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Source: PMBOK Guide 6th Edition
If you want to quickly brush through the Project Management process groups and the knowledge areas figures you have reached the right post.
What is a Project Management Process Group?
A Project Management Process Group is a logical grouping of project management processes to achieve specific project objectives. Process Groups are independent of project phases. Project management processes are grouped into the following five Project Management Process Groups:
- Initiating Process Group.
- Those processes are performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase.
- Planning Process Group.
- Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.
- Executing Process Group.
- Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project requirements.
- Monitoring and Controlling Process Group.
- Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.
- Closing Process Group.
- Those processes performed to formally complete or close the project, phase, or contract.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREAS
The Project Management Knowledge Areas are fields or areas of specialization that are commonly employed when managing projects.
A Knowledge Area is a set of processes associated with a particular topic in project management. These 10 Knowledge Areas are used on most projects most of the time. The needs of a specific project may require additional Knowledge Areas. The 10 Knowledge Areas are:
PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
Project Integration Management includes the processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups.
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT
Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. Managing the project scope is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project.
PROJECT SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT
Project Schedule Management includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project.
PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT
Project Cost Management includes the processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing, and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.
PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Project Quality Management includes the processes for incorporating the organization’s quality policy regarding planning, managing, and controlling project and product quality requirements in order to meet stakeholders’ objectives. Project Quality Management also supports continuous process improvement activities as undertaken on behalf of the performing organization.
PROJECT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Project Resource Management includes the processes to identify, acquire, and manage the resources needed for the successful completion of the project.
PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
Project Communications Management includes the processes necessary to ensure that the information needs of the project and its stakeholders are met through development of artifacts and implementation of activities designed to achieve effective information exchange.
Project Communications Management consists of two parts.
- The first part is developing a strategy to ensure communication is effective for stakeholders.
- The second part is carrying out the activities necessary to implement the communication strategy.
PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
Project Risk Management includes the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, response implementation, and monitoring risk on a project. The objectives of project risk management are to increase the probability and/or impact of positive risks and to decrease the probability and/or impact of negative risks, in order to optimize the chances of project success.
PROJECT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
Project Procurement Management includes the processes necessary to purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team. Project Procurement Management includes the management and control processes required to develop and administer agreements such as contracts, purchase orders, memoranda of agreements (MOAs), or internal service level agreements (SLAs).
The personnel authorized to procure the goods and/or services required for the project may be members of the project team, management, or part of the organization’s purchasing department if applicable.
PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Project Stakeholder Management includes the processes required to identify the people, groups, or organizations that could impact or be impacted by the project, to analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact on the project, and to develop appropriate management strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution.
The processes support the work of the project team to analyze stakeholder expectations, assess the degree to which they impact or are impacted by the project, and develop strategies to effectively engage stakeholders in support of project decisions and the planning and execution of the work of the project.
Conclusion: As I mentioned earlier, if you know all the above-mentioned Process groups and knowledge areas and are trying to review or brush through the information i trust this post might have given you some high-level insights.
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