General discussion on the Project management process and Project Management Knowledge areas. Project management process: - Initiation - Planning - Execution - Monitoring and Control - Closing Project Management Knowledge areas: 1) Project Integration Management 2) Project Scope Management 3) Project Time Management 4) Project Cost Management 5) Project Quality Management 6) Project Human Resource Management 7) Project Communication Management 8) Project risk Management 9) Project Procurement Management 10) Project Stakeholder Management

1. Project Management Process
and Knowledge Areas
By Mazen Zbib

2. A- Project Management process Groups
B- Project Management Knowledge Areas
1) Project Integration Management
2) Project Scope Management
3) Project Time Management
4) Project Cost Management
5) Project Quality Management
6) Project Human Resource Management
7) Project Communication Management
8) Project risk Management
9) Project Procurement Management
10) Project Stakeholder Management
Content

3. Project Management
process Groups

4. Executing
It organizes and describes the work of the project is don According
to the PMBOK, there are five project management process Groups:
Initiating
Planning
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
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5. Executing
It organizes and describes the work of the project is don According
to the PMBOK, there are five project management process Groups:
Initiating
Planning
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
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2
3
4
5
These groups are
made up of
individual processes

6. Inputs Outputs
Executing
Initiating
Monitoring and
Controlling
Planning
Closing
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and
Controlling
Monitoring and Controlling
Initiating
Planning
Monitoring and Controlling
Planning
Executing
Closing
Executing
Monitoring and
Controlling

7. Project Management
Knowledge Areas

8. Project Time Management
Project Management Knowledge Areas
Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
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PMBOK groups these process into 10 categories:

9. Project Human Resource Management
Project Risk Management
Project Communication Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder Management
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10. Project Integration Management
This knowledgeArea comprises six processes
Process Name Process Group
Develop Project Charter Initiating
Develop Project Management plan Planning
Direct and Manage project work Executing
Monitor and control project work Monitoring and
Controlling
Perform Integrated Change Control Monitoring and
Controlling
Close project or phase Closing

11. • It is concerned with coordinating all aspects of the project
• Management plans.
• It is highly interactive.
• It identify and define the work of the project
• It combine, unify and integrated the appropriate processes.
• It also takes into account satisfactorily meeting the requirements
of the customer and stakeholders and manage there expectations.
It has two tools:
- EarnedValue Management (EVM)
- Project management software

12. Project Scope Management
This knowledgeArea comprises six processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Scope Management Planning
Collect Requirements Planning
Define Scope Planning
Create WBS Planning
Validate Scope Monitoring and
Controlling
Control Scope Monitoring and
Controlling

13. • It defines all the work of the project and only the work needed to
successfully produce the project goals.
• It is highly interactive.
• It defines and controls what is and what is not part of the project.
• It encompasses on both product management and project scope.
• Project scope is measured against the project management plan.
• Scope bassline is made up of project scope statement, work
breakdown structure (WBS) andWBS dictionary.

14. Project Time Management
This knowledgeArea comprises seven processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Schedule Management Planning
Define Activities Planning
Sequence Activities Planning
Estimate Activity Resources Planning
Estimate Activity Durations Planning
Develop Schedule Planning
Control Schedule Monitoring and
Controlling

15. • It estimate the duration of the project activities, devising a
project schedule and monitoring and controlling the deviations
from the schedule.
• It deals with completing the project in timely manner
• It is an important aspect of project management as it is concerned
in keeping the project activities on track and monitoring those
activities against the project management plan to ensure that the
project is completed on time.

16. Project Cost Management
This knowledgeArea comprises four processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Cost Management Planning
Estimate Costs Planning
Determine Budget Planning
Control Costs Monitoring and
Controlling

17. • It establish cost estimates for resource, establish budgets and
keep watch over those costs to ensure the project stays within
the approved budget.
Two techniques are used :
- life cycle costing
- Value Engineering

18. Project Quality Management
This knowledgeArea comprises three processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Quality Management Planning
Preform Quality Assurance Executing
Control Quality Monitoring and
Controlling

19. • It ensures that the project meets the requirements that is was
undertaken to produce.
• It focus on product quality as well as on the quality of the project
management processes.
• It measures overall performance and monitor project results and
compare them to the quality standards set out in the project
planning process to ensure that the customers will receive the
product or service or result as expected

20. Project Human Resource Management
This knowledgeArea comprises four processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Human Resources Management Planning
Acquire Project Team Executing
Develop Project Team Executing
Manage Project Team Executing

21. • It involves all aspects of people management and personal
interaction, including leading, coaching, dealing with conflicts,
conducting performance appraisal and more.
• It ensures that the human resources assigned to the project are
used in the most effective way.

22. Project Communication Management
This knowledgeArea comprises three processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Communications Management Planning
Manage Communications Executing
Control Communications Monitoring and
Control

23. • It is related to general communication skills
• Communication Skills are considered interpersonal skills that the
PM utilized on daily basis.
• It ensures that all project information (plans, risk assessments,
meeting notes..) are collected ,organized, stored and distributed
to stakeholders and management and PM at proper time.

24. Project Risk Management
This knowledgeArea comprises Six processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Risk Management Planning
Identify Risks Planning
Perform Qualitative Analysis Planning
Perform Quantitative Analysis Planning
Plan Risk Responses Planning
Control Risk Monitoring and
Control

25. • It includes both threats to and opportunities to the project.
• It is concerned with analyzing, identifying and planning for
potential risks both negative and positive that might impact the
project.
• It minimize the probability and impact of negative risks while
maximizing the probability and impact of positive risks.

26. Project Procurement Management
This knowledgeArea comprises Four processes
Process Name Process Group
Plan Procurement Management Planning
Conduct procurements Executing
Control Procurements Monitoring and
Control
Close Procurements Closing

27. • It includes the processes involved with purchasing goods or
services from vendors, contractors, suppliers and other outside
the project team.
• These processes involves negotiating and managing contracts.

28. Project Stakeholder Management
This knowledgeArea comprises Four processes
Process Name Process Group
Identify Stakeholder Initiating
Plan Stakeholder Management Planning
Manage Stakeholder Engagement Executing
Control Stakeholder Monitoring and
Control

29. • It is concerned with identifying all of the stakeholders associated
with the project, both internal and external to the organization.
• It also assess stakeholders needs, expectations , and involvement
on the project and seek to keep the lines of communications with
stakeholders open and clear

30. THANK YOU
Mazen zbib
Reference: Heldman, Kim, 2016. PMP Study Guide. 8th ed.
Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons Inc.