PM Lite Methodology

A Quick Overview of the PM Lite MethodologyThe PM Lite Methodology is a set of methods and techniques to ensure successful delivery of quality projects in a cost-effective, schedule-compressed manner.
Target Projects
A project management methodology is used whenever a delivery organization puts together a team of people to understand a customer's requirements and to design and deliver a solution to those requirements within an agreed-upon budget and schedule.
The PM Lite Methodology is a condensed version of the Project Management Methodology. Use PM Lite for information technology projects that are managed by a single Project Manager.
Use the full version of the Project Management Methodology for projects that are managed by a Project Management Office. These are typically larger, more complex projects that involve (for example) a complex contract, many hardware and software products and other deliverables, and a distributed project team in which work is performed in multiple locations by multiple companies.
Use the full version of the Project Management Methodology for projects that are managed by a Project Management Office. These are typically larger, more complex projects that involve (for example) a complex contract, many hardware and software products and other deliverables, and a distributed project team in which work is performed in multiple locations by multiple companies.

Although the methodology uses the terminology of a customer and a delivery organization, it is equally valid whether the customer is an internal or external organization.

Relationship to Other Methodologies
The PM Lite Methodology is used in conjunction with the other methodologies that generate the specific component products that make up the delivered systems and services.

Relationship to Industry Standards
The PM Lite Methodology is consistent with the full version of the PMP or Prince2 Project Management Methodologies, which has been designed to reflect and support compliance with leading national and international standards including the ISO 9000-3 Quality Management and Quality Assurance Standards, the Software Engineering Institute's software engineering criteria for level 4 and level 5 methodologies, and the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), which categorizes the body of knowledge about project management for purposes of advancing the state-of-the-art in the theory and practice of project management.