My understanding is that traditionally, there are five stages of project management and these five stages create what is known as a project life cycle. Also, the project life cycle is a series of phases that represent the evolution of a product from initiation to closing.
Anish
You just gave two definitions one about 5 stages defining the PLC then you said the PLC is a series of phases
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Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
Dec 12, 2017 3:44 PM
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My understanding is that traditionally, there are five stages of project management and these five stages create what is known as a project life cycle. Also, the project life cycle is a series of phases that represent the evolution of a product from initiation to closing.
Mounir, Depending on the methodology you use, formal project follows a 5 stage process: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing.
Usually for agile or iterative development projects, planning and execution take place in short sprints, with the stages repeating until the project is completed to the customer's expectation and satisfaction. Saving Changes...
I think the whole project can have only one phase or can be divided to so many phases depending on the complexity of the project, however in each phase the same cycle of repeated all processes might be executed in full or in partial, the phases might be sequentially or overlap, as far as the stages can be treated same as phases so stage gate is same as kill point, phase review or phase gate. I think the point is that there is no single ideal structure that can be applied to all projects. Saving Changes...
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Dec 13, 2017 9:06 PM
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I think the whole project can have only one phase or can be divided to so many phases depending on the complexity of the project, however in each phase the same cycle of repeated all processes might be executed in full or in partial, the phases might be sequentially or overlap, as far as the stages can be treated same as phases so stage gate is same as kill point, phase review or phase gate. I think the point is that there is no single ideal structure that can be applied to all projects.
Riyadh
Can you give us examples of ONE stage project?
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Dec 14, 2017 1:05 AM
Riyadh Salih
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Conducting a feasibility is one stage project should we move forward or close it, The stage can have many phases like the growth of a baby is one stage but have different phases like young to old etc. I like your tricking debate questions like the charter I hope you are not talking about chartered accountant working as project team member or some talks of metaphysics or even cosmological arguments.
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I am challenging you on this point - so we can think about it - analyze - then answer. I will share with you a few articles on this topic later. Saving Changes...
Conducting a feasibility is one stage project should we move forward or close it, The stage can have many phases like the growth of a baby is one stage but have different phases like young to old etc. I like your tricking debate questions like the charter I hope you are not talking about chartered accountant working as project team member or some talks of metaphysics or even cosmological arguments. Saving Changes...
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Dec 14, 2017 1:05 AM
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Conducting a feasibility is one stage project should we move forward or close it, The stage can have many phases like the growth of a baby is one stage but have different phases like young to old etc. I like your tricking debate questions like the charter I hope you are not talking about chartered accountant working as project team member or some talks of metaphysics or even cosmological arguments.
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No funny business or universe related questions here :)
My tricky questions are usually to help show many of the common misunderstandings in project management often due to a lack of common universal terms. I know the PMBOK Guide tries to have a common terminology but many do not adhere to it or they do not use the guide. Some terms are not in the PMBOK Guide either, like Stage.
I will post the answers, based on my professional opinion later :)
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Dec 14, 2017 4:17 AM
Riyadh Salih
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:) great I can't wait to see your SME contribution
