Project Management Life Cycle Description

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To complete the task at hand. the project team will utilize the project management life cycle to ensure the projects forward movement. This cycle promotes an organized manner in which to keep the project within the time scope, budget scopes, and facilitates fluid processes to harness risks and make appropriate decisions based on research, analysis, and proper process usage. This cycle includes five phases: initiating the project, planning the project, executing the plan, monitoring and controlling aspects of the project, and closing the project. In the following outline, a more in-depth background of how these processes will assist and promote the success of the team and specific tasks and budgeting constraints. A thorough description of how the project will be initiated will be discussed, along with a project plan for moving the data center with budget and time constraints considered. An inclusive plan is developed that incorporates the five process areas as well as the nine knowledge areas. These knowledge areas include: project integration, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resources management, communications management, risk management, and procurement. In addition, a description of how the team will monitor and control the plan after execution and the methods that may be utilized to close the project will be reviewed. To follow, there will be a work breakdown structure (WBS) to visualize the contextual information described. Initiation Initiating the project is the start of a project to build a successful end with a goal to describe the project, selection criteria, create a strategic plan, and historical information. The output of initiating the project is a project proposal, ... ... middle of paper ... .... Retrieved December 12, 2013, from http://www.networkingunlimited.com/case002.html Five Essential Keys to Success When Relocating a Data Center. (2013, April 4). Data Center Knowledge RSS. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/04/04/five-essential-keys-to-relocating-your-data-center/2/ Introduction to Project Management: _Processes, Tools, & Techniques. (n.d.). Pittsburg Technology Council. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CEIQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmi.org%2Fpmief%2Flearningzone%2FPittsburgh_Minority_Purchase_PPT.ppt&ei=nD6qUrHyIImy2QXon4CIBg&usg=AFQjCNHKxtQP5-NfB76o7sCfEd-tCO2wiA&bvm=bv.57967247,d.b2I Schwalbe, K. (2000). Project Integration Management. Information technology project management (pp. 148-149). Cambridge, Ma.: Course Technology.

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