What are process groups?
The five process groups are the following:
- Initiation
- Planning
- Execution
- Monitoring and controlling
- Closing the project or phase
Each of the process groups describes the actions that the project team will take to formally kick-off a project, plan for the needs of the project, execute the work, and update as needed until the deliverables are approved and the project or phase can be closed out formally. Process groups are not to be confused with a life cycle. Many projects have different kinds of life cycles, some of which will have a repeating series of initiations through closes until the project is completed.
Process groups can best be described as containers of individual processes and distinct ways of managing your projects based on the knowledge necessary. Yeah, that sounds confusing. Let me put it a different way. If you are looking at a home renovation project, you would need to do several things to make sure the project...
