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The illustration below graphically represents these process groups and their complex
interrelationships.

You can see that when you enter a phase of a project, you go through the Initiating
processes. After that is complete, you begin the Planning processes, which lead to
Executing processes. However, along the way, you will likely have to replan or
progressively elaborate your plans. Therefore, you are planning and executing
throughout the majority of the project. Throughout all the processes groups, you
conduct activities from the Monitoring and Controlling processes to make sure that the
results from the Executing processes are on track with the plans from the Planning
processes. When the project objectives have been met, you close out the phase or the
project.

The PMBOK Guide outlines five key process groups to aid in project delivery:

1. Initiating: “those processes performed to define a new project or a new phase of
an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase.”
Initiating is typically thought to be the first step in any process; however there is
need for planning before initiating any project. Further, there are decision points
in some projects at which initiating is revisited.

2. Planning: “those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine
the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives

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