PROCESS GROUPS

PRACTICE GUIDE PROCESSES FLOW

Based on the Process Groups: A Practice Guide. Copyright: Project Management Institute, Inc., (2022). All rights reserved.

INITIATING PLANNING
5.2 SCOPE 5.6 SCHEDULE 5.7 SCHEDULE 5.11 COST 5.12 COST 5.13 COST 5.14 QUALITY

Plan Scope Management Plan Schedule Management Define Activities Plan Cost Management Estimate Costs Determine Budget Plan Quality Management
INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS
1. Project charter 1. Project charter 1. Project management plan 1. Project charter 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project charter
4.1 INTEGRATION 2. Project management plan 2. Project management plan 2. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Project management plan 2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project management plan
3. Enterprise environmental factors 5.3 SCOPE 3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Organizational process assets 3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Business documents 3. Project documents
4. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets 4. Agreements 4. Enterprise environmental factors
Develop Project Charter Collect Requirements TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Organizational process assets
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
6. Organizational process assets
INPUTS
1. Expert judgment 1. Expert judgment 2. Decomposition 1. Expert judgment 1. Expert judgment TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
INPUTS
1. Business documents 2. Data analysis 2. Data analysis 3. Rolling wave planning 2. Data analysis 2. Analogous estimating TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgement
3. Meetings 1. Project charter 3. Meetings 4. Meetings 3. Meetings 3. Parametric estimating 1. Expert judgment 2. Data gathering
2. Agreements 2. Project management plan
3. Enterprise environmental factors OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS
4. Bottom-up estimating 2. Cost aggregation 3. Data analysis
3. Project documents 5. Three-point estimating 3. Data analysis 4. Decision making
4. Organizational process assets 1. Scope management plan 4. Business documents 1. Schedule management plan 1. Activity list 1. Cost management plan
6. Data analysis 4. Historical information review 5. Data representation
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
2. Requirements management plan 5. Agreements 2. Activity attributes
7. Project management information 5. Funding limit reconciliation 6. Test and inspection planning
1. Expert judgment 6. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Milestone list
system 6. Financing 7. Meetings
2. Data gathering 7. Organizational process assets 4. Change requests
8. Decision making
5.8 5. Project management plan updates OUTPUTS OUTPUTS
3. Interpersonal and team skills TOOLS & TECHNIQUES SCHEDULE
4. Meetings
OUTPUTS 1. Cost baseline 1. Quality management plan
1. Expert judgment 1. Cost estimates 2. Project funding requirements 2. Quality metrics
OUTPUTS 2. Data gathering Sequence Activities 2. Basis of estimates 3. Project documents updates 3. Project management plan updates
1. Project charter 3. Data analysis 3. Project documents updates 4. Project documents updates
2. Assumption log 5.4 SCOPE 4. Decision making INPUTS
5.9 SCHEDULE
5. Data representation 1. Project management plan
Define Scope 6. Interpersonal and team skills 2. Project documents Estimate Activity Durations
7. Context diagram 3. Enterprise environmental factors
8. Prototypes 4. Organizational process assets INPUTS
4.2 STAKEHOLDER INPUTS
5.10 SCHEDULE
1. Project charter OUTPUTS TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1. Project management plan
2. Project management plan 2. Project documents
Identify Stakeholders 3. Project documents
1. Requirements documentation 1. Precedence diagramming method Develop Schedule 3. Enterprise environmental factors 5.15 RESOURCE 5.16 RESOURCE
2. Requirements traceability matrix 2. Dependency determination and
4. Enterprise environmental factors integration 4. Organizational process assets
INPUTS
5. Organizational process assets 3. Leads and lags INPUTS
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
Plan Resource Management Estimate Activity Resources
1. Project charter 1. Project management plan
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 4. Project management information 1. Expert judgment
2. Business documents system 2. Project documents INPUTS INPUTS
3. Project management plan 1. Expert judgment 2. Analogous estimating
3. Agreements 1. Project charter 1. Project management plan
4. Project documents 2. Data analysis OUTPUTS 3. Parametric estimating
4. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Project management plan 2. Project documents
5. Agreements 3. Decision making 1. Project schedule network diagrams 4. Three-point estimating
5. Organizational process assets 3. Project documents 3. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Interpersonal and team skills 5.5 SCOPE 2. Project documents updates 5. Bottom-up estimating
5. Product analysis TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 6. Data analysis 4. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Organizational process assets
7. Organizational process assets 5. Organizational process assets
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
OUTPUTS Create WBS 1. Schedule network analysis 7. Decision making TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
2. Critical path method 8. Meetings TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment
1. Expert judgment 1. Project scope statement
3. Resource optimization 1. Expert judgment 2. Bottom-up estimating
2. Data gathering 2. Project documents updates INPUTS OUTPUTS
4. Data analysis 2. Data representation 3. Analogous estimating
3. Data analysis 1. Project management plan 1. Duration estimates
5. Leads and lags 5.1 INTEGRATION 3. Organizational theory 4. Parametric estimating
4. Data representation 2. Project documents 2. Basis of estimates
6. Schedule compression 4. Meetings 5. Data analysis
3. Project documents updates
5. Meetings 3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
7. Project management information Develop Project 6. Project management information
OUTPUTS
system Management Plan OUTPUTS
1. Resource management plan
system
1. Stakeholder register
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 8. Agile release planning 7. Meetings
1. Expert judgment INPUTS 2. Team charter
2. Change requests OUTPUTS
3. Project documents updates OUTPUTS
2. Decomposition 1. Project charter
3. Project management plan updates 1. Schedule baseline 1. Resource requirements
2. Outputs from other processes
4. Project documents updates OUTPUTS 2. Project schedule 2. Basis of estimates
3. Enterprise environmental factors
1. Scope baseline 3. Schedule data 3. Resource breakdown structure
4. Organizational process assets
2. Project documents updates 4. Project calendars 4. Project documents updates
5. Change requests TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

