Methodology
A project management methodology says projects should be broken down
into phases and there should be a plan in place before each phase begins.
It is important to differentiate between a project management methodology
and an applications development methodology or software development
methodology.
For Application Development we would prefer the Agile approach.
A project management methodology covers all the things a project manager
needs to do regardless of whether the project is a software development,
package selection, or relocation of his department.
PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) covers nine areas of project management.
They are:
- Scope Management
- Risk Management
- Cost Management
- Resource Management
- Communications Management
- Quality Management
- Time Management
- Procurement Management
- Integration Management
In addition the PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) covers five process groups
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring and Controlling
