Process Groups and Processes - The Complete Guide

Published: Wed, 10/23/19

For your Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

By the time you’ve got through the first page of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) you’ll have come across the terms Knowledge Areas and Process Groups. (They are always capitalized because they are really important.) Add to that a ‘normal’ process and you’ve got three very different things that form the backbone of the book.

But here’s the thing. They overlap, interact and depend on each other. It’s so easy to get confused between a PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Area and a Process Group, and then don’t get me started on all those processes that are supposed to fit in somewhere. It’s essential to get your head around how everything slots together when you are preparing for the PMP ® exam.

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You are employed by a software development company as a project manager. Your company has a policy that a change control board (CCB) reviews all of the change requests for every project in your organization, and the CCB follows all the recommended activities outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). You and your project team do not serve as members of the CCB. Based on this scenario, which of the following activities might be performed by members of the CCB?

A. Creating a change request
B. Implementing approved change requests
C. Initiating and closing a project
D. Monitoring implementation of approved changes

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