45. Methodology

Methodology - the principles, process groups and business rules that make up the practice of the project management discipline.

Workflow - a collection of business processes, task definitions, actions/performance of tasks, which when followed allows a consistent and repeatable approach to a piece of work/tasks, process, processes or project in order to achieve a verifiable, auditable, consistent and reliable output.

In this sense, the overarching series of steps to complete the project life cycle is the project workflow. Within this overarching workflow will be sub-sets of workflows to move through a particular phase. 

Phase - A stage gate or section of a project lifecycle.

Input - A product or deliverable required to initiate a process

Process - a series of steps or actions that need to be performed to transform the inputs into the desired outputs.

Output - A tangible and verifiable product or deliverable required to mark the completion of a process

Business rules - the logic or decision that needs to be made during a process

Outcome - the result, achievements or effect of producing an output

In UniPhi, a methodology library is created. The structure of this library is folders, flowcharts and library pages. Included within a library page is links to templates. Templates are a separate component of the system and will be covered later in the course.