Process groups in the project management

Process groups in the project management.

We can recognize five main process groups related to the project management. You can find them in every project and they do not depend on the application sphere. Processes within the process groups can have an influence on one another.

The main phases of the process groups are:

  • starting process group ? you start to think about the project and initiate it.
  • planning sphere ? describes prospective products and resources that are required to achieve project objectives.
  • Implementation area ? you work on the project according to the accepted plan.
  • Controlling process ? every project needs to be monitored and checked during implementation area and all its life cycle. When you discover any error or abberance in the project you have time to correct it and put into effect necessary actions.
  • Ending process group ? project products or services are officialy accepted and the project is closed.

You should also remember that the process groups are not the same as phases in the project. Big and complicated projects can be divided into separate stages or subprojects as: conception, technical documentation, implementation, monitoring, distribution etc. Each phase of the project would have nearly the same process groups that are repeated at every stage of the project.

source: PMP® Resources
published: 2009-07-31 02:13:29

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