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3 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

• Initiating Process Group. Those processes performed to define a new project or a new phase of an
existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase.
• Planning Process Group. Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the
objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken
to achieve. 3

• Executing Process Group. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project
management plan to satisfy the project specifications.

• Monitoring and controlling Process Group. Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the
progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required;
and initiate the corresponding changes.
• closing Process Group. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all Process Groups to
formally close the project or phase.
The remainder of this section provides information for project management of a single project organized as
a network of interlinked processes, details the project management processes, and includes the following major
sections:

3.1 common Project Management Process Interactions

3.2 Project Management Process Groups

3.3 Initiating Process Group

3.4 Planning Process Group

3.5 Executing Process Group

3.6 Monitoring and controlling Process Group

3.7 closing Process Group

3.8 Project Information

3.9 role of the Knowledge Areas

3.10 the Standard for Project Management of a Project

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