The PMBOK® Guide

defines nine knowledge areas for understanding project management.

Project integration management

—Integration focuses on coordinating the project plan’s

development, execution, and control of changes.

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Project scope management

—A project’s scope is the work to be completed by the project

team. Scope management provides assurance that the project’s work is defined accurately

and completely and that it is completed as planned. In addition, scope management

includes ways to ensure that proper scope change procedures are in place.

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Project time management

—Time management is important for developing, monitoring,

and managing the project’s schedule. It includes identifying the project’s phases and activities and then estimating, sequencing, and assigning resources for each activity to ensure that the project’s scope and objectives are met.

Project cost management

—Cost management assures that the project’s budget is devel-

oped and completed as approved.

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Project quality management

—Quality management focuses on planning, developing, and

managing a quality environment that allows the project to meet or exceed stakeholder

needs or expectations.

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Project human resource management

—People are the most important resource on a

project. Human resource management focuses on creating and developing the project

team as well as understanding and responding appropriately to the behavioral side of

project management.

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Project communications management

—Communication management entails communi-

cating timely and accurate information about the project to the project’s stakeholders.

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Project risk management

—All projects face a certain amount of risk. Project risk management is concerned with identifying and responding appropriately to risks that can

impact the project.

Project procurement management

—Projects often require resources (people, hardware,

software, etc.) that are outside the organization. Procurement management makes certain

that these resources are acquired properly.

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Graduate diploma Graduate Diploma in Computing (Project Management) Note on Project Management Body of Knowledge area, created by Freda Fung on 25/06/2016.