GPMS.Kit.v7

Description

What is the GPMS?

The General Project Management Standard is a set of templates for managing projects and developing project management organizational standards. The use of GPMS templates helps to save time and simplify the work of administrating project documentation, as well as improve the quality of management documents themselves. The kit provides standard templates for management documents and artifacts that can be tailored to the needs of a particular company in any industry.

To ensure usage invariance across industries, the GPMS is based on the commonly used artifacts and the performance domains described in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge and The Standard for Project Management (PMBOK® Guide, 7th edition). The terminology, names, and titles used in the PMBOK have been preserved as much as possible. Also, in the 7th version of the GPMS.Kit, the IDs of templates are used in accordance with the numbers of the PMBOK sections. Each user of the templates can easily find the original information about the GPMS documents in the original source.

The relationship of GPMS documents to the PMBOK artifact types and performance domains is shown in the diagram on the right. This diagram can also be downloaded in PDF and Excel format.

How to use the GPMS?

The GPMS is used by various specialists for the following purposes:

1. Project managers use the GPMS to structure the process of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, monitoring, and closing projects, which in turn helps to meet the desired deadlines and budget.
2. Heads of departments use the kit to ensure a standardized approach to the implementation of various projects and project components, which greatly increases the efficiency of project implementation and forms the same perception of project documentation by different participants.
3. Consultants use the GPMS as a basis for creating Organization Project Management Standards for their clients, thereby satisfying their need to document project management principles and procedures.
4. Project participants and subject matter experts use the kit templates for easy, fast, and high-quality documentation of various aspects of projects throughout their entire life cycle.
5. Teachers and trainers use the GPMS as materials for conducting practical exercises and business games.
6. Students and trainees study the kit as a practical application of the commonly used artifacts and the performance domains of project management, which allows them to gain in-depth experience and understanding of the profession of a project manager already at the training stage.

What does the GPMS include?

The GPMS includes 80 templates of management documents and is divided into parts according to the following overlapping areas:

• Commonly Used Artifacts. Template sets for 9 types of PM artifacts:
  – Strategy Artifacts
  – Logs and Registers
  – Plans
  – Hierarchy Charts
  – Baselines
  – Visual Data and Information
  – Reports
  – Agreements and Contracts
  – Other Artifacts.
• Project Performance Domains. Template sets for 8 performance domains described in PMBOK:
  – Stakeholders
  – Project Team
  – Development Approach and Life Cycle
  – Planning
  – Project Work
  – Delivery
  – Measurement
  – Uncertainty

Support

The buyer gets support for 1 year when purchasing a full GPMS.Kit. “Support” means sending to the buyer all new templates and updates to already sent templates, regardless of changes that are made to the GPMS.Kit. Updated documents can be downloaded in the “Downloads” section in the buyer’s personal account.