Knowledge Areas for Project Management

Knowledge Areas for Project Management - The Complete Guide

Published: Mon, 01/27/20

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For your Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

Knowledge Areas for Project Management:
The Complete Guide

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.

Trust me - it does all slot together. By the time you get to the end of this article you’ll fully understand the difference between a Knowledge Area, a Process Group and a process. You’ll know how they complement each other and most importantly, you’ll know why they matter. Because at the end of the day understanding all this stuff is fundamental to delivering projects successfully, not just passing a test.

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Sample Question and Answer

You are leading a project to develop a new web application. Together with your project team you reprioritize the product backlog, determine velocity for the past iterations, and adapt your work plans accordingly. Additionally, you facilitate retrospectives every two weeks. Which of the following processes describes the work you are performing?

A. Monitor Risks
B. Manage Quality
C. Control Schedule
D. Develop Schedule

HINT: Conducting retrospectives, reprioritizing the backlog, and determining the velocity of an iteration are activities performed by a project team when an agile project management approach is used.

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Student Profile: Joe Cunliffe, Sr., PMP

"...My recommendation for students is to study, study, study. I set up a rigid methodology of study which included using the PM PrepCast Simulator, assuring I memorized the various formulas and the 49 processes. I created my own formulas sheet and after each “=“ sign hand wrote the formulas over and over until I memorized them. I also created an Excel blank version of the 49 processes and typed them (IN ORDER) many times until I had those memorized as well. I knew those two items would give me the ability to create a “brain dump” for exam day...."