Project Management

1. Project Management Processes
   1. Project Lifecycle
      1. Initiation
         1. Defining project goals
            1. Establishing clear objectives
            2. Aligning goals with organizational strategy
            3. Defining success criteria
         2. Feasibility study
            1. Economic feasibility
            2. Technical feasibility
            3. Legal feasibility
            4. Operational feasibility
            5. Scheduling feasibility
         3. Project charter creation
            1. Purpose and justification
            2. Objectives and constraints
            3. High-level definition of project deliverables
            4. Project risk summary
            5. Roles and responsibilities
      2. Planning
         1. Scope definition
            1. Developing scope statement
            2. Scope validation and verification
            3. Managing project scope creep
         2. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
            1. Hierarchical decomposition of work
            2. WBS dictionary creation
            3. WBS coding system
         3. Schedule planning
            1. Activity sequencing
            2. Gantt chart development
            3. Critical Path Method (CPM)
            4. PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) analysis
         4. Cost estimation and budgeting
            1. Cost baseline creation
            2. Contingency reserves
            3. Cost management plan
            4. Techniques: analogous, parametric, bottom-up estimation
         5. Resource planning
            1. Human resources management
            2. Resource allocation and leveling
            3. Resource calendar creation
         6. Risk management planning
            1. Risk identification
            2. Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
            3. Risk response planning
            4. Creating a risk register
         7. Communication planning
            1. Stakeholder communication requirements
            2. Communication matrix development
            3. Frequency and format of communication
         8. Quality planning
            1. Quality standards determination
            2. Quality assurance plans
            3. Continuous improvement processes
      3. Execution
         1. Team management
            1. Building effective teams
            2. Conflict resolution strategies
            3. Motivating and empowering team members
         2. Task delegation
            1. Assigning roles and responsibilities
            2. Establishing accountability
            3. Monitoring delegated tasks
         3. Process optimization
            1. Lean management techniques
            2. Identifying and eliminating waste
            3. Continuous process improvement cycles
         4. Communication management
            1. Maintaining stakeholder engagement
            2. Information distribution
            3. Feedback collection and integration
      4. Monitoring and Controlling
         1. Performance tracking
            1. KPIs and performance metrics
            2. Performance reporting
            3. Earned value management (EVM)
         2. Schedule control
            1. Schedule variance analysis
            2. Schedule compression techniques
            3. Schedule re-baselining
         3. Quality control
            1. Inspection and testing
            2. Control charts and trend analysis
            3. Root cause analysis for defects
         4. Change management
            1. Change request process
            2. Analyzing change impact
            3. Change control board (CCB) involvement
      5. Closure
         1. Deliverable handover
            1. Final product verification
            2. Customer acceptance
            3. Transfer of ownership/responsibility
         2. Documentation
            1. Project records and files organization
            2. Archiving project documents
         3. Lessons learned
            1. Conducting post-project evaluation workshops
            2. Documenting and sharing insights
            3. Recommendations for future projects
         4. Post-project evaluation
            1. Performance against project objectives
            2. Evaluation of stakeholder satisfaction
            3. Evaluation of project team performance