THREE PHASES of Project Management

Such as THREE Ds

The three phases of project management as follows,

·         Design it

In this phase identify the need that the project will serve, construct models to show how the needs will be developed, evaluate these to determine the optimum process for the task and minimize risk.

·         Do it

In this phase carry out the project in line with the models or plans generated.

·         Design it

In this phase improve the models and processes in the light of the experiences gained from the project, incorporating the check/study and act part of the Deming cycle.

There are a number of tasks and issues for each phase. This provides a degree of complexity for the project manager and is one reason that there are few truly excellent examples of project management available. When it consider that the analogy of the project as a chain, it is important that there is general competence across the phase. The three phases provide the three sections and their applications are lined up as follows,

Phase	Key Issues	Fundamental questions
Design it	project and organisational strategy, goal definition, modelling and estimating , resource analysis, conflict resolution and justification	What is to be done? Why is to be done? How will it be done? Who will be involved in each part? When can it start and finish?
Do it	Organisation, control, leadership, decision-making and problem solving	How should the project be managed on a day-to-day basis?
Develop it	Assessment of process and outcomes of the project, evaluation, change for the future	How can the ‘management process’ be continually improved?