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What Happens in the Closure Phase?

What Happens in the Closure Phase?

So, once your sandcastle is built and decorated, you might do a few things. You could take a step back and admire it, take pictures to remember how great it looked, and show it to your friends or parents. You should also clean up all your buckets and shovels and

What is the Monitoring and Control Phase?

What is the Monitoring and Control Phase?

Let's stick to our sandcastle analogy from the Execution and Planning Phases. So you're building your sandcastle, right? This is the execution phase we just talked about. But while doing that, you're also checking constantly to ensure everything is going as planned. This is

What Happens in the Execution Phase?

What Happens in the Execution Phase?

Imagine you're at a beach and want to build a massive sandcastle with your friends. You've already drawn a picture of how the castle should look in the planning phase. You've got friends, buckets, and maybe even decorations like seashells and flags. Now it&

What happens in the Planning phase?

What happens in the Planning phase?

Say you want to build the most fantastic sandcastle on the beach. The "planning phase" is like deciding what your castle will look like and what you'll need to make it. * What does your sandcastle look like? First, you must consider what your castle will look

What happens in the Initiation phase?

What happens in the Initiation phase?

Think about the initiation phase using the treehouse example. In this phase, project managers go through several steps to help with the planning phase. These steps include: * Idea Generation and Project Selection: The first thing you decide is that you want to build a treehouse. You might have other ideas,

What are project phases?

What are project phases?

Just like how you might break up a big job like cleaning your room into smaller tasks, project managers break up big projects into smaller parts called "phases". Each phase has specific tasks that need to be done. Here are the typical phases of a project: * Initiation: This

What is Three-point estimation?

What is Three-point estimation?

Three-point estimation is a technique used in project management to estimate the time or cost of a task. It's very similar to the PERT method. The three points in three-point estimation are the same: * Optimistic Estimate (O): The best-case scenario where everything goes perfectly. * Pessimistic Estimate (P): The

What is "PERT" estimation?

What is "PERT" estimation?

PERT stands for Program Evaluation and Review Technique. It's a tool often used in project management to estimate how much time a task might take. It's handy when the job is complex and it's hard to make an exact estimate. The idea of PERT

How do you know how long a task will take?

How do you know how long a task will take?

Estimating how long a task will take can be one of the most challenging parts of project management. There are a few ways a project manager might do this: * Experience: If the project manager or the team members have done similar tasks before, they can use their past experience to

How does a project manager make sure all the work on a project gets done?

How does a project manager make sure all the work on a project gets done?

Project managers use several tools and techniques to ensure all the work gets done. Here's a simplified explanation of some of them: Planning Before they start any work, project managers create a plan. They list out all the tasks that need to be done (the scope), how long

Lego Disney Castle

What is project management?

Imagine you're building a big Lego castle. You can't just start sticking Legos together randomly. You'd need a plan.