User roles and task flow

See how the project management roles interact together in a task flow to achieve project management objectives.

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depicts the flow of tasks performed by different user roles. Program
managers (blue boxes) create, review and close programs. Project managers
(pink boxes) create projects, estimate and define work, schedule,
and costs, create and manage baselines, plan for and manage risks,
assign profiles to projects and work items, manage project financials
and scope, approve and reject timesheets, track progress, and then
review and close projects. Resource managers (orange boxes) create
profiles, resource data, and resource pools. They also allocate resources
to projects, and replace project-assigned profiles with resources.
Team members (teal boxes) report progress on their work by entering
timesheets. Click this area to get information about creating a program Click this area to get information about creating a project Click this area to get information about estimating project costs Click this area to get information about creating a WBS Click this area to get information about recording risks Click this area to get information about creating a project schedule Click this area to get information about creating and managing baselines Click this area to get information about assigning profiles to a project Click this area to get information about allocating resources to a project Click this area to get information about assigning profiles and resources to work items Click this area to get information about replacing profiles with resources Click this area to get information about creating profiles Click this area to get information about creating resource data Click this area to get information about creating resource pools Click this area to get information about entering timesheets Click this area to get information about approving and rejecting timesheets Click this area to get information about managing project risks Click this area to get information about managing project financials Click this area to get information about managing project scope Click this area to get information about tracking project progress

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