The Five Process Groups
PMP PMI Chapter 7 Project Management LINK Chapter 25 Introduction to Project LINK A Capbility Maturity Model for Training and Eduction (PMI article) LINK The Five Traditional Process Groups Explained In project management generally - and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® Guide) specifically - best practices dictate a very specific series of process groups that should be performed. These are referred to as Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing . The question arises: what problem are we trying to solve by having five discrete process groups? (In the PMBOK Guide, they are called process groups because each one contains or houses specific processes that should be performed). The answer is that these processes give us an organizational background to successfully plan, execute, and manage a well-run project. With that said, let's look at each of these process groups in turn and discover why each is so vital