Several guidelines have come up for the project manager to carry out the project management processes. Essentially these are two types:
- Off-the-shelf project management standards.
- In-house project management standards.
In the off-the-shelf project management standards, the popular ones are PMBOK (Project Manager Book of Knowledge), PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments), and ISO 21500. On the other hand, an organization may have a slightly different project management standard than the off-the-shelf standard. They might tailor or maybe take different aspects from different standards, and they might have a tailored in-house project management standard where that specific organization follows the standard.
The in-house project management standards are developed in organizations based on their own specific requirements, policies, and environments. They may incorporate processes, tools from one or many off-the-shelf standards.
Executive Summary: (If anyone is not interested in reading the entire notes)
As we will see that all these different project management standards, many things are common, the processes, the initiation, planning, executing or directing, monitoring, controlling, and finally, the closing processes. The initiating process is the one that is carried out by the project manager first in the project lifecycle. The main goal of these processes is to start the project. The outputs of these initiating processes are that the project manager is selected, the key stakeholders are identified, and the project charter is completed. The project planning processes here the output include work breakdown structure, the project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart, and identification of all dependencies and resources, and a list of prioritized risks.
References:
- NPTEL Software Project Management by Rajib Mall, IIT Kharagpur.
177 total views, 1 views today
