Process Inputs, Tools & Techniques, And Outputs

Front 1

Develop Project Charter

Back 1

Inputs:
1 Project statement of work,
2 Business case,
3 Contract,
4 Enterprise environmental factors,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools and techniques:
1 expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 project charter.

Front 2

Develop Project Management Plan

Back 2

Inputs:
1 Project charter,
2 Outputs from planning processes,
3 Enterprise environmental factors,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Project management plan.

Front 3

Direct and Manage Project Execution

Back 3

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Approved change requests,
3 Enterprise environmental factors,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgement,
2 Project management information system;
Outputs:
1 Deliverables,
2 Work performance information,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates,
5 Project document updates.

Front 4

Monitor and Control Project Work

Back 4

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Performance reports,
3 Enterprise environmental factors,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Change requests,
2 Project management plan updates,
3 Project document updates.

Front 5

Perform Integrated Change Control

Back 5

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Work performance information,
3 Change requests,
4 Enterprise environmental factors,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgement,
2 Change control meetings;
Outputs:
1 Change request status updates,
2 Project management plan updates,
3 Project document updates.

Front 6

Close Project or Phase

Back 6

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Accepted deliverables,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Final product, service, or result transition,
2 Organizational process assets updates.

Front 7

Collect Requirements

Back 7

Inputs:
1 Project Charter,
2 Stakeholder register;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Interviews,
2 Focus groups,
3 Facilitated workshops,
4 Group creativity techniques,
5 Group decision making techniques,
6 Questionnaires and surveys,
7 Observations,
8 Prototypes;
Outputs:
1 Requirements documentation,
2 Requirements management plan,
3 Requirements traceability matrix.

Front 8

Define Scope

Back 8

Inputs:
1 Project charter,
2 Requirements documentation,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment,
2 Product analysis,
3 Alternative identification,
4 Facilitated workshops;
Outputs:
1 Project scope statement,
2 Project document updates.

Front 9

Create WBS

Back 9

Inputs:
1 Project scope statement,
2 Requirements documentation,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Decomposition;
Outputs:
1 WBS,
2 WBS dictionary,
3 Scope baseline,
4 Project document updates.

Front 10

Verify Scope

Back 10

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Requirements documentation,
3 Requirements traceability matrix,
4 Validated deliverables;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Inspection;
Outputs:
1 Accepted deliverables,
2 Change requests,
3 Project document updates.

Front 11

Control Scope

Back 11

Inputs:
1 Project mangement plan,
2 Work performance information,
3 Requirements documentation,
4 Requirements traceability matrix,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Variance analysis;
Outputs:
1 Work performance measurements,
2 Organizational process assets updates,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates,
5 Project document updates.

Front 12

Define Activities

Back 12

Inputs:
1 Scope baseline,
2 Enterprise environmental factors,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Decomposition,
2 Rolling wave planning,
3 Templates,
4 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Activity list,
2 Activity attributes,
3 Milestone list.

Front 13

Sequence Activities

Back 13

Inputs:
1 Activity list,
2 Activity attributes,
3 Milestone list,
4 Project scope statement,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
2 Dependency determination,
3 Applying leads and lags,
4 Schedule network templates;
Outputs:
1 Project schedule network diagrams,
2 Project document updates.

Front 14

Estimate Activity Resources

Back 14

Inputs:
1 Activity list,
2 Activity attributes,
3 Resource calendars,
4 Enterprise environmental factors,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment,
2 Alternatives analysis,
3 Published estimating data,
4 Bottom-up estimating,
5 Project management software;
Outputs:
1 Activity resource requirements,
2 Resource breakdown structure,
3 Project document updates.

Front 15

Estimate Activty Durations

Back 15

Inputs:
1 Activity list,
2 Activity atributes,
3 Activity resource requirements,
4 Resource calendars,
5 Project scope statement,
6 Enterprise environmental factors,
7 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment,
2 Analogous estimating,
3 Parametric estimating,
4 Three-point estimates,
5 Reserve analysis;
Outputs:
1 Activity duration estimates,
2 Projct document updates.

Front 16

Develop Schedule

Back 16

Inputs:
1 Activity list,
2 Activity attributes,
3 Project schedule netowrk diagrams,
4 Activity resource requirements,
5 Resource calendars,
6 Activity duration estimates,
7 Project scope statement,
8 Enterprise environmental factors,
9 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Schedule network analysis,
2 Critical path method,
3 Critical chain method,
4 Resource leveling,
5 What-if scenario analysis,
6 Applying leads and lags,
7 Schedule compression,
8 Scheduling tool;
Outputs:
1 Project schedule,
2 Schedule baseline,
3 Schedule data,
4 Project document updates.

Front 17

Control Schedule

Back 17

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Project schedule,
3 Work performance information,
4 Organizational process assets,
Tools & Techniques:
1 Performance reviews,
2 Variance analysis,
3 Project management software,
4 Resource leveling,
5 What-if scenario analysis,
6 Adjusting leads and lags,
7 Schedule compression,
8 Scheduling tool;
Outputs:
1 Work performance,
2 Organizational process asseets updates,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates,
5 Project document updates.

