The fourth edition PMBOK® defines Organizational Process Assets as “any or all process related assets, from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that can be used to influence the project’s success.” Examples include: plans, procedures, lessons learned, historical information, schedules, risk data and earned value data. Organizational Process Assets fall into… [Read more…]
July 7, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Responsible, Accountable, Consult and Inform Chart (RACI) is a type of Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM). These matrix-based charts show the relationship between activities and project team members. They are listed under Organization Charts and Position Descriptions in the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Develop Human Resource Plan process. Below is an example of a RACI for… [Read more…]
July 6, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Cause-and-Effect Diagram is a method to uncover potential root causes of a given problem. They are also called Ishikawa Diagrams and Fishbone Diagrams, and were developed by Kaoru Ishikawa. It is listed as a tool and technique of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Perform Quality Control process. Large arrows represent categories of reasons for the… [Read more…]
July 2, 2009 by tapuniversity
The technique of inspection is an examination to assure that work meets the required standards. In project management, this is most closely related to quality inspections, procurement inspections, and the final inspection of deliverables. Inspection is a technique of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Perform Quality Control process. Although prevention is preferred over inspection, inspection is… [Read more…]
July 1, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Administer Procurements process is one of the 42 project management processes described in the fourth edition PMBOK®. It’s one of the four Procurement knowledge area processes, and one of the ten Monitoring and Controlling processes. The primary purpose of this process is to manage procurement relationships, monitor contract performance, and make any needed changes.… [Read more…]
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