Project Management Facilitating Functions

Project HR Management

Project Communication Management

Project Risk Management

• Plan risk management:

–Info: category, role, probability, impact, document / risk register

–Plans: mitigation, contingency, fallback => contingency reserve

• Identify risks: description (event, cause, consequence), category, owner

–Risk sources: assumptions, dependencies, project objectives, requirements, design, implementation, testability, HR, resource, customer, outside, etc

–Techniques: brainstorming, Delphi, interviewing, SWOT

• Perform qualitative risk analysis: possibility, impact, priority

–Probability / Impact matrix

–Top-ten & watch list

• Perform quantitative risk analysis: possibility + impact => priority
• Plan risk responses:

–Strategies: avoidance, acceptance, transference, mitigation / contingency

–Residual risks, secondary risks

• Monitor and control risks: work-around

Project Procurement Management

• Plan procurement management

–Make-or-buy analysis

–Contract types: fixed price, T&M, ODC

–SOW: statement of work

–RFP, RFQ (Request for Proposal / Quote)

• Conduct procurements

–Deciding whom to ask to do the work (preferred, potential, advertising)

–Sending appropriate documentation to potential sellers

–Obtaining proposals or bids

–Selecting a seller

–Awarding a contract

• Control procurements
• Close procurements

Project Stakeholder Management

• Identifying Stakeholders:

–Stakeholder register

–Stakeholder analysis

–Stakeholder management strategy

• Plan stakeholder management
• Manage stakeholder engagement

–Expectation Management Matrix

• Control stakeholder engagement