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- "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
- Fundamentals of the Project Life Cycle
- Project Life Cycle vs. Product Life Cycle
- Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain Concepts
- Life Cycles in Practice
- Considerations for Selecting a Development Approach
- Project Activity, Deliverables, and Milestones
- Summary
- Exam Preparation Tasks
- Review All Key Topics
- Define Key Terms
- Suggested Reading and Resources
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Summary
This chapter addresses the basics of project life cycles and project phases. It compares project life cycles with product life cycles, showing common concepts as well as differences in the management of each type of life cycle. It also explores the foundational concepts of predictive, adaptive, and hybrid approaches and illustrates sample industry life cycles. Finally, this chapter addresses the nature of project activities, deliverables, and milestones, all of which can be found in any type of project life cycle approach. This chapter is intended to give you foundational information that will be helpful as you explore more detailed considerations of these approaches in future chapters.