Front 18

Estimate Costs

Back 18

Inputs:
1 Scope baseline,
2 Project schedule,
3 Human resource plan,
4 Risk register,
5 Enterprise environmental factors,
6 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Expert judgment,
2 Analogous estimating,
3 Parametric estimating,
4 Bottom-up estimating,
5 Three-point estimates,
6 Reserve analysis,
7 Cost of quality,
8 Project management estimating software,
9 Vendor bid analysis;
Outputs:
1 Activity cost estimates,
2 Basis of estimates,
3 Project document updates.

Front 19

Determine Budget

Back 19

Inputs:
1 Activity cost estimates,
2 Basis of estimates,
3 Scope baseline,
4 Project schedule,
6 Contracts,
7 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Cost aggregation,
2 Reserve analysis,
3 Expert judgment,
4 Historical relationships,
5 Funding limit reconciliation;
Outputs:
1 Cost performance baseline,
2 Project funding requirements,
3 Project document updates.

Front 20

Control Costs

Back 20

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Project funding requirements,
3 Work performance information,
4 Organizational process asseets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Earned value management,
2 Forecasting,
3 To-complete performance index (TCPI),
4 Performance reviews,
5 Variance analysis,
6 Project management software;
Outputs:
1 Work performance measurements,
2 Budget forecasts,
3 Orgaizational process assets updates,
4 Change requests,
5 Project management plan updates,
6 Project document updates.

Front 21

Plan Quality

Back 21

Inputs:
1 Scope baseline,
2 Stakeholder register,
3 Cost performance baseline,
4 Schedule baseline,
5 Risk register,
6 Enterprise environmental factors,
7 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Cost-benefit analysis,
2 Cost of quality,
3 Control charts,
4 Benchmarking,
5 Design of experiments,
6 Statistical sampling,
7 Flowcharting,
8 Proprietary quality management methodologies,
9 Additional quality planning tools;
Outputs:
1 Quality management plan,
2 Quality metrics,
3 Quality checklists,
4 Process improvement plan,
5 Project document updates.

Front 22

Perform Quality Assurance

Back 22

Inputs:
1 Project managment plan,
2 Quality metrics,
3 Work performance information,
4 Quality control meassurements;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Plan Quality and Perform Quality Control tools and techniques,
2 Quality audits,
3 Process analysis;
Outputs:
1 Organizational process asset updates,
2 Change requests,
3 Project management plan updates,
4 Project document updates.

Front 23

Perform Quality Control

Back 23

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Quality metrics,
3 Quality checklists,
4 Work performance measurements,
5 Approved change requests,
6 Deliverables,
7 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Cause and effect diagrams,
2 Control charts,
3 Flowcharting,
4 Histogram,
5 Pareto chart,
6 Run chart,
7 Scatter diagram,
8 Statistical sampling,
9 Inspection,
10 Apoproved change requests review;
Outputs:
1 Quality control measurements,
2 Validated changes,
3 Validated deliverables,
4 Organizational process assets updates,
5 Change requests,
6 Project management plan updates,
7 Project document updates.

Front 24

Develop Human Resource Plan

Back 24

Inputs:
1 Activity resource requirements,
2 Enterprise environmental factors,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Organizational charts and position descriptions,
2 Networking,
3 Organizational theory;
Outputs:
1 Human resource plan.

Front 25

Acquire Project Team

Back 25

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Enterprise environmental factors,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Pre-assignment,
2 Negotiation,
3 Acquisition,
4 Virtual teams;
Outputs:
1 Project staff assignments,
2 Resource calendars,
3 Project management plan updates.

Front 26

Develop Project Team

Back 26

Inputs:
1 Project staff assignments,
2 Project management plan,
3 Resource calendars;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Interpersonal skills,
2 Training,
3 Team-building activities,
4 Ground rules,
5 Co-location,
6 Recognition and rewards;
Outputs:
1 Team performance assessments,
2 Enterprise environmental factors updates.

Front 27

Manage Project Team

Back 27

Inputs:
1 Project staff assignments,
2 Project management plan,
3 Team performance assessments,
4 Performance reports,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Observation and conversation,
2 Project performance appraisals,
3 Conflict management,
4 Issue log,
5 Interpersonal skills;
Outputs:
1 Enterprise environmental factors updates,
2 Organizational process assets updates,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates.

Front 28

Identify Stakeholders

Back 28

Inputs:
1 Project charter,
2 Procurement documents,
3 Enterprise environmental factors,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Stakeholder analysis,
2 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Stakeholder register,
2 Stakeholder management strategy.

Front 29

Plan Communications

Back 29

Inputs:
1 Stakeholder register,
2 Stakeholder management strategy,
3 Enterprise environmental factors,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Communication requirements analysis,
2 Communication technology,
3 Communication models,
4 Communication methods;
Outputs:
1 Communications management plan,
2 Project document updates.

