ka by process group 2.0
DESCRIPTION
PMI's Knowledge areas by process group. Study guide for PMP exam.TRANSCRIPT
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Inputs OuputsTools & Techniques
1. Project SOW2. Business Case 3. Contract (if applicable)4. Enterprise environmental
factors5. Organizational process
assets
1. Project charter1. Expert judgment
Dev
elop
Cha
rter
Iden
tify
Sta
keho
lder
s
1. Stakeholder analysis
2. Expert judgment
1. Stakeholder register2. Stakeholder
management strategy
Inte
grat
ion
Com
mun
icat
ion
1. Project charter2. Procurement
documents3. Enterprise
environmental factors4. Organizational Process
Assets
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Inputs OuputsTools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
Dev
elop
PM
Pla
nC
olle
ct R
equi
rem
ents
Inte
grat
ion
Sco
pe
1. Project Charter2. Outputs from
planning processes 3. Enterprise
environmental factors4. Organizational
process assets
1. Project management plan
1. Project charter2. Stakeholder register
1. Interviews2. Focus groups3. Facilitated workshops4. Group creativity
techniques5. Group decision-
making techniques6. Questionnaires and
surveys7. Observations8. prototypes
1. Requirements documentation
2. Requirements management plan
3. Requirements traceability matrix
Def
ine
Sco
pe
1. Project charter2. Requirements
documentation3. Organizational
process assets
1. Expert judgment2. Product analysis3. Alternatives
identification4. Facilitated
workshop
1. Project scope statement
2. Project document updates
Cre
ate
WB
S 1. Project scope statement2. Requirements
documentation3. Organizational process
assets
1. Decomposition 1. WBS 2. WBS dictionary3. Scope baseline4. Project document updates
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesD
efin
e A
ctiv
ities
Tim
e
1. Scope baseline2. Enterprise
environmental factors3. Organizational process
assets
1. Decompositions2. Rolling wave
planning3. Templates4. Expert judgment
1. Activity list2. Activity attributes3. Milestone list
Seq
uenc
e A
ctiv
ities
1. Activity list2. Activity attributes3. Milestone list4. Project scope statement5. Organizational process
assets
1. PDM2. Dependency
determination3. Applying leads and
lags4. Schedule network
templates
1. Project schedule network diagrams
2. Project document updates
Est
imat
e R
esou
rces
1. Activity list2. Activity attributes3. Resource calendars4. Enterprise
environmental factors5. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment2. Alternatives
analysis3. Published
estimating data4. Bottom-up
estimating5. PM software
1. Activity resource requirements)
2. Resource breakdown structure
3. Project document updates
Est
imat
e D
urat
ions
1. Activity list2. Activity attributes3. Activity resource requirements4. Resource calendars5. Project scope statement6. Enterprise environmental
factors7. Organizational process assets
1. Expert judgment2. Analogous
estimating3. Parametric
estimating4. Three point
estimates5. Reserve analysis
1. Activity duration estimates
2. Project document updates
Dev
elop
Sch
edul
e
1. Activity list2. Activity attributes3. Project schedule network
diagrams4. Activity resource
requirements5. Resource calendars6. Activity duration estimates7. Project scope statement8. Enterprise environmental
factors9. Organizational process assets
1. Schedule network analysis
2. Critical path method3. Critical chain methods4. Resource leveling5. What-if scenario
analysis6. Adjusting leads and lags7. Schedule compression8. Scheduling tool
1. Project schedule2. Schedule baseline3. Schedule data4. Project document dates
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesE
stim
ate
Cos
ts
Cos
t Man
agem
ent
Det
erm
ine
Bud
get
Pla
n Q
ualit
y
Hum
an
Res
ourc
e M
gt.