6. Project management plan updates 1. Expert judgment

7. Project documents updates 2. Data gathering
3. Interpersonal and team skills
4. Meetings
OUTPUTS
1. Project management plan

EXECUTING 5.24 STAKEHOLDER 5.23 PROCUREMENT 5.18 RISK 5.19 RISK 5.17 COMMUNICATIONS
Plan Stakeholder Plan Procurement Plan Risk Management Identify Risks Plan Communications
Engagement Management Management
6.4 RESOURCE 6.5 RESOURCE 6.6 RESOURCE INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS
1. Project charter 1. Project charter 1. Project charter 1. Project management plan 1. Project charter
Acquire Resources Develop Team Manage Team 2. Project management plan 2. Business documents 2. Project management plan 2. Project documents 2. Project management plan
3. Project documents 3. Project management plan 3. Project documents 3. Agreements 3. Project documents
6.3 QUALITY 4. Agreements 4. Project documents 4. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Procurement documentation 4. Enterprise environmental factors
INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS
5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Organizational process assets 5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Organizational process assets
1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan
2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project documents
Manage Quality 6. Organizational process assets 6. Organizational process assets TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
6. Organizational process assets TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Work performance reports TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment
INPUTS 1. Expert judgment 1. Expert judgment 2. Data analysis 1. Expert judgment 2. Communication requirements
4. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets 4. Team performance assessments
5. Enterprise environmental factors 1. Project management plan 2. Data gathering 2. Data gathering 3. Meetings 2. Data gathering analysis
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
6. Organizational process assets 2. Project documents 3. Data analysis 3. Data analysis 3. Data analysis 3. Communication technology
1. Decision making 1. Colocation 3. Organizational process assets
OUTPUTS
4. Communication models
4. Decision making 4. Source selection analysis 4. Interpersonal and team skills
2. Interpersonal and team skills 2. Virtual teams TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Risk management plan
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 5. Data representation 5. Meetings 5. Prompt lists 5. Communication methods
3. Pre-assignment 3. Communication technology 1. Interpersonal and team skills 6. Interpersonal and team skills
1. Data gathering 6. Meetings 6. Meetings
4. Virtual teams 4. Interpersonal and team skills 2. Project management information OUTPUTS
7. Data representation
5. Recognition and rewards system 2. Data analysis OUTPUTS 1. Procurement management plan OUTPUTS
OUTPUTS
3. Decision making 8. Meetings
6. Training 1. Stakeholder engagement plan 2. Procurement strategy 5.20 1. Risk register
1. Physical resource assignments OUTPUTS
4. Data representation RISK
7. Individual and team assessments 1. Change requests 3. Bid documents 2. Risk report OUTPUTS
2. Project team assignments
3. Resource calendars
8. Meetings 2. Project management plan updates
5. Audits 4. Procurement statement of work Perform Qualitative Risk 3. Project documents updates 1. Communications management plan

