Highlighting Major Outputs Of Project Life Cycle

Adeniyi SalauApril 15, 2023

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Major Outputs Of Project Life Cycle

What Is Covered

In my previous article, I have looked at some of the facts that you need to know about project life cycle. In this article, I want to talk about some of the outputs of project life cycle. Follow me as we are going to look at this together on this article.

I want you to note that when it comes to project outputs, the outcome of a phase will become an input into the next phase.

Now let’s look at some of the outputs of these phases….

Initiating

Project purpose
Goals and objectives
Project charter
Assignment of a project manager, management sponsor , functional manager, and user representative.

Planning

Project plan
Scope management plan
Scope statement
Work Breakdown Structure
Activity list
Project network diagram
Activity duration estimates.
Project schedule
Schedule management plan
Resource requirements
Cost baseline
Coat estimates
Quality Assurance plan
Communication plan
Resource management plan
Roles and responsibilities
Assignment of resources
Risk management plan
Procurement management plan
Statement of work

#3 Executing

Intermediate or final work results and deliverables.
Change requests
Project plan updates.
Quality improvements
Proposal and contracts

#4 Monitoring and Control

performance reports
Change requests
Project plan updates
Corrective action

#5 Closing

Formal acceptance and closure
Project archives
Contract files
Lessons learned

Understanding The Project Lifecycle For Projects

When it comes to projects, there are stages that projects pass through from the beginning of a project to the end of a project. In this article, I won’t talk about some of the facts that you need to know about the project Lifecycle. Follow me as we are going to look at this together in this article.

Before you can begin planning and managing your project, you need to define the project’s needs, determine which processes are appropriate, and ascertain the degree of rigour needed to meet the project’s s objectives. To do this, you will identify the project management processes that are generally recognised as good practices across industry groups.

Effective project managers combine their skills and knowledge with appropriate processes to meet project objectives and deliver results in line with corporate strategies.

By identifying the main elements of effective project management processes, you can enhance the chances of success over a wide range of projects across application areas and industries.

The project life cycle …

In order to improve management control, projects are broken down into manageable, sequential phases of work activities. Project phases taken together, are referred to as the project life cycle.

Project lifecycles may have four or five phases, which can vary because the lifecycle is customised to meet the need of specific projects.

A project lifecycle is marked by the beginning and the end of the project. During the initial phase, the project’s general scope and timing are determined.

During the intermediate phases, detailed planning occurs along with the actual work activities. In the final phase, project closing activities occur.

The characteristics…

Though project differs in nature, size, and complexity, they display criteria common characteristics. At the beginning of the project, the cost and staff levels are quite low. They reach the peak once the work is carried out and drop rapidly upon project completion.

Influences, uncertainties, and risks involved with stakeholders are high at the project start and diminish over the life of the project.

Likewise, the ability to influence the characteristics of the final product, without impacting the project cost, is high during the initial stages of a project and low towards project completion.

RTM…

The Requirement Traceability Matrix is a document that is created by associating the project’s deliverables with the requirement for each deliverable. Before the products are finalized, they are tested to check if the deliverables meet the specified requirements.

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