Project Life Cycle

Start with the project stages

Begin with the Project Life Cycle mind map that lays out initiation, planning, execution and evaluation. It shows inputs and outputs alongside the stages, giving you a way to follow the life cycle as a sequence. Use it to become familiar with the stage names before looking at individual details.

Several mind maps share the Project Life Cycle title. Look at their contents to find the one with the stages, or choose a map that focuses on user requirements and constraints. The latter includes examples such as time, money, hardware and software.

Move on to requirements and goals

The R012 mind map includes user requirements in its coverage of the life cycle. It describes them as what the client wants the product to achieve. Compare that explanation with the requirements shown in a Project Life Cycle map, then check how constraints are presented.

For another way to study, use the Flash card revision deck. Its questions cover the phases of the project life cycle and ask what the letters in SMART stand for. They also ask about terms such as specific, measurable, achievable and realistic. The RO12 mind map includes SMART goals alongside life cycle material, so it can be used to look at those ideas together.

Use maps and quizzes together

After studying a map, try a quiz from the page. Use the questions as a prompt to recall what you have studied, then return to the maps or flashcards to check the ideas you want to go over again. This topic is one section of the Project Management unit in Computing and ICT, so the page offers a focused starting point within that unit.

Choose a resource and work through it at your own pace.