Hum
an
Res
ourc
e P
lan
1. Scope baseline2. Project schedule3. Human resource plan4. Risk register5. Enterprise
environmental factors6. Organizational process
assets
1. Activity cost estimates
2. Basis of estimates3. Project document
updates
1. Activity cost estimates2. Basis of estimates3. Scope a baseline4. Project schedule5. Resource calendars6. Contracts7. Organizational process
assets
1. Cost aggregation2. Reserve analysis3. Expert judgment4. historical
relationships5. Funding limit
reconciliation
1. Cost performance baseline
2. Project funding requirements
3. Project document updates
Qua
lity
Man
agem
ent 1. Cost-benefit analysis
2. Cost of quality3. Control charts4. Benchmarking5. Design of experiments6. Statistical sampling7. Flowcharting8. Proprietary quality
management methodologies
9. Additional quality planning tools
1. Quality management plan
2. Quality metrics3. Quality checklists4. Process improvement
plan5. Project document
updates
1. Activity resource requirements
2. Enterprise environmental factors
3. Organizational process assets
1. Organizational charts and position descriptions
2. Networking3. Organizational
theory
1. Human resource Plan
Com
mun
icat
ions
Pla
n C
omm
unic
atio
ns 1. Stakeholder register2. Stakeholder management strategy
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
1. Communications requirements analysis
2. Communications technology
3. Communication models
4. Communication methods
1. Communications management plan
2. Project document updates
1. Scope baseline2. Stakeholder register3. Cost performance
baseline4. Schedule baseline5. Risk register6. Enterprise
environmental factors7. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment2. Analogous estimating3. Parametric estimating4. Bottom-up estimating5. Three point estimate6. Reserve analysis7. Cost of quality8. Project management
estimating software9. Vendor bid analysis
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesP
lan
Ris
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Ris
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t Iden
tify
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itativ
e A
naly
sis
Qua
litat
ive
Ana
lysi
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lan
Ris
k R
espo
nses
1. Project scope statement
2. Cost management plan3. Schedule management
plan4. Communications
management plan5. Enterprise
environmental factors6. Organizational process
assets
1. Planning meetings and analysis
1. Risk management plan
1. Documentation reviews2. Information-gathering
techniques3. Checklist analysis4. Assumptions analysis5. Diagramming
techniques6. SWOT analysis7. Expert judgment
1. Risk register
1. Risk Register2. Risk management plan3. Project scope
statement4. Organizational process
assets
1. Risk probability and impact assessment
2. Probability and impact matrix
3. Risk data quality assessment
4. Risk categorization5. Risk urgency
assessment6. Expert judgment
1. Risk register (updates)
1. Risk register2. Risk management plan3. Cost management plan4. Schedule management
plan5. Organizational process
assets
1. Data gathering and representation techniques
2. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techniques
3. Expert judgment
1. Risk register (updates)
1. Risk register2. Risk management plan
1. Strategies for negative risk or threats
2. Strategies for positive risks or opportunities
3. Contingent response strategy
4. Expert judgment
1. Risk register (updates)
2. Risk related contract decisions
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project document updates
1. Risk management plan2. Activity cost estimates3. Activity duration estimates4. Scope baseline5. Stakeholder register6. Cost management plan7. Schedule Management plan8. Quality management plan9. Project documents10.Enterprise environmental
factors11.Organizational process assets
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesP
lan
Pro
cure
men
ts
Pro
cure
men
t Man
agem
ent 1. Scope Baseline
2. Requirements documentation3. Teaming agreements4. Risk register5. Risk-related contract decisions6. Activity Resource
Requirements7. Project Schedule8. Activity Cost Estimates9. Cost Performance Baseline10.Enterprise environmental
factors11.Organizational process assets
1. Make-or-buy analysis2. Expert judgment3. Contract types
1. Procurement management plan
2. Procurement SOW3. Make-or-buy decisions4. Procurement
Documents5. Source Selection
Criteria6. Change Requests
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesD
irect
&M
anag
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roje
ct
Exe
cutio
n
Inte
grat
ion 1. Project management plan2. Approved change requests
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
1. Expert judgment2. PMIS
1. Deliverables2. Work performance
information3. Change Requests4. PM plan updates5. Project document updates
Per
form
Q
ualit
y A
ssur
ance
Qua
lity
Mgt
. 1. Project management plan2. Quality metrics3. Work performance
information4. Quality control
measurements
1. Plan quality and perform quality control tools and techniques
2. Quality audits3. Process analysis
1. Organizational process assets updates
2. Change requests3. Project management
plan updates4. Project document
updates
Hum
an R
esou
rce
Man
agem
ent.
Acq
uire
P
roje
ct T
eam 1. Pre-
assignment2. Negotiation3. Acquisition4. Virtual teams
Dev
elop
P
roje
ct T
eam 1. Team performance assessment
2. Enterprise environmental factors updates
Man
age
Pro
ject
Tea
m 1. Observation and conversation
2. Project performance appraisals
3. Conflict management4. Issue log5. Interpersonal skills
1. Project staff assignments2. Project management plan3. Team performance
assessments4. Performance reports5. Organizational process
assets
1. Enterprise environmental factors updates
2. Organizational process assets updates
3. change requests4. Project management plan
updates
1. Interpersonal skills2. Training3. Team-building activities4. Ground rules5. Co-location6. Recognition and
rewards
1. Project Management Plan2. Enterprise environmental
factors3. Organizational process
assets
1. Project staff assignments
2. Resource calendars3. Project management plan
(updates)
1. Project staff assignments
2. Project management plan
3. Resource calendars
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesC
ondu
ct P
rocu
rem
ents
Pro
cure
men
t Man
agem
ent 1. Project Management
Plan2. Procurement
Documents3. Source selection criteria4. Qualified seller list5. Seller proposals6. Project documents7. Make or buy decisions8. Teaming agreements9. Organizational process
assets
1. Bidder conferences
2. Proposal in evaluation techniques
3. Independent estimates
4. Expert judgment5. Advertising6. Internet search7. Procurement
negotiations
1. Selected sellers2. Procurement
contract award3. Resource calendars4. Change requests5. Project management
plan updates6. Project document
updates
Com
mun
icat
ions
Mgt
.
