Project Management Process: Closing a Project

Acceptance of the project or its phase is formalised in closing the project and the project is brought into an orderly end. The project manager needs to make sure that all the project deliverables are complete, lessons are documented, no outstanding issues are left, maintenance plan and resources are there, ongoing user support is there and a formal acceptance has been taken by the client.

Closing Processes:

The core processes involved in closing a project are as follows:

Procurement

Contract close out.

Communication

Administrative closure

Project Management Process: Controlling a Project

Controlling of a project begins as a preventive action in anticipation to possible problems. Complexity of a project determines the level of control. If a project is complex, high control is required whereas if a project is simple, low control works with it. Ongoing administration and management planned project controls involve the following processes:

·         Risk Management

·         Communications

·         Status Reporting

·         Issue Management

·         Project Changes

·         Project Documentation

Core Processes:

The core controlling processes are as follows:

Communications

Performance reporting.

Integration

Integrated change control.

Facilitating Processes:

The facilitating processes in controlling a project are given as under:

Scope

Scope verification and scope change control.

Time

Schedule control.

Cost

Cost control.

Quality

Quality control.

Risk

Risk monitoring and control.

Project Management Process: Executing a Project

Project execution involves requirements, analysis, design, coding, testing and maintenance. It involves core and facilitating processes to work in parallel.

Core Process:

The core process involved in project execution is integration.

Integration

This process involves execution of project plan.

 Facilitating Processes:

The facilitating processes which run in parallel to the core process of project execution are given as under:

Procurement

Solicitation, source selection and contract administration.

Quality

Quality assurance.

Human Resources

Team development.

Communication

Information distribution.