PMP ITTO list - Part 1

Gurus,

I took a long time to post this series of articles. Kindly excuse the delay. We will see the PMP exam preparation series starting with ITTOs of PMP Processes.

There are 42 processes available in PMBOK and they have been aligned with 5 process groups and 9 knowledge areas. ITTOs is nothing but the Input, Tools and Techniques, and Output (ITTO) of the each process.

Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitor&Controlling, Closing are the five process groups aligned by PMBOK.

Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management are the nine knowledge areas aligned by PMBOK.

Integration management:

We will see the processed listed under Integration management in this article.

Integration management has the following process under it: (CM DM CC)

1. Developing Project Charter,
2. Developing Project Management Plan,
3. Direct and Manage Project Execution,
4. Monitor and Controlling Project Work,
5. Perform Integrated Change Control, and
   
6. Close Project or Phase.

1) Develop Project Charter:

Input:
SOW, Business Case, Contract, Enterprise Environment Factors (EF), Organizational Process Assets(OP).

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment

Output:
Project Charter


2) Developing Project Management Plan:

Input:
Project Charter, Outputs from planning processes, Enterprise Environmental Factors(EF), Organizational Process Assets(OP)

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment

Output:
Project management plan

3) Direct and Manage Project Execution:

Input:
Project Management Plan, Approved Change Requests, Enterprise Environmental Factors(EF), Organizational Process Assets(OP)

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment, Project Management Information System

Output:
Deliverable, Work Performance Information, Change Requests, Project Management Plan Updates, Project Document Updates


4) Monitor and Controlling Project Work:

Input:
Project Management Plan, Performance Reports, Enterprise Environmental Factors(EF), Organizational Process Assets(OP)

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment

Output:
Change Requests, Project management Plan updates, Project Document updates

5) Perform Integrated Change Control:

Input:
Project Management Plan, Work Performance Information, Change Requests, Enterprise Environmental Factors (EF), Organizational Process Assets(OP)

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment, Change Control Meetings

Output:
Change Requests status updates, Project management plan updates, Project document updates

6) Close Project or Phase:

Input:
Project management plan, Accepted Deliverable, Organizational Process Assets(OP)

Tools and Techniques:
Expert Judgment

Output:
Final Product or service, Organizational Process Assets Updates(OP)


You can save it in a spread sheet to read it easily. Since I am unable to embed spreadsheet columns here, I have posted it as a plain text.

Gurus, happy reading. See you soon with ITTO List - Part 2.