Project management is applying knowledge, tools, techniques, and skills to activities that meet the requirements of the project. The processes that combine together to facilitate the application of knowledge makes up what we know as the project management processes.
You can think of a process as a set of interrelated actions, activities, and procedures that are performed to create a specific product, service, or result. Usually, each process can be characterized by its inputs, outputs, and the tools and techniques that can be applied.
The project manager must consider foundational things such as organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors. Every process is affected by those specific inputs. They make up the context and the environment that the project is executed under.
These two inputs are not explicit to every process–but should still be in the back of the mind of the project managers.
Organizational process assets are the guidelines and can be the criteria for the frame work that specifies organization’s processes to the needs of the project.
Enterprise environmental factors often constitutes the constraints of the project management options, meaning that in order for their project to be successful, the project team must: select the appropriate processes that are required to meet the project objectives, and use an approach that is adapted to meet the project requirements.
Successful projects also have the following characteristics: they establish and maintain stakeholder communication and engagement. They meet stakeholder needs, requirements and expectations. They strike a balance between the project constraints–scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, and risk.
Generally speaking there are two types of processes:
Project management processes. These are the processes that guide the flow of the project through the project life cycle.
Product-oriented processes. These are the processes that make up the specific project and create the product, service or solution.
Following the PMP Project Management Processes adds framework, accountability, and adds to the success of projects.
Project Managers need PMP training and need to follow the processes that make for good project management.
Project Management training can be at expensive onsite facilities, or at much more affordable online solutions:
Two such solutions are:
The PM Prepcast
and
PM Perfect PMP Bootcamp.
Each of these solutions are reviewed here.
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