How ITTOs connect within the five Process Groups

Here’s a bird’s-eye overview so you can see how ITTOs connect within the five Process Groups (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing):

🔹 1. Initiating Process Group

Key Processes:

• Develop Project Charter

• Identify Stakeholders

Inputs (examples):

• Business case

• Agreements / contracts

• EEFs (Enterprise Environmental Factors)

• OPAs (Organizational Process Assets)

Tools & Techniques:

• Expert judgment

• Data gathering (interviews, brainstorming)

• Interpersonal & team skills (facilitation, conflict mgmt)

• Meetings

Outputs:

• Project charter

• Stakeholder register

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🔹 2. Planning Process Group

Key Processes (major chunk of ITTOs live here):

• Develop Project Management Plan

• Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS

• Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Durations/Costs, Develop Schedule/Budget

• Plan Quality, Plan Resource Management, Plan Communications, Plan Risk Management, Identify/Analyze Risks, Plan Risk Responses

• Plan Procurement, Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Inputs:

• Project charter

• Stakeholder register

• EEFs & OPAs

• Requirements documentation

• Risk register (progressively elaborated)

Tools & Techniques:

• Decomposition, rolling wave planning

• Estimation techniques (analogous, parametric, bottom-up, three-point)

• Decision making (multi-criteria analysis)

• Simulation, data analysis

• Expert judgment

Outputs:

• Project management plan (baseline + subsidiary plans)

• Requirement traceability matrix

• Scope statement, WBS

• Schedule baseline, cost baseline

• Risk register, risk report

• Procurement management plan

• Stakeholder engagement plan

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🔹 3. Executing Process Group

Key Processes:

• Direct & Manage Project Work

• Manage Quality

• Acquire, Develop, Manage Team

• Manage Communications

• Implement Risk Responses

• Conduct Procurements

• Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Inputs:

• Project management plan

• Work performance data

• Procurement documents

• OPA updates

Tools & Techniques:

• Interpersonal & team skills

• Communication technology

• Resource optimization

• Problem solving

• Decision making

• Negotiation

Outputs:

• Deliverables

• Change requests

• Work performance information

• Issue log

• Team performance assessments

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🔹 4. Monitoring & Controlling Process Group

Key Processes:

• Monitor & Control Project Work

• Perform Integrated Change Control

• Validate Scope, Control Scope

• Control Schedule, Control Costs

• Control Quality, Control Resources

• Monitor Communications

• Monitor Risks

• Control Procurements

• Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Inputs:

• Project management plan

• Work performance data/reports

• Risk register, issue log

• Agreements & procurement docs

Tools & Techniques:

• Variance analysis (CV, SV, CPI, SPI)

• Trend analysis, forecasting

• Earned value analysis

• Data analysis & decision making

• Expert judgment

Outputs:

• Work performance reports

• Approved change requests

• Updates to project docs & plan

• Accepted deliverables (Validate Scope)

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🔹 5. Closing Process Group

Key Processes:

• Close Project or Phase

Inputs:

• Project management plan

• Accepted deliverables

• Business documents

• Agreements

Tools & Techniques:

• Expert judgment

• Data analysis

• Meetings

Outputs:

• Final product, service, or result transition

• Final report

• Lessons learned repository

• Updates to OPAs

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📌 Pattern shortcut for memorization:

• Inputs: Charter → PMP → Deliverables → Reports → Closure Docs

• Tools & Techniques: Expert judgment, meetings, analysis, team skills show up everywhere

• Outputs: Charter/Register → Plan(s) → Deliverables/CRs → Reports/Updates → Final transition