Dis
tribu
te
Info
rmat
ion 1. Project
management plan2. Performance
reports3. Organizational
process assets
1. Communication methods
2. Information distribution tools
1. Organizational process assets (updates)
Man
age
Sta
keho
lder
ex
pect
atio
n
1. Stakeholder register2. Stakeholder management
strategy3. Project management plan4. Issue log5. Change log6. Organizational process
assets
1. Communication methods
2. Interpersonal skills3. Management skills
1. Organizational process assets (updates)
2. Change requests3. Project management
plan updates4. Project document
updates
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Inputs OuputsTools & Techniques
Mon
itor &
Con
trol
Pro
ject
Wor
k
Inte
grat
ion
1. Project management plan
2. Performance reports3. Enterprise
environmental factors4. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment 1. Change requests2. PM plan updates3. Project document
updates
1. Project management plan
2. Work performance info
3. Change requests4. Enterprise
environmental factors5. Organizational process
assetsPer
form
Inte
grat
edC
hang
e C
ontro
l 1. Expert judgment2. Change control
meetings
1. Change request status updates
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project document updates
Sco
pe
Ver
ify S
cope
1. Project management plan2. Requirements
documentation3. Requirements traceability
matrix4. Validated deliverables
1. Inspection 1. Accepted deliverables2. Change requests3. Project document updates
Con
trol S
cope
1. Project management plan2. Work performance
information3. Requirements
documentation4. Requirements traceability
matrix5. Organizational process
assets
1. Variance analysis
1. Work performance measurements
2. Organizational process assets updates
3. Change requests4. Project management plan
updates5. Project document updates
Tim
e
Con
trol S
ched
ule
1. project management plan2. Project Schedule3. Work performance
information4. Organizational process
assets
1. Performance reviews2. Variance analysis3. Project management
software4. Resource leveling5. What if scenario
analysis6. Applying leads and
lags7. Schedule
compression8. Scheduling tool
1. Work performance measurements
2. Organizational process assets updates
3. Change requests4. Project management plan
updates5. Project document updates
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesC
ontro
l Cos
ts
Cos
t
Per
form
Qua
lity
Con
trol
Qua
lity
Com
mun
icat
ions
Ris
k
1. Project management plan
2. Project funding requirements
3. Work performance information
4. Organizational process assets
1. Work performance measurements
2. Budget forecasts3. Organizational process
assets updates4. Change requests5. Project management plan
updates6. Project document updates
1. Cause and effect diagram2. Control charts3. Flowcharting4. Histogram5. Pareto chart6. Run chart7. Scatter diagram8. Statistical sampling9. Inspection10.Approved change requests
reviews
1. Quality-control measurements2. Validated changes3. Validated deliverables4. Organizational process assets
updates5. Change requests6. Project management plan
updates7. Project document updates
Pro
cure
men
t
Rep
ort
Per
form
ance
1. Project management plan2. Work performance
information3. Work performance
measurements4. Budget forecasts5. Organizational process
assets
1. Variance analysis2. Forecasting methods3. Communication
methods4. Reporting systems
1. Performance reports
2. Organizational process assets updates
3. Change requests
Mon
itor &
Con
trol
Ris
ks
1. Risk register2. Project management plan3. Work performance
information4. Performance reports
1. Risk reassessment2. Risk audits3. Variance and trend
analysis4. Technical
performance measurement
5. Reserve analysis6. Status meetings
1. Risk register updates2. Organizational process
assets updates3. Change requests4. Project management plan
updates5. Project document
updates
Adm
inis
ter
Pro
cure
men
ts
1. Contract change control system
2. Procurement performance reviews
3. Inspections and audits4. Performance reporting5. Payment systems6. Claims administration7. Records management
system
1. Procurement documentation
2. Organizational process assets updates
3. Change requests4. Project management plan
updates
1. Project management plan2. Quality metrics3. Quality checklists4. Work performance
measurements5. Approve change requests6. Deliverables7. Organizational process
assets
1. Earned value management
2. Forecasting3. To complete
performance index(TCPI)
4. Performance reviews5. Variance analysis6. Project management
software
1. Procurement documents2. Project management plan3. Contract4. Performance reports5. Approved change requests6. Work performance
information
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Inputs OuputsTools & TechniquesC
lose
Pro
ject
/Pha
se
Inte
grat
ion
Clo
se P
rocu
rem
ents
Pro
cure
men
t
1. Project management plan2. Accepted Deliverables3. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment 1. Final product, service, or result transition
2. Organizational process assets updates
1. Project management plan
2. Procurement documentation
1. Procurement audits
2. Negotiated settlements
3. Records management system
1. Closed procurements
2. Organizational process assets updates
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