CHAPTER 2

Introduction to Project Management Processes

Project management has five crucial phases or processes: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Control, and Closing. It’s important to understand each process’s sequence, inputs, outputs, and tools when preparing for any project.

Exam tip: You don’t have to memorize them but should be analytical to understand what comes after which process, and if you have been asked what project management tool you would use with a concerned process,9 you should be able to answer.

Figure 2.1 presents a rough estimation of the project management process.

What can you infer from the Graph below?

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