Overview/Description
After initiating and planning for a project, it's time to get down to the actual nitty gritty of carrying out the project. The Executing and Monitoring and Controlling Process Groups might be likened to the act of juggling--keeping multiple activities going simultaneously, while responding to unforeseen changes in the project environment. While executing processes focus more on accomplishing project objectives, the monitoring and controlling processes are focused on anticipating problems and recommending actions. The Closing Process Group involves bringing the project to closure; the decision to finalize the project and its phases or cancel the project will depend upon the situation.
The three Process Groups covered in this course entail many processes that are designed to manage progress, measure performance, take corrective action if need be, and document lessons learned. Competent project managers understand that project success can actually be a dangerous thing. To keep a project team from becoming complacent in response to project success, everyone involved must use the processes from the three Process Groups to keep things on track.
Using information from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, learners will identify the purposes of the Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing Process Groups. They will be introduced to all of the associated processes and be able to describe the processes. The goal of the course is to provide learners with up-to-date knowledge that can either assist in preparing them for the PMI® Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam or prepare them to be more effective, hands-on project managers.
This course is aligned with "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), Inc., 2004. Copyright and all rights reserved. Material from this publication has been reproduced with the permission of PMI®.