4. Change requests OUTPUTS 3. Project documents updates

6. Design for X 5. Source selection criteria Analysis 2. Project management plan updates
7. Problem solving 6. Make-or-buy decisions 3. Project documents update
5. Project management plan updates 1. Team performance assessments 4. Enterprise environmental factors
8. Quality improvement methods 7. Independent cost estimates INPUTS
6. Project documents updates 2. Change requests updates
8. Change requests 1. Project management plan
7. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Project management plan updates OUTPUTS
2. Project documents
5.21 RISK
updates 1. Quality reports 9. Project documents updates
4. Project documents updates
8. Organizational process assets 5. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Test and evaluation documents 10. Organizational process assets 3. Enterprise environmental factors Perform Quantitative Risk
updates updates 3. Change requests updates 4. Organizational process assets Analysis
6. Organizational process assets 4. Project management plan updates TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
updates 5. Project documents updates 1. Expert judgment
5.22 RISK INPUTS
1. Project management plan
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis Plan Risk Responses 2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Interpersonal and team skills
4. Organizational process assets
5. Risk categorization INPUTS
6. Data representation 1. Project management plan TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
7. Meetings 2. Project documents 1. Expert judgment
3. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Data gathering
6.1 INTEGRATION 6.2 INTEGRATION OUTPUTS
3. Interpersonal and team skills
1. Project documents updates 4. Organizational process assets
Direct and Manage Project Manage Project Knowledge TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
4. Representations of uncertainty
Work 1. Expert judgment
5. Data analysis
2. Data gathering OUTPUTS
INPUTS INPUTS
3. Interpersonal and team skills 1. Project documents updates
1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan
4. Strategies for threats
2. Project documents 2. Project documents
5. Strategies for opportunities
3. Approved change requests 3. Deliverables
6. Contingent response strategies
4. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Enterprise environmental factors
7. Strategies for overall project risk
5. Organizational process assets 5. Organizational process assets
8. Data analysis
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 9. Decision making
1. Expert judgment 1. Expert judgment
OUTPUTS
2. Project management information 2. Knowledge management
1. Change requests
system 3. Information management
2. Project management plan updates
3. Meetings 4. Interpersonal and team skills
3. Project documents updates
OUTPUTS OUTPUTS
1. Deliverables 1. Lessons learned register
2. Work performance data 2. Project management plan updates
3. Issue log 3. Organizational process assets
4. Change requests updates
5. Project management plan updates
6. Project documents updates
7. Organizational process assets
updates
MONITORING & CONTROLLING
7.3 SCOPE 7.4 SCOPE 7.5 SCHEDULE 7.6 COST

6.10 STAKEHOLDER 6.9 PROCUREMENT 6.8 RISK 6.7 COMMUNICATIONS Validate Scope Control Scope Control Schedule Control Costs
Manage Stakeholder Conduct Procurements Implement Risk Responses Manage Communications
Engagement INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS
1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan
INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS INPUTS 2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project documents
1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 3. Verified deliverables 3. Work performance data 3. Work performance data 3. Project funding requirements
2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project documents 2. Project documents 4. Work performance data 4. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets 4. Work performance data
3. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Procurement documentation 3. Organizational process assets 3. Work performance reports TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
5. Organizational process assets
4. Organizational process assets 4. Seller proposals TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
4. Enterprise environmental factors 1. Inspection 1. Data analysis 1. Data analysis TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Organizational process assets 2. Decision making 2. Critical path method 1. Expert judgment
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment OUTPUTS
6. Organizational process assets 7.1 INTEGRATION 7.2 INTEGRATION 3. Project management information 2. Data analysis
1. Expert judgment 2. Interpersonal and team skills TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
OUTPUTS 1. Work performance information
2. Communication skills 3. Project management information 1. Communication technology system 3. To-complete performance index
3. Interpersonal and team skills
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1. Expert judgment system 2. Communication methods
1. Accepted deliverables 2. Change requests Monitor and Control Project Perform Integrated Change 4. Resource optimization 4. Project management information
4. Ground rules 2. Advertising 3. Communication skills
2. Work performance information 3. Project management plan updates Work Control 5. Leads and lags system
OUTPUTS 3. Change requests 4. Project documents updates
5. Meetings 3. Bidder conferences 4. Project management information 6. Schedule compression
1. Change requests 4. Project documents updates INPUTS INPUTS OUTPUTS
4. Data analysis system 1. Work performance information
OUTPUTS 2. Project documents updates 1. Project management plan 1. Project management plan OUTPUTS
5. Interpersonal and team skills 5. Project reporting 1. Work performance information 2. Cost forecasts
1. Change requests 2. Project documents 2. Project documents
6. Interpersonal and team skills 2. Schedule forecasts 3. Change requests
2. Project management plan updates OUTPUTS 3. Work performance information 3. Work performance reports
7. Meetings 3. Change requests 4. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates 1. Selected sellers 4. Agreements 4. Change requests
2. Agreements OUTPUTS 5. Enterprise environmental factors 5. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Project management plan updates 5. Project documents updates
3. Change requests 1. Project communications 6. Organizational process assets 6. Organizational process assets 5. Project documents updates
4. Project management plan updates 2. Project management plan updates TOOLS & TECHNIQUES TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
5. Project documents updates 3. Project documents updates
1. Expert judgment 1. Expert judgment
6. Organizational process assets 4. Organizational process assets
2. Data analysis 2. Change control tools
updates updates
3. Decision making 3. Data analysis
4. Meetings 4. Decision making
OUTPUTS
5. Meetings
1. Work performance reports OUTPUTS
2. Change requests 1. Approved change requests
3. Project management plan updates 2. Project management plan updates

