Rita's Process ChartTM Game Cards

Instructions: To practice with the Rita’s Process Chart™ Game, put each item from Rita’s Process Chart™ into the correct
process group. When you think the items are all sorted into the correct process groups, put the planning efforts in order.
Check your answers using Rita’s Process Chart™. Play this game at least three times to ensure you understand the efforts
involved in the project management processes that are discussed throughout this chapter and book. Many student play the
game more than three times, and play it for review a day or two before the exam.

INITIATING PLANNING EXECUTING

MONITORING Evaluate sellers; negotiate

CLOSING
& CONTROLLING and contract with sellers

Evaluate team and Create measurable

Release resources as
individual performance; objectives and
work is completed
provide training success criteria

Gather work Manage, evaluate, and

Manage reserves
performance data close procurements

Analyze and evaluate data Develop Finalize all

and performance stakeholder register management plans

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 Create change and
Create project
configuration management Facilitate conflict resolution
scope statement
plans

Solicit customer’s feedback Confirm

Perform quality control
about the project configuration compliance

Determine development
Determine whether quality
approach, life cycle, and
Use issue logs plan and processes are
how you will plan for each
correct and effective
knowledge area

Determine if variances
Evaluate use of
Request changes warrant a corrective action
physical resources
or other change request(s)

Collect processes,
Divide large projects into
procedures, and Go back—iterations
phases or smaller projects
historical information

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 Execute work according
Hold team-
Select project manager to the project
building activities
management plan

Facilitate stakeholder
Perform risk reviews, Influence factors that
engagement and
reassessments, and audits cause change
manage expectations

Determine team
charter and all roles Approve or reject changes Request changes
and responsibilities

Assess what to
Give recognition
Complete financial closure purchase and create
and rewards
procurement documents

Develop assumption log Execute contingency plans Create activity list

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 Understand business
Perform quality audits Gain formal approval
case and benefits
and issue quality reports of the plan
management plan

Perform risk identification,

qualitative and quantitative Confirm work is done Update project management
risk analysis, and risk to requirements plan and project documents
response planning

Use and share

Follow processes Hold kickoff meeting
project knowledge

Identify stakeholders
Complete final and determine their Update project management
procurement closure expectations, interest, plan and project documents
influence, and impact

Uncover initial
Measure performance
requirements, assumptions, Report on
against other metrics in the
risks, constraints, and project performance
project management plan
existing agreements

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 Hand off completed Estimate activity
Hold meetings
product durations and costs

Measure performance
Estimate
against performance Manage people
resource requirements
measurement baseline

Gain final acceptance

Develop schedule Determine critical path
of product

Determine company culture Acquire final team and Finalize procurement

and existing systems physical resources strategy and documents

Develop realistic and

Monitor Take action to monitor and sufficient project
stakeholder engagement control the project management plan
and baselines

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 Assess project and
Define and Inform stakeholders of all
product feasibility within
prioritize requirements change request results
the given constraints

Continuously improve;
Complete final Determine quality standards,
perform
performance reporting processes, and metrics
progressive elaboration

Gather final lessons

Index and archive records Develop budget learned and update
knowledge bases

Plan communications
Develop project charter Request changes and stakeholder
engagement

Produce
Create WBS and Gain customer’s acceptance
product deliverables
WBS dictionary of interim deliverables
(product scope)

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Send and receive
information, and Determine planning team Create forecasts
solicit feedback

Perform integrated Implement only

Request changes
change control approved changes

Create network diagram

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