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Project Management Templates > Templates by PMBOK® Guide Process Groups

Templates by PMBOK® Guide Process Groups

PMBOK Knowledge Areas

This page provides an overview the five PMBOK® Guide Project Management Process Groups and the individual project processes within each Process Group. These process groups are not meant by PMBOK to represent project life cycle phases, rather project management processes that may apply in each project life cycle phase as deemed necessary. Click on the Process Group to see how our associated guidelines, templates and examples map to the PMBOK® Guide Project Management Process Groups.


Initiating Process Group

  • Project Charter
Purpose: Resources for project kick-off, project value assessment, and initial scope definition, which can be used at the beginning of a project, and at the beginning of a phase if desired, to ensure that the goals of the upcoming work are understood as the foundation for the work to follow and that work is authorized to start.

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Planning Process Group

  • Project Management Plan
  • Scope Definition
  • WBS
  • Activity Definition & Sequencing
  • Activity Duration & Resource Estimating
  • Schedule / Plan Development & Documentation
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Budgeting
  • Quality Planning
  • Human Resource Planning
  • Communication Planning
  • Risk Management Plan
  • Risk Identification
  • Plan Purchases, Acquisitions and Contracting
Purpose: Resources for project scope definition and planning, and related activities necessary to estimate, budget and plan for project execution. Planning approaches can be used iteratively as necessary for the particular project.

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Executing Process Group

  • Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • Perform Quality Assurance
  • Acquire Project Team
  • Information Distribution
  • Develop Project Team
  • Request Seller and Consultant Responses
  • Select Sellers and Consultant
Purpose: Resources for obtaining a team, executing the work of the project, and integrating the work of people and other resources to carry out the project plan. Includes tools for quality assurance, communicating progress, and developing and managing the project team, stakeholders and sponsors.

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Monitoring and Controlling Process

  • Monitor & Control Project
  • Integrated Change Control
  • Scope Verification and Control
  • Schedule / Plan Control
  • Cost Control
  • Perform Quality Control
  • Manage Project Team (performance & group dynamics)
  • Performance Reporting (including status reports)
  • Manage Stakeholders
  • Risk Monitoring and Control
  • Contract Administration
Purpose: Resources for monitoring progress and reviewing content and quality of project deliverables, to ensure that project objectives are being met, performance is being reported, and project cost, schedule, quality, risk, and scope are being controlled.

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Closing Process Group

  • Close Project
  • Contract Closure
Purpose: Resources for gaining customer acceptance of project objectives and deliverables, and at the conclusion of major activities, phases, or the entire project, capturing lessons learned.

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