Stage
Process
Inputs Tools & Techniques Outputs
Initiation
Develop Project Charter Process
Inputs
1. Contract 2. Project statement of work 3. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Project selection methods 2. Project management methodology 3. Project management information systems 4. Expert judgment
Outputs
1. Project Charter
Initiation
Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement Process
Inputs
1. Project Charter 2. Project statement of work 3. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Project management methodology 2. Project management information systems 3. Expert judgment
Outputs
1. Preliminary project scope statement
Planning
Develop Project Management Plan Process
Inputs
1. Preliminary project scope statement 2. Project management processes 3. Enterprise environmental factors 4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Project management methodology 2. Project management information systems 3. Expert judgment
Outputs
1. Project management plan
Project scope Schedule management Cost management Quality management Process improvement Staffing Communications Risk management Procurement management
Planning scope
Scope Planning Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project Charter 4. Preliminary project scope statement 5. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment 2. Templates, forms, standards
Outputs
1. Project scope management plan
How scope changes will be identified How likely and frequently scope changes will be How large scope changes can be Approval process for scope changes
Planning scope
Scope Definition Process
Inputs
1. Organizational process assets 2. Project Charter 3. Preliminary project scope statement 4. Project scope management plan 5. Approved change requests
Tools & Techniques
1. Product analysis 2. Alternatives identification 3. Expert judgment 4. Stakeholder analysis
Outputs
1. Project scope statement Point form Clear and concise 2. Requested changes 3. Project scope management plan (updates)
Planning Activities
Create WBS* Process *Work Breakdown Structure
Inputs
1. Organizational process assets 2. Project scope statement 3. Project scope management plan 4. Approved change requests
Tools & Techniques
1. WBS templates 2. Decomposition
Outputs
1. Project scope statement (updates) 2. WBS 3. WBS Dictionary 4. Project scope management plan (updates) 5. Requested changes
Planning Time
Activity Definition Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project scope statement 4. Work breakdown structure 5. WBS dictionary 6. Project scope management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Decomposition 2. Templates 3. Rolling wave planning 4. Expert judgment 5. Planning component 1. 2. 3. 4.
Outputs
Activity list Activity attributes Milestone list Requested changes
Planning Time
Activity Sequencing Process
Inputs
1. Project scope statement 2. Activity list 3. Activity attributes 4. Milestone list 5. Approved change requests
Tools & Techniques
1. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) 2. Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM) 3. Schedule network templates 4. Dependency determination 5. Applying leads and lags
Outputs
1. Project schedule network diagrams 2. Activity list (updates) 3. Activity attributes (updates) 4. Requested changes
Planning Time
Activity Resource Estimating Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Activity list 4. Activity attributes 5. Resource availability 6. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment 2. Alternatives alalysis 3. Published estimateing data 4. Project management software 5. Bottom-up estimating
Outputs
1. Activity resource requirements 2. Activity attributes (updates) 3. Resource breakdown structure 4. Resource calendar (updates) 5. Requested changes
Planning Time
Activity Duration Estimating Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project scope statement 4. Activity list 5. Activity attributes 6. Activity resource requirements 7. Resource calendar 8. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment 2. Analogous estimating 3. Parametric estimating 4. Three-point estimates 5. Reserve alalysis
Outputs
1. Activity duration estimates 2. Activity attributes (updates)
Planning Time
Schedule Development Process
Inputs
1. Organizational process assets 2. Project scope statement 3. Activity list 4. Project schedule network diagrams 5. Activity resource requirements 6. Resource calendars 7. Activity duration estimates 8. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Schedule network analysis 2. Critical path method 3. Schedule compression 4. What if scenario analysis 5. Resource leveling 6. Critical chain method 7. Project management software 8. Applying calendars 9. Adjusting leads and 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Outputs
Project schedule Schedule model data Schedule baseline Resource requirements (updates) Activity attributes (updates) Project calendar (updates) Requested changes Project management plan (updates)
Planning Costs
Cost Estimating Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project scope statement 4. Work breakdown structure 5. WBS dictionary 6. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Analogous estimating 2. Determine resource cost rates 3. Bottom-up estimating 4. Parametric estimating 5. Project management software 6. Vendor bid analysis 7. Reserve analysis 8. Cost of quality
Outputs
1. Activity cost estimates 2. Activity cost estimate supporting detail 3. Requested changes 4. Cost management plan (updates)
Schedule management plan Staffing manage-
Planning Costs
Cost Budgeting Process
Inputs
1. Project scope statement 2. Work breakdown structure 3. WBS dictionary 4. Activity cost estimates 5. Activity cost estimate supporting detail 6. Project schedule 7. Resource calendars 8. Contract 9. Cost management
Tools & Techniques
1. Cost aggregation 2. Reserve analysis 3. Parametric estimating 4. Funding limit reconciliation
Outputs
1. Cost baseline 2. Project funding requirements 3. Cost management plan (updates) 4. Requested changes
Planning Quality
Quality Planning Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project scope statement 4. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Cost-benefit analysis 2. Benchmarking 3. Design of experiments 4. Cost of quality 5. Additional quality planning tools
Outputs
1. Quality management plan 2. Quality metrics 3. Quality checklists 4. Process improvement plan 5. Quality baseline 6. Project management plan (updates)
Planning HR
Human Resources Planning Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Organization charts and position descriptions 2. Networking 3. Organizational theory
Outputs
1. Roles and responsibilities 2. Project organization chart 3. Staffing management plan
Activity resource requirements
Planning Communication
Communications Planning Process
Inputs
1. Enterprise environmental factors 2. Organizational process assets 3. Project management plan
Tools & Techniques
1. Communications requirements analysis 2. Communications technology
Outputs
1. Communicaitons management plan
Constraints Assumptions