CLOSING
7.11 PROCUREMENT 4. Project documents updates 3. Project documents updates

Control Procurements 7.7 QUALITY

8.1 INTEGRATION
INPUTS
1. Project management plan
Control Quality
7.12 STAKEHOLDER 2. Project documents
7.9 COMMUNICATIONS
Close Project or Phase 3. Agreements
7.8 RESOURCE
INPUTS

Monitor Stakeholder 4. Procurement documentation 1. Project management plan

Engagement 5. Approved change requests
7.10 RISK Monitor Communications 2. Project documents
INPUTS
6. Work performance data Control Resources 3. Approved change requests
1. Project charter INPUTS
7. Enterprise environmental factors Monitor Risks INPUTS 4. Deliverables
2. Project management plan 1. Project management plan 5. Work performance data
8. Organizational process assets 1. Project management plan INPUTS
3. Project documents 2. Project documents 6. Enterprise environmental factors
INPUTS 2. Project documents 1. Project management plan
4. Accepted deliverables 3. Work performance data TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
7. Organizational process assets
1. Project management plan 3. Work performance data 2. Project documents
5. Business documents 4. Enterprise environmental factors 1. Expert judgment
2. Project documents 4. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Work performance data TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
6. Agreements 5. Organizational process assets 2. Claims administration
3. Work performance data 5. Organizational process assets 4. Agreements 1. Data gathering
7. Procurement documentation 3. Data analysis
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 4. Work performance reports 5. Organizational process assets 2. Data analysis
8. Organizational process assets 4. Inspection TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1. Data analysis 5. Audits TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 1. Expert judgment TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 3. Inspection
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
2. Decision making 1. Data analysis 2. Project management information 1. Data analysis 4. Testing/product evaluations
1. Expert judgment 3. Data representation OUTPUTS
system 5. Data representation
2. Audits 2. Problem solving
2. Data analysis 4. Communication skills 1. Closed procurements 3. Data representation 6. Meetings
3. Meetings 3. Interpersonal and team skills
3. Meetings 5. Interpersonal and team skills 2. Work performance information 4. Interpersonal and team skills 4. Project management information OUTPUTS
OUTPUTS 6. Meetings 3. Procurement documentation OUTPUTS
5. Meetings system
updates 1. Work performance information 1. Quality control measurements
1. Project documents updates 2. Verified deliverables
OUTPUTS 4. Change requests 2. Change requests OUTPUTS OUTPUTS
2. Final product, service, or result 1. Work performance information 1. Work performance information 1. Work performance information 3. Work performance information
5. Project management plan updates 3. Project management plan updates
transition
2. Change requests 6. Project documents updates 4. Project documents updates 2. Change requests 2. Change requests 4. Change requests
3. Final report
3. Project management plan updates 7. Organizational process assets 5. Organizational process assets 3. Project management plan updates 3. Project management plan updates 5. Project management plan updates
4. Organizational process assets
4. Project documents updates updates updates 4. Project documents updates 4. Project documents updates 6. Project documents updates
updates

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