Project Management Life Cycle

The project management lifecycle is comprised of five process groups. The bulk of your PMP exam prep will focuses on these five process groups and all the activities you’ll do in each group as a project manager. Here’s a quick overview of what type of work happens in each of the process groups as you move through the project:

• Initiating: Projects are selected, authorized, and chartered. Fascinating.
• Planning: Projects demands lots of plans, so you’ll create project management plans through 21 planning processes.
• Executing: Once you’ve got all your project plans and project documentation your project team is ready to execute the project work.
• Monitoring and Controlling: The project manager has to keep an eye on all the moving parts of the project – that’s what happens in this process group. Control freak!
• Closing: Sooner or later the project gets closed. These activities document the project’s performance, the project’s deliverables, and the project’s lessons learned.

Here are three videos for PMP Module Two:

Project Life Cycles

Project Stakeholders

Organizations and Projects