The best way to prepare for questions that test your knowledge of the project management processes is to know and understand each of the processes, along with its process group and knowledge area assignment.
Table 1.4 shows how all 44 processes are grouped by process group and related to the knowledge areas.
Table 1.4. Grouping Processes by Group and Related to Knowledge Areas
Knowledge Area | Initiating Process Group | Planning Process Group | Executing Process Group | Monitoring and Controlling Process Group | Closing Process Group |
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Project Management Integration | Develop Project Charter (4.1) Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement (4.2) | Develop Project Management Plan (4.3) | Direct and Manage Project Execution (4.4) | Monitor and Control Project Work (4.5) Integrated Change Control (4.6) | Close Project (4.7) |
Project Scope Management | | Scope Planning (5.1) Scope Definition (5.2) Create WBS (5.3) | | Scope Verification (5.4) Scope Control (5.5) | |
Project Time Management | | Activity Definition (6.1) Activity Sequencing (6.2) Activity Resource Estimating (6.3) Activity Duration Estimating (6.4) Schedule Development (6.5) | | Schedule Control (6.6) | |
Project Cost Management | | Cost Estimating (7.1) Cost Budgeting (7.2) | | Cost Control (7.3) | |
Project Quality Management | | Quality Planning (8.1) | Perform Quality Assurance (8.2) | Perform Quality Control (8.3) | |
Project Human Resources Management | | Human Resource Planning (9.1) | Acquire Project Team (9.2) Develop Project Team (9.3) | Manage Project Team (9.4) | |
Project Communications Management | | Communications Planning (10.1) | Information Distribution (10.2) | Performance Reporting (10.3) Manage Stakeholders (10.4) | |
Project Risk Management | | Risk Management Planning (11.1) Risk Identification (11.2) Qualitative Risk Analysis (11.3) Quantitative Risk Analysis (11.4) Risk Response Planning (11.5) | | Risk Monitoring and Control (11.6) | |
Project Procurement Management | | Plan Purchases and Acquisitions (12.1) Plan Contracting (12.2) | Request Seller Responses (12.3) Select Sellers (12.4) | Contract Administration (12.5) | Contract Closure (12.6) |