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  1. Introduction—GAMES 1 and 2 (memorizing by knowledge area, process group)

 This series of posts on step 4 of mastering the processes refers to “gaming the system” in the sense of making flashcards with the various process names on one side and the details of those processes on the others. The goal is to be able to complete these two games. For details, see the post for 08/01 on the INITIATING PROCESS GROUP.

 GAME 1.

 Shuffle the flashcards and put the 42 processes in order by knowledge area. You need to be able to do this within 10 minutes or less.

GAME 2.

 Shuffle the flashcards and put the 42 processes in order by process group. You need to be able to do this within 10 minutes or less.

 The purpose of today’s post is to list the processes not in order of knowledge area, but by process group:  in this case the CLOSING process group.

2. Processes in the Closing Process Group 

Here’s a little more explanation of these processes.

4.6 Close Project or Phase

If the project does proceed to the point where the deliverables are completed within the plan developed in process 4.2, then you get formal closure of the project or phase from the customer and/or sponsor of the project. This process shares the word “formal” in common with the first process 4.1.

12.4 Close Procurements

This is closely tied to the only other process that is in the Closing Process Group, namely, 4.6 Close Project or Phase under the Integration Management knowledge area. The work that the seller has done and the deliverables that the seller produces to help complete the project are verified as acceptable. This is where the company signs off on the completion of the contract, and brings it to formal closure.

This concludes the last of five posts covering memorization of the 42 project management processes by process group rather than knowledge area.

Tomorrow’s post discusses the process memorization games that are contained in the Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep text, because that was the supplemental exam preparation guide we used in our study group.

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