15 January 2012

Project Management: Project Lifecycle (Definitions)

"A collection of generally sequential project phases whose names and numbers are determined by the control needs of the organization." (Timothy J  Kloppenborg et al, "Project Leadership", 2003)

"A set of activities organized to produce a product and/or deliver services. A project life cycle partitions the activities of a project into a sequence of phases to assist planning and management. The early phases gather and analyze information about user needs, product requirements, and alternative designs. Later phases elaborate and implement the design. Some life cycles are iterative, performing certain activities multiple times. Same as project life cycle model." (Richard D Stutzke, "Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Projects, Products, and Processes", 2005)

"A collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization or organizations involved in the project. A life cycle can be documented with a methodology." (Project Management Institute, "Practice Standard for Project Estimating", 2010)

"Sequence of phases of the project from beginning to end." (Mike Clayton, "Brilliant Project Leader", 2012)

"The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure" (For Dummies, "PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies" 2nd Ed., 2013)

"The period between the start of the Assess stage to the handover of the asset to the user or the operations group." (Paul H Barshop, "Capital Projects", 2016)

"The series of phases that a project passes through from its start to its completion." (Project Management Institute, "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)", 2017)

"A collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization or organizations involved in the project. A life cycle can be documented with a methodology." (Jeffrey K Pinto, "Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage" 5th Ed., 2018)

"The series of generally sequential Phases a project passes through from beginning to end. Starting, organizing and preparing, performing project work, closing; cost and staffing levels low at the start and end; risk and uncertainty greatest at the start; ability to influence highest at start; later changes cost more." (H James Harrington & William S Ruggles, "Project Management for Performance Improvement Teams", 2018)

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