I Agree but the first step should always be understanding the scope of the project because without that you will find new components that need procedures or additional tasks you didn’t account for. The step should also have some form of feedback as mentioned above since feedback is the key to success. Only after defining the scope and consulting the necessary individuals can you begin with the steps mentioned by moniquet above. And those steps are usually not all done by the PM but are managed by the PM and other employees actual make them such as the procedures or estimates. Also many of the steps require inputs from qualified personnel or consultants within the company such as finding dependencies. As a PM you are not required to have a PhD in molecular chemistry if you are managing a research project for a new tissue engineering scaffold but you need to have a consultant that is knowledgeable enough to define certain aspects that are out of your expertise.