PM Crash Course™ for IT Professionals

Chapter 3. Understanding the Project Management Process

Goals of This Chapter

Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Identify, in the proper order, the steps of the project management process

• Define the project life cycle

• Define and understand the dynamic role of a project management plan

• Identify key project constraints

• Explain the science and art of project management

• Understand the role of IT in business

• Explain how IT-centric processes complement project management methodologies

Project Management

A systematic process used to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close a project to meet defined objectives

It is a science and an art

A project manager was telling a group of people about a great ...