Project Life Cycle Phases

"Dogs In Parks Always Make Chaos"

• Discovery

• Initiation

• Planning

• Execution

• Monitoring & Controlling

• Closing

DIPEMC

Discovery →

Business Case (Calculates ROI/TCO to see if it's worth doing)

Initiation →

Project Charter (Grants official PM authority and scope bounds)

Planning →

WBS & Baselines (Decomposes work and locks in schedule/budget)

Execution →

Issue Log (Tracks real-time team blockers and deliverable production)

Monitoring & Controlling →

Change Request / CCB (Evaluates variance and manages scope creep)

Closing →

Formal Acceptance (UAT) (Gets final sign-off and archives lessons learned)

[ROI / TCO / RFI]

Discovery

[Charter / Authority / RACI]

Initiation

[WBS / Critical Path / Risk]

Planning

[Assigning Team / Conflict Log]

Execution

[CCB / Variance / SPI / CPI]

Monitoring & Controlling

[UAT Sign-off / Archiving]

Closing