Project management process

Appropriate implementation of project management process is the guarantee that deliverables of your project will be produced and expectations of project stakeholders will be met. A brief description of project management process framework is given in the following below overview. By reading this project management process overview , you will gain an understanding of the process, its steps and required software.

The process can be managed by using common project management process model that shows the steps required for taking a project through its life-cycle. These project management process steps are listed below:

• Project conceptualization – when an idea for your new project is developed and all people and organizations which are going to participate in the project are involved in project initiating activities. At this phase an initial project management process outline is due to be developed.
• Project goals and objectives – when your project manager communicates with project stakeholders (sponsors and customers) to identify their expectations as to project deliverables, and then to set goals and objectives. The project manager prepares a project management process presentation to show project stakeholders what goals and objectives have been set.
• Team assembling – when the project manager decides on members of your project team and assigns initial roles and responsibilities. The project manager in cooperation with the project team identifies requirements as to developing and delivering the project product. Project requirements will be added in initial project management process documentation .
• Developing Work Breakdown Structure – at this project management process phase, the project manager develops a WBS that is consistent with the project scope and requirements.

• Risk and change management – when all threats and ways for using opportunities are identified, so project manager can develop risk mitigation strategies, identify project management process improvement steps, and create action plans to react to changes.
• Project reporting – when project managers creates project management process document reports to provide project stakeholders with an overview of project achievements and status of project deliverables. Project management process diagrams and charts are also used to make a graph view of project activities.
• Project closure – when the project manager finalizes the project by closing channels of communication and interactions between project participants, adjusting any existing project management process area issues, and archiving project documentation.

The listed steps of project management process are common so you can customize them and add new steps according to requirements of your project. You should use project management process software to take your project through all required steps. VIP Task Manager is an example of such software.

VIP Task Manager features such tools as Task Tree, Task List, Scheduler and Resource List to allow you to manage project management process flow from the very beginning through the end. The software uses a client-server technology that supports group collaboration and document sharing.