity Customer
selection) are typically Request
authorized as result of the
Technological Advance Legal requirements
following
A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way
Program Management to obtain benefits and control not availble from managing
the individually