5A Implement Ongoing Improvements

• Continuous Improvement
  1. Plan Continuous Improvement Methods, Procedures, and Tools
  2. Assess CI framework
  3. Plan CI methods, procedures, tools
  4. Recommend/Execute CI steps

5B Support Performance

• 2.2 Manage communications
  1. Communicate project information and updates effectively (2.2.3)
  2. Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received (2.2.4)
• 1.4 Empower team members and stakeholders
  1. Support team task accountability (1.4.2)
  2. Evaluate demonstration of task accountability (1.4.3)
• 1.6 Build a team
  1. Continuously assess and refresh team skills to meet project needs (1.6.3)
  2. Maintain team and knowledge transfer (1.6.4)
• 1.11 Engage and support virtual teams
  1. Continually evaluate effectiveness of virtual team member engagement (1.11.4)
• 2.11 Manage project artifacts
  1. Continually assess the effectiveness of the management of the project artifacts (2.12.3)
• 2.13 Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices
  1. Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle (e.g., lessons learned, key stakeholder engagement, risk) (2.13.4)

5C Evaluate Project Progress

• 2.8 Plan and manage scope
  1. Monitor and validate scope (2.8.3)
• 2.6 Plan and manage schedule
  1. Measure ongoing progress based on methodology (2.6.4)
  2. Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology (2.6.5)
  3. Coordinate with other projects and other operations (2.6.6)
• 2.5 Plan and manage budget and resources
  1. Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as necessary (2.5.3)
• 2.1 Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value
  1. Examine the business value throughout the project (2.1.2)
• 2.7 Plan and manage quality of products/deliverables
  1. Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps (2.7.2)
  2. Continually survey project deliverable quality (2.7.3)

5D Manage Issues and Impediments

• 2.15 Manage project issues
  1. Recognize when a risk becomes an issue (2.15.1)
  2. Attack the issue with the optimal actions to achieve project success (2.15.2)
  3. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the approach to resolve the issues (2.15.3)
• I.7 Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
  1. Determine critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team (1.7.1)
  2. Prioritize critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team (1.7.2)
  3. Use network to implement solutions to remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team (1.7.3)
  4. Re-assess continually to ensure impediments, obstacles and blockers for the team are being addressed (1.7.4)

5E Manage Changes 3.3 Evaluate and address external business environment changes for impact on scope Survey changes to external business environment (e.g., regulations, technology, geopolitical, market) (3.3.1) Assess and prioritize impact on project scope/backlog based on changes in external business environment (3.3.2) Recommend options for scope/backlog options (e.g., schedule, cost changes) (3.3.3) Continually review external business environment for impacts on project scope/backlog (3.3.4) 2.10 Manage project changes Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management practices (2.10.1) Execute change management strategy according to the methodology (2.10.3) Determine a change response to move the project forward (2.10.4)