Rita's Process Chart

Submitted by crushPMP on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 16:14
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 Does anyone know how to make sense of "Rita's Process Chart" which is referenced on the 1st page of every reading. It does not really make any sense to remember it, rather I would prefer knowing the Page 43 of PMBOK.

Am I missing something?

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sspawar

Thu, 03/07/2013 - 16:53

 IMO

this is not necessary

amar

Thu, 03/07/2013 - 19:59

Hi sspawar,

I need to make the 30 PDUs which is required for the eligibility fo rthe eaxm. Please suggest any way... in case I have to buy podcasts do yoy recommend any site?

Thanks

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crushPMP

Thu, 03/07/2013 - 21:14

 sspawar - I wondered so and the way she has portrayed her chart in those books, it seems like it's impossible to pass the exam without those. That and the condescending tone in her book is what I do not like about my whole PMP learning process.

diba_perfect

Fri, 03/08/2013 - 15:55

I'd say that Rita's chart is an elaboration of PMBOK Page 43's one. Not mandatory to memorize, but good to have.

~ Diba

mercurie

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 07:28

 Read thru it a couple of times. There is a Rita process game excel sheet available somewhere in the net, where you get all the processes in a jumbled form,and you have to arraneg them in the correct order. You do not have to memorize the processes in Ritas chart, just play the game couple of times, and you should be okay.

Moe Pmp

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 03:05

i think that it's necessary that we start with the PMBoK page 43 process groups and then once we understand them through studying ALL of the nine knowledge areas then we can relate to rita's chart. if you have a look at rita's chart, you'll see that initiating, for example, has about 11 processes/steps compared to PMI's two processes in the initiating. these 11 processes are inputs to the develop project charter such as (determine company culture and existing systems) or outputs such as the stakeholders management strategy which is related to the identify stakeholders in the PMI's process chart.  

 

the planning processes on rita's has the (go back - iterations) which is not included in the PMI's chart. note that iteration comes right after you finish the risk planning processes because there might be risks (threats or opportunities) that have been identified in the planning and you need to adjust the project management plans either to exploit or avoid certain risks. 

 

also risks may have impact on the project and that's why you need to revise the project costs to account for reserves either in time (afftects the schedule) OR money that  will add more costs to the project. 

 

in the closing process group, in the PMI's chart close project comes before close procurement, while according to PMI, you should close procurement before you close the project and update the lesson learned.