1. Task 17: Plan and Manage Project/ phase Closure
1.1. - Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase. - Develop transition planning artifacts. - Validate reediness for transition. - Conclude activities to closeout project or phase.
2. Task16: Ensure knowledge Transfer to Project Continuity
2.1. Consideration of Lesson Learned
2.2. Knowledge Transfer Approach
2.3. Lesson-learned register
2.3.1. Lesson-learned repository
3. Task 15: Manage Project Issues
3.1. Risk VS Issues
3.2. Issue Log
3.3. Guidelines to Resolve Issues
3.3.1. - Create an Issue Log. - Enter the issue into the issue log. - Assign an owner and a due date. - Monitor Progress, and discuss each open issue at every project status meeting. - Develop a response (also known as a workaround) to the issue. - Assess the impact of the response. - Approve the response. - Close the issue.
3.4. Consideration of Lesson Learned
3.5. Knowledge Transfer Approach
3.6. Lesson-learned register
3.6.1. Lesson-learned repository
4. Task 12: Create and Manage Project Artifacts
4.1. Version Control
4.2. Storage/ Distribution of Artifacts
4.3. Project Artifact Management
4.3.1. - Standardized formats and templates. - A structured process for the review and approval of documents. - Version control and security. - Timely distribution of documents.
4.4. Continually Assess the Effectiveness of Management of Project Artifact
5. Task 10: Manage Project Changes
5.1. Change Management Plan
5.1.1. Change control Board (CCB)
5.2. Change Control Systems
5.3. Change Control Strategy
5.3.1. Change Identification
5.3.1.1. Change documentation
5.3.1.1.1. Analyze the impact of the change
6. Task 01: Execute Project to Deliver Business Value
6.1. Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally. Examine the business value throughout the project. Support the team to subdivide tasks to find the minimum viable product. Measure ongoing progress based on methodology. Collect and analyze data to make information project decisions.
7. Task 11: Plan and Manage Procurement
7.1. Make - Or - Buy analysis
7.1.1. Make - Or - buy decisions
7.2. Procurement Planning
7.2.1. Procurement Management Plan
7.2.2. Procurement SOW
7.2.3. Source Selection Criteria
7.2.4. Contract types
7.2.4.1. Fixed Price
7.2.4.2. Cost- Reimbursable contracts
7.2.4.3. Time and material contracts (T&M)
7.3. Conduct Procurement
7.3.1. Bidder conferences
7.3.1.1. Proposal Evaluation
7.3.1.1.1. Selected Sellers
7.4. Control Procurement
7.4.1. Inspection and Audit
7.4.2. Handling Disputes
7.4.2.1. Negotiation
7.4.2.1.1. ADR ( mediation and arbitration)
7.4.3. Closing Procurement
8. Task 09: Integrate Project Planning Activities
8.1. Project Management Plan
8.1.1. Baseline
8.1.1.1. - Scope baseline - Schedule baseline - Cost baseline
8.1.2. Subsidiary plans
8.1.2.1. - Scope management plan - Requirements management plan - Schedule management plan - Cost management plan - Quality management plan - Resource management plan - Communication management plan - Risk management plan - Procurement management plan - Stakeholder engagement plan - Configuration management plan - Change management plan
8.1.3. Project Management processes
8.1.3.1. Tools and techniques
8.1.4. Lifecycle
9. Task 03: Assess and Manage Risks
9.1. Risk Management Plan
9.2. Identify Risks
9.2.1. - Brainstorming - Checklist Analysis - Interviews - Root cause analysis - Assumption and constraint analysis - SWOT analysis - Prompt lists - Meetings
9.3. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
9.3.1. Probability and Impact Matrix
9.3.1.1. Rate the risks as low, moderate, or high priority
9.3.1.1.1. Update Risk register
9.4. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
9.4.1. -Helps identify time and cost contingencies of a project -Determine the confidence level of achieving the project objectives.
9.5. Plan Risk Responses
9.5.1. Negative Risk Strategies
9.5.1.1. - Escalate - Avoid - Transfer - Mitigate - Accept
9.5.2. Positive Risk Strategies
9.5.2.1. - Escalate - Exploit - Enhance - Share - Accept
9.6. Implement Risk Response
9.7. Monitor Risks
9.7.1. - Reserve analysis - Audits - Risk Reviews
9.7.1.1. Update Risk Register
10. Task 04 : Engage Stakeholders
10.1. Identify Stakeholders
10.1.1. Stakeholder Register
10.2. Stakeholder Engagment Plan
10.2.1. Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
11. Task 13 : Determine Appropriate Project Methodology/ Methods and Practices
11.1. Predictive/ Plan Driven
11.2. Agile/ Change Driven
11.3. Hybrid
12. Task 07 : Plan and Manage Quality of Products / Deliverables
12.1. Quality Management Plan
12.1.1. Cost of Quality
12.2. Manage Quality
12.2.1. Quality Audits
12.2.1.1. a structured, independent process to determine if project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures.
12.2.2. Ishikawa diagrams
12.2.3. 5 whys
12.3. Control Quality
12.3.1. Inspection
12.3.1.1. Validated Deliverables
12.3.2. - Control Charts - Pareto Charts - Statistical Sampling
13. Task 02: Manage Communications
13.1. Communications Management Plan
13.1.1. Communication requirements Analysis
13.1.2. Communication types
13.1.3. Communication Methods
13.1.3.1. Interactive
13.1.3.2. Push
13.1.3.3. Pull
14. Task 14: Establish Project Governance Structure
14.1. Determine appropriate governance for a project
14.2. Define escalation paths and thresholds.
15. Task 08 : Plan and Manage Scope
15.1. Scope Management Plan
15.1.1. Expert judgment Alternatives analysis Meeting
15.2. Determine and prioritize requirements
15.2.1. - Brainstorming - Interviews - Focus groups - Questionnaires and surveys - Benchmarking - Mind mapping - Affinity diagram - Facilitated workshops - Context diagrams - Prototypes - Decision making ( Unanimity – Majority – Plurality – Autocratic)
15.2.1.1. Requirements Documentation
15.2.1.1.1. - Business requirements - Stakeholder requirements - Solution requirements - Project requirements - Transition requirements
15.2.1.2. Requirements Traceability Matrix
15.3. Define Scope
15.3.1. Project Scope Statement
15.3.1.1. - Project scope description - Acceptance criteria - Project deliverables - Project exclusions - Project assumptions and constraints
15.4. Create WBS
15.4.1. Decomposition
15.4.1.1. Scope baseline
15.4.1.1.1. Work packages
15.4.1.1.2. WBS
15.4.1.1.3. WBS dictionary
15.4.1.1.4. Project Scope statement
15.5. Monitor, reprioritize and validate scope.
15.5.1. Monitor & Control Scope
15.5.1.1. Variance Analysis
15.5.1.1.1. Used to compare the baseline to the actual results and determine if the variance is within the threshold amount or if corrective or preventive action is appropriate.
15.5.1.2. Trend analysis
15.5.1.2.1. To forecast future outcomes based on historical results
15.5.2. Validate Scope
15.5.2.1. Inspection
15.5.2.1.1. Accepted deliverables
15.5.2.2. Iteration Review
15.5.2.2.1. Definition of Done
15.5.3. Reprioritize scope
15.5.3.1. Grooming and refining the product backlog is an ongoing exercise, typically scheduled in weekly or monthly intervals.
16. Task 06 : Plan and manage schedule
16.1. Schedule Management Plan
16.2. Define Activities
16.2.1. Decompose each work package
16.2.1.1. Activity List
16.2.1.2. Milestone List
16.3. Sequence Activities
16.3.1. Project Schedule network diagram
16.3.1.1. Precedence relationship
16.3.1.1.1. - Finish-to-Start (FS),
16.3.1.1.2. - Start-to-Start (SS),
16.3.1.1.3. - Finish-to-Finish (FF)
16.3.1.1.4. - Start-to-Finish (SF)
16.3.1.2. Activity Dependancies
16.3.1.2.1. - Mandatory
16.3.1.2.2. - Discretionary
16.3.1.2.3. - External
16.3.1.2.4. - Internal
16.3.1.3. Leads and lags
16.4. Estimate Activity Duration
16.4.1. Activity duration estimates
16.4.1.1. - Analogous Estimation - Parametric Estimation - Three Point Estimation - Bottom-up Estimation
16.5. Develop Schedule
16.5.1. Schedule Baseline
16.5.1.1. Critical Path Method
16.5.1.2. Resource leveling
16.5.1.3. Schedule compression
16.5.1.3.1. Crashing
16.5.1.3.2. Fast tracking
16.6. Control Schedule
16.6.1. Ongoing Progress Based on Methodology
16.6.1.1. In an agile approach
16.6.1.1.1. - Compare the total amount of work delivered and accepted to the estimates of the work to be completed for the current time period.
16.6.1.2. In traditional approach
16.6.1.2.1. - Monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule.
16.6.1.2.2. - Managing changes to the schedule baseline
17. Task 05 : Plan and Manage Budget and Resources
17.1. Cost management plan
17.2. Estimate the cost baseline
17.2.1. - Analogous Estimation - Parametric Estimation - Three Point Estimation - Bottom-up Estimation
17.3. Determine Budget
17.3.1. Cost baseline
17.4. Control Costs
17.4.1. Earned Value Management
17.4.1.1. - SV = EV – PV - SPI = EV/ PV - CV = EV / AC - CPI = EV / AC
17.4.1.2. EAC = AC + ETC EAC = BAC / CPI
17.4.1.3. TCPI = (BAC – EV) / (BAC – AC) TCPI = (BAC – EV) / (EAC – AC)