I. Inputs

• Communications management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Communications skills 


• Information gathering and retrieval systems


• Information distribution methods


• Lessons learned process

III. Outputs

• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Requested changes

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Project management plan

                   - Constraints

                   - Assumptions

II. Tools and Techniques

• Communications requirements analysis


• Communications technology

III. Outputs

• Communications management plan

Communications planning - Determining the information and communications needs of the project stakeholders.

Information Distribution - Making needed information available  to project stakeholders in a timely manner.

Performance Reporting - Collecting and distributing performance information. This includes status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting.

Manage Stakeholders - Managing communications to satisfy the requirements of and resolve issues with project stakeholders.

Human Resource Planning - Identifying and documenting Project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships, as well as creating the staffing management plan.

Acquire Project Team - Obtaining the human resources needed to complete the project

Develop Project Team - Improving the competencies and interaction of team members to enhance project performance.

Manage Project Team - Tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and coordinating changes to enhance project performance.

Quality planning - Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them

Perform Quality Assurance - Applying the planned , systematic quality activities to ensure that the project employs all processes needed to meet requirements.

Perform Quality Control - monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets 


• Project scope statement


• Work breakdown structure


• WBS dictionary 


• Project management plan

             - Schedule management plan

             - Staffing management plan

             - Risk register

II. Tools and Techniques

• Analogous estimating


• Determine resource cost rates


• Bottom-up estimating


• Parametric estimating


• Project management software


• Vendor bid analysis


• Reserve analysis


• Cost of quality

III. Outputs

• Activity cost estimates 


• Activity cost estimate supporting detail 


• Requested changes


• Cost management plan (updates)

Cost Estimating - Developing an approximation of the costs of the resources needed to complete  project activities.

Cost Budgeting - Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish a cost baseline

Cost Control - Influencing the factors that create cost variances and controlling changes to the project budget.

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Activity resource requirements


• Resource calendars


• Project management plan

               - Risk register

               - Activity cost estimates

II. Tools and Techniques

• Expert judgment


• Analogous  estimating


• Parametric estimating


• Three-point estimates 


• Reserve analysis

III. Outputs

• Activity duration estimates


• Activity attributes (updates)