Processes, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas

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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

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)


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    PMP Exam Cram 2
    PMP Exam Cram 2 (2nd Edition)
    ISBN: 0789734621
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 138

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