Guidelines for Assignment for week 3 To complete the following assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation. Five Phases After reading this week’s assigned articles, submit a 2 to 4 page, APA-style paper that summarizes each pha

Guidelines for Assignment for week 3

To complete the following assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation.

Five Phases

After reading this week’s assigned articles, submit a 2 to 4 page, APA-style paper that summarizes each phase of the project lifecycle and analyzes how each phase could support the organization’s business strategy.

Your paper must include a title page and a reference page, which are not included in the page length requirements.   A minimum of one to two sources, including the text book, must be used for this assignment.

1. Read the following articles:
• Tennant, D.V. (n.d.).  Project management: A competitive advantage?  Retrieved from: http://files.asme.org/Divisions/Management/15918.pdf

For the following articles below, Please note that this site is frequently updated.  Author, date, and title information may change slightly.  Should you experience any problems when attempting to access [this source, these sources], please contact your instructor for assistance.

·         Sharma, R. (2013a, October 4). Ending your project: The closing process group. Retrieved from www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/1676.aspx

·         Sharma, R. (2013b, October 4). Overview of the initiating process group in the PMBOK 5. Retrieved from www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/1672.aspx

·         Sharma, R. (2013c, October 4). Overview of the project planning group. Retrieved from www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/1673.aspx

·         Sharma, R. (2013d, October 4). Project execution process group: Put your plan to work. Retrieved from www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/1674.aspx 

·         Sharma, R. (2013e, October 4). The monitoring & controlling process group: A definition. Retrieved from www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/1675.aspx

This is the text we are using I can add something from it after you finish the paper

Kerzner, H. (2005).  Using the Project Management Maturity Model: Strategic planning for project management (2nd ed.).  Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.