The phases of project management

Overview of activities in each phases with required skills & appropriate tools

1. Ignition Mode: Planning is the first phase of any project, a common mistake is we think planning is about scheduling, which is actually not right approach, planning is all about map out a project and defining their fundamentals to understand what problem needs to be solved, and identify their stakeholders

Planning Phase Activities	Key Skills
Understand the real problem	Problem Solving & Product Analysis
Identify the stakeholders	Staffing & Resource Line Up
Define Objectives	S.M.A.R.T thinking
Design the scope framework	Scope Management
Tardeoffs	Identify the consequences of time, cost and quality
Tools to be used in Planning	WBS - Work Breakdown Structure

2, Taxiing: Next phase is Building-Up, you need work with your team to build-up the commitments to >> task, estimate to >> schedule and cost to >> budget.

Build-Up Phase Activities	Key Skills
Assemble the team	Team building & Recruiting
Plan who will do what	Task Delegating
Create realistic schedule	​Estimate & Padding
Kickoff Meeting	Communication
Develop a budget	Negotiating
Tools to be used in Build-Up	Scheduling tools (Gannt, PERT, CPM)

3, Takeoff: It is time to put the plan into action. At times Implementation Phase will be challenging if we not having clear planning or faulty build-up. It has many sub-phases, you feel few activities is overlapping with other phases, actually every activities has distinct purpose to serve.

​Implementation Phase Activities	Key Skills
​Monitor and Control Developments	Sprint Monitoring / Supervising
Status & Progress Update	Report Creation
Regular Meetings & Follow up	Communication & ​Follow-through
Problem Managment	Leading & Motivating

4, Terminal: Eventually all project will come to a Closeout Phase, you need to know when to call the Closeout and how you will closeout.

​Closeout Phase Activities	​Key Skills
Performance Evaluation	​Follow-through
Call the Closeout	Planning
Debriefing	Communication
Post Project Evaluation	​Follow-through
Tools to be used in Closeout	Retrospective Analysis & Lesson Learned

To be continued on the detail explanations of each phases … thanks for reading