Front 30

Distribute Information

Back 30

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Performance reports,
3 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Communication methods,
2 Information distribution tools;
Outputs:
1 Organizational process assets updates.

Front 31

Manage Stakeholder Expectations

Back 31

Inputs:
1 Stakeholder register,
2 Stakeholder management strategy,
3 Project management plan,
4 Issue log,
5 Change log,
6 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Communication methods,
2 Interpersonal skills,
3 Management skills;
Outputs:
1 Organizational process assets updates,
2 Change requests,
3 Project management plan updates,
4 Project document updates.

Front 32

Report Performance

Back 32

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Work performance information,
3 Work performance measurements,
4 Budget forecasts,
5 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Variance analysis,
2 Forecasting methods,
3 Communication methods,
4 Reporting systems;
Outputs:
1 Performance reports,
2 Organizational process assets updates,
3 Change requests.

Front 33

Plan Risk Management

Back 33

Inputs:
1 Project scope statement,
2 Cost management plan,
3 Schedule management plan,
4 Communications management plan,
5 Enterprise environmental factors,
6 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Planing meetings and analysis;
Outputs:
1 risk management plan.

Front 34

Identify Risks

Back 34

Inputs:
1 Risk management plan,
2 Activity cost estimates,
3 Activity duration estimates,
4 Scope baseline,
5 Stakeholder register,
6 Cost management plan,
7 Schedule management plan,
8 Quality management plan,
9 Project documents,
10 Enterprise environmental factors,
11 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Documentation reviews,
2 Information gathering techniques,
3 Checklist analysis,
4 Assumptions analysis,
5 Diagramming techniques,
6 SWOT analysis,
7 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Risk register.

Front 35

Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

Back 35

Inputs:
1 Risk register,
2 Risk management plan,
3 Project scope statement,
4 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Risk probability and impact assessment,
2 Probability and impact matrix,
3 Risk data quality assessment,
4 Risk categorization,
5 Risk urgency assessment,
6 Expert judgment,
Outputs:
1 Risk register updates.

Front 36

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

Back 36

Inputs:
1 Risk register,
2 Risk management plan,
3 Cost management plan,
4 Schedule management plan,
5 Organizational process asseets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Data gathering and representation techniques,
2 Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techiques,
3 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Risk register updates.

Front 37

Plan Risk Responses

Back 37

Inputs:
1 Risk register,
2 Risk management plan,
Tools & Techniques:
1 Strategies for negative risks or threats,
2 Strategies for positive risks or opportunities,
3 contingent response strategies,
4 Expert judgment;
Outputs:
1 Risk register updates,
2 Risk-related contract decisions,
3 Project mangement plan updates,
4 Project document updates.

Front 38

Monitor and Control Risks

Back 38

Inputs:
1 Risk register,
2 Project management plan,
3 Work performance information,
4 Performance reports,
Tools & Techniques:
1 Risk reassessment,
2 Risk audits,
3 Variance and trend analysis,
4 Technical performance measurement,
5 Reserve analysis,
6 Status meetings;
Outputs:
1 Risk register updates,
2 Organizational process assets updates,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates,
5 Project document updates.

Front 39

Plan Procurements

Back 39

Inputs:
1 Scope baseline,
2 Requirements documentation,
3 Teaming agreements,
4 Risk register,
5 Risk-related contract decisions,
6 Activity resource requirements,
7 Project schedule,
8 Activity cost estimates,
9 Cost performance baseline,
10 Enterprise environmental factors,
11 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Make-or-buy analysis,
2 Expert judgment,
3 Contract types;
Outputs:
1 Procurement management plan,
2 Procurement statements of work,
3 Make-or-buy decisions,
4 Procurement documents,
5 Source selection criteria,
6 Change requests.

Front 40

Conduct Procurement

Back 40

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Procurement documents,
3 Source selection criteria,
4 Qualified seller list,
5 Seller proposals,
6 Project documents,
7 Make-or-buy decisions,
8 Teaming agreements,
9 Organizational process assets;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Bidder conference,
2 Proposal evaluation techniques,
3 Independent estimates,
4 Expert judgment,
5 Advertising,
6 Internet search,
7 Procurement negotiations;
Outputs:
1 Selected sellers,
2 Procurement contract award,
3 Resource calendars,
4 Change requests,
5 Project management plan updates,
7 Project document updates.

Front 41

Administer Procurements

Back 41

Inputs:
1 Procurement documents,
2 Project management plan,
3 Contract,
4 Performance reports,
5 Approved change requests,
6 Work performance information;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Contract change control system,
2 Procurement performance reviews,
3 Inspections and audits,
4 Performance reporting,
5 Payment systems,
6 Claims administration,
7 Records management system;
Outputs:
1 Procurement documentation,
2 Organizational process assets updates,
3 Change requests,
4 Project management plan updates.

Front 42

Close Procurement

Back 42

Inputs:
1 Project management plan,
2 Procucrement documentation;
Tools & Techniques:
1 Procurement audits,
2 Negotiated settlements,
3 records management system;
Outputs:
1 Closed procurements,
2 Organizational process assets updates.