Pm Sum

* Project

* “A unique, transient endeavour undertaken to achieve a desired outcome.”

* Project Management

* “The process by which projects are defined, planned, monitored, controlled and delivered so that agreed benefits are realised.”

The project life cycle defines the stages that a project goes through from its origin (start) to completion (finish). It is defined in APM BoK5 as:

“…a sequence of distinct phases that provide the structure and approach for progressively delivering the required outputs”.

Customer:

Any person who holds the key to a resource that you need to carry out the project.

Success criteria

Success criteria are the measures of success as viewed by different stakeholders.

These are not the same as success factors (to be discussed shortly).

Purpose of the plan:

To document the outcomes of the planning process and to provide the reference document for managing the project.

Requirements Management:

The process of capturing, analyzing and testing the documented statement of stakeholder and user wants and needs.

Scope Management:

The process by which the deliverables and work to produce them are identified and defined.

Resource Allocation:

The process by which resources are mapped against activities.

Leadership:

The process whereby one individual influences other group members towards the attainment of defined group or membership goals.

Risk:

An uncertain event or set of circumstances that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of the project’s objectives.

Issue:

A threat to the project objectives that cannot be resolved by the project manager.

Issue management:

The process by which events that threaten project objectives and cannot be resolved by the project manager are identified and addressed to remove the threats they pose.

Configuration Management:

Configuration Management is the process of managing the coherence, and hence integrity, of the project’s deliverables.

Quality:

Fitness...