The project lifecycle: initiate, plan, execute, monitor, close
Process map by Brian. 43 steps, 2 layers. Tags: project management, planning.
- Sponsor: A business need or an idea appears
- Project manager: Initiate: write the business case and the charter
- PMO and governance: Approved to proceed?
- Project manager: Plan: scope, schedule, budget, risks and communication
- Stakeholders: The plan is reviewed and baselined
- The team: Kickoff meeting
- The team: Execute: do the work
- Project manager: Monitor: track progress, cost, quality and risks
- Project manager: On track against the baseline?
- The team: Is there more work to do?
- Stakeholders: Acceptance: the customer signs off
- Project manager: Close: handover, lessons learned, release the team
- Sponsor: Benefits are measured later
- Project manager: Take corrective action, or raise a change request
- Sponsor: Rework the case, or drop the idea