PMBOK Knowledge Areas Flashcards
What are the 10 Knowledge Areas?
- Project Integration
- Scope
- Schedule
- Cost
- Quality
- Resource
- Communication
- Risk
- Procurement
- Stakeholder
What are the processes for Project Integration Management?
(7 processes)
- Develop project charter
- Develop project management plan
- Direct and manage project work
- Manage project knowledge
- Monitor and control project work
- Perform integrated change control
- Close project or phase
What are the ITTOs associated with Developing the Project Charter?
4 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
4 Inputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Business documents
2. Agreements
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Interpersonal and team skills
Outputs
1. Project charter
2. Assumption log
What are the ITTOs associated with Developing the Project Management Plan?
4 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
1 Output
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Outputs from other processes
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organization proces assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Interpersonal and team management
Output
1. Project management plan
What are the ITTOs associated with Directing and Managing Project Work?
5 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
7 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Approved change requests
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Project management information system
3. Meetings
Output
1. Deliverables
2. Work performance data
3. Issue log
4. Change requests
5. Project management plan updates
6. Project documents updates
7. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Managing Project Knowledge?
5 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Deliverables
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Knowledge management
3. Information management
4. Interpersonal and team skills
Output
1. Lessons learned register
2. Project management plan updates
3. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Monitoring and Controlling Project Work?
6 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
6 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance information
4. Agreements
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
2. Decision making
3. Meetings
Output
1. Work performance reports
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Performing Integrated Change Control?
6 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance reports
4. Change requests
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Change control tools
3. Data analysis
4. Decision making
5. Meetings
Output
1. Approved change requests
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Closing the Project or Phase?
8 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Accepted deliverables
5. Business documents
6. Agreements
7. Procurement documentation
8. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Meetings
Output
1. Project documents updates
2. Final product, service, or result transition
3. Final report
4. Organizational process assets updates
What are the processes for Project Scope Management?
(6 processes)
- Plan scope management
- Collect requirements
- Define scope
- Create WBS
- Validate Scope
- Control Scope
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Scope Management?
4 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Meetings
Output
1. Scope management plan
2. Requirements management plan
What are the ITTOs associated with Collecting Requirements?
7 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project documents
4. Business documents
5. Agreements
6. Enterprise environmental factors
7. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis
4. Decision making
5. Data representation
6. Interpersonal and team skills
7. Context diagram
8. Prototypes
Output
1. Requirements documentation
2. Requirements traceability matrix
What are the ITTOs associated with Defining Scope?
5 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project documents
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Decision making
4. Interpersonal and team skills
5. Product Analysis
Output
1. Project scope statement
2. Project document updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Creating WBS?
4 Inputs
2 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Decomposition
Output
1. Scope baseline
2. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Validating Scope?
4 Inputs
2 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Verified deliverables
4. Work performance data
Tools & Techniques
1. Inspection
2. Decision making
Output
1. Accepted deliverables
2. Work performance information
3. Change requests
4. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Scope?
4 Inputs
1 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Scope Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance data
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Data analysis
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Schedule Management?
(6 processes)
- Plan schedule management
- Define activities
- Sequence Activitities
- Estimate activity durations
- Develop schedule
- Control schedule
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Schedule Management?
4 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
1 Output
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Meetings
Output
1. Schedule management plan
What are the ITTOs associated with Defining Activities?
3 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
5 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Enterprise environmental factors
3. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Decomposition
3. Rolling wave planning
3. Meetings
Output
1. Activity list
2. Activity attributes
3. Milestone list
4. Change requests
5. Project management plan updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Sequencing Activities?
4 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
2. Enterprise environmental factors
3. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Precedence diagramming method
2. Dependency determination and integration
3. Leads and flags
4. Project management information system
Output
1. Project schedule network diagrams
2. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Estimating Activity Durations?
4 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
2. Enterprise environmental factors
3. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Analogous estimating
3. Parametric estimating
4. Three-point estimating
5. Bottom-up estimating
6. Data analysis
7. Decision making
8. Meetings
Output
1. Duration estimates
2. Basis of estimates
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Developing Schedule?
5 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
7 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Agreements
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Schedule network analysis
2