Rita's Process Chart - Initiation and Planniing

The goal is to memorize this chart found on page 39 in Rita Mulcahy's Project Managent PMP review book - to have it memorized by Saturday, Feb 2. We will be meeting at the library again (9AM - 11AM) to play the game and see how we do. Max is way aheaad of us, so those not yet ready for the game, you still have six days to 'git-r-done'.
Initiating:

1. Select Project Manager (The very first thing you do in Rita's Process Chart.).
2. Determine Company Culture and Existing Systems (Enterprise Environment Assets)
3. Collect Processes, Procedures, and Historical Information (Organizational Process Assets)
4. Divide Project into Phases (O.K. - I'll go with this)
5. Identify Stakeholders (You need to do this before you can justify and document the rest)
6. Document Business Needs (Because you met with the Stakeholders)
7. Define Project Objectives (You know what they are because this project meets the business needs)
8. Document Assumptions and Constraints (this defines the boundaries of the project)
9. Develop Project Charter (Authorizes the project and is an output of the Initiation process)
10. Develop Preliminary Project Scope (This is your SOW, and input into the planning process)

Planning:

1. Determine how you will do the Planning - document as part of the PM plans (makes sense)
2. Develop Project Scop
3. Determine Team (it is input into the rest of the parts that define the Planning process)
4. WBS and WBS dictionary (PMism is Work Packages - lowest level of the WBS and is defined with the key of an accounting code)
5. Create Activity List (list of what needs to be done)
6. Create Network Diagram (shows Critical Path)
7. Estimate resources (This is an ESTIMATE and is input into the next step)
8. Estimate time and cost (No project $$$ impacts your Critical Path)
9. Determine Critical Path (REmember the Network Diagram??)
10. Develop Schedule
11. Develop Budget
12. Define Quality standards, processes, and metrics
13. Determine Roles and Responsibilities (of the team)
14. Determine Communications Plan
15. Identify Risks, quantitative and qualitative, analysis and risk response planning
16. ITERATIONS (GO BACK) (Know this, and you are almost there!)
17. Determine what you have to purchase (Procurement Planning)
18. Prepare Procurement documents (Procurement Planning)
19. Finalize the 'How to Execute and Control' plan (Executing, Monitoring and Controlling processes)
20. Create Process Improvement Plan (memorize this)
21. Finalize Project Management Plans (For the Steering Committee - Stakeholders)
22. Gain Approval
23. Hold Kickoff Meeting (This is the YEAH point of the project)!