The Project Planning Process

The life cycle of a project has five stages:

1. Visualizing, selling and initiating the project.
2. Planning the project.
3. Designing the processes and outputs (deliverables).
4. Implementing and tracking the project.
5. Evaluating and closing out the project.

Excerpted from Russell T. Westcott, Simplified Project Management for the Quality Professional: Managing Small & Medium-size Projects, ASQ Quality Press, 2004, pages 11-19.