4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
Process Definition
Direct and manage project work involves the project teams interaction with ensuring the work laid out in the project management plan is being completed and executed to plan. It also involves the implementation of any approved project changes.
Figure 31. Project Management Body of Knowledge Figure 4-6. Reprinted from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition" by Project Management Institute, 2013, p. 232. Copyright 2013 by Project Management Institute, Inc. Reprinted without permission.
Process Assessment
This process is heavy on the management role of the project manager. This is the point were the project team will focus on work being performed, resource usage and requirements, enforce planned methods and standards, generate performance data, manage risk, communicate with stakeholders, manage relationships with vendors, etc.
(Inputs) Project Management Plan
Scope baseline and other relevant information is derived from the project management plan in order for the project management team to be able to direct and manage the project work.. The example is an excerpt from a group project in PGMT 611 Anatomy of Project Organizations, that was written by Jeremy Curbey, Domingot Tuckler, and Reese Darlington.
(Tools & Techniques) Project Management Software
Project management software, like Microsoft Project, are useful project management information system tools to be able to track, manage and direct all aspects of a project. This example is a snapshot of Microsoft Project 2013 taken from PMGT 501 Fundamentals of Project Management.
(Outputs) Project Management Plan Updates
This example shows the updating of the project scope on the WBS after the schedule has been crashed. This example is from a group assignment in PMGT 614 Planning, Directing, and Controlling
Projects, written by
Jeremy Curbey, Reese Darlington, Braylon Gurnell, Bret Kuhne, and Benjamin
Lundy.