Project Management Life Cycle |
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Project Management Process | |
Projects can range in scale from very small (say, around 20 elapsed days) to very large (for example, more than one year in duration). |
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The simplest project will have two stages: a planning stage and a doing stage. After the doing stage, there should be a review to confirm that the project delivered what was intended. Larger, or more complex, projects will have multiple stages for more accurate planning and control. |
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This is illustrated in the following diagram which shows the generic stage structure for a larger project (the project life cycle) within the overall product life cycle. |
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The product life cycle starts with the initial idea, includes any feasibility study, project planning and project delivery, continues through to the operation of the product (when benefits are realised), and finishes with the decommissioning of the product when it comes to the end of its usefulness. |
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| Figure: Project Life Cycle and Product Life Cycle |
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At the outset of a project, the programme manager, project manager, and project executive should decide on an appropriate project stage structure commensurate with the project’s scale (as a function of cost, time, scope, quality and risk). |
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For smaller projects, stages can be combined. For example, for a small project, the Project start-Up and Initiation stages may be combined into one stage and Project Delivery may consist of just one stage. |
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Each of the project management products and thier contents are included within the Project Management Templates Package. |
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| Project Management Templates Package contains 114 templates, guides, plans and forms |
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