Project Management Process Groups and Process Exercise

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1. Use the project characteristics given below to populate the second table’s blank cells. You may want to add 2 -3 more entries from your own experience.

Will be supervised to ensure the team targets are met each week	People coming together for the first time	Will produce an output that does not currently exist nor can be purchased
Requires a plan for it’s management	Contains repetitive tasks and activities	Has to be executed
Must be monitored & controlled	Has been done before	Has a finite duration
Is performed by team members

Project	Overlap	Business As Usual (Operations)

2. Categorize each entry below according to its type, by putting a cross in the second or third column:

Description	Project	Operations
Setting up a car wash operation
Production of 25 Audi A6 cars for delivery against the new Newcastle Upon Tyne Chamber of Commerce order
Completing a process analysis and workflow redesign
Monitoring the team to ensure weekly targets are met
Production of the Performance Report for Quarter 4
Redesign of the web site to incorporate a new fulfilment mechanism
Organizing the annual Sales Conference at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles
Delivery of the Quarter 4 Sales Projections presentation to the Executive Board

3. Write the 5 PMI^® Process Groups below and create (or adopt) a mnemonic to aid memory recall

4. Write down as many processes as you can remember:

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