Chapter 3

The Project Management Framework

Objectives

Understand the importance of the Project Management Institute and other professional societies

Define the five process groups and understand how they interact over time

Define the nine knowledge areas

Define the component processes that exist within each process group

Know the methods used in each component process and the deliverables produced

PMI: Process Groups and Knowledge Areas

The PMI Project Management Body of Knowledgeframework used for the text is structured around:

• 5 process groupswhich are made up of

• component processesconsisting of tools, techniques, and outcomes organized within

• nine knowledge areas

SPM Process Groups

Initiating processes – authorizing the beginning or ending of a project or phase

Planning processes – ensuring that the objectives of the project are achieved in the most appropriate way

Executing processes – coordinating all resources (people and material) during the implementation of the project plan

Controlling processes – monitoring of project variances from what was planned to actual progress

Closing processes – formal acceptance of the project or a phase and updating of the project information base with lessons learned

Process Groups Overlap in Time

Process Groups and PMBOK Knowledge Areas

Process groups supply a roadmap to follow, and the knowledge areas describe the methods (for example, car, plane, bus) of how to get to our destination, which is project success

9 PMBOK Knowledge Areas:

Integration Management

Scope Management

Time Management

Cost Management

Quality Management

Human Resources Management

Communications Management

Risk Management

Procurement Management

The SPM Process Machine

Project Initiation

Project Planning

Project Execution

Project Monitoring & Control

Project Closeout

Chapter 3

The Project Management Framework:

Additional Information

The IT / Software Project Management Profession

Number of jobs in IT Project Management continues to grow

Professional societies like the Project Management Institute (PMI) have grown tremendously (pmi.org)

In 1969 the Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded for the following reasons: to create a forum for project managers to discuss emerging concepts and practices

to officially recognize project management as a profession in and of itself

to bring together people from all branches of project management to share and learn from each other

Information Technology Project Management as a Profession

Process Groups Interacting in a Phase (Iteration, Increment)

This figure demonstrates how process groups exist within each phase of an iterative project

The initiating process group is the process that begins the project as well as each phase. Each phase consists of all five process groups interacting over time

Each phase as well as the entire project ends with the closing process. As each phase ends, the closing process reviews what was accomplished in the previous phase and what needs to be done or redone in the next phase

The Software Project Management / IT Project Management Profession: Positions available at Illinois or Chicago, IL

(987 positions open just in Illinois)

Software Project Manager: An Example of Open Position(Chicago area)

Theory and special tools

Requirements for SPM: Microsoft Project, Primavera, …

Primavera P6 Professional Project Management

Software Project Manager: An Example of Open Position(Chicago area)

PMP Certificate

Project Management Professional Certification by PMI

PMI provides certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP)

A PMP has documented sufficient project experience (3 years), agreed to follow a code of ethics, and passed the PMP exam (200 questions in 4 hours)

More on certification found in Appendix C

Growth in PMPs Certifications, 1993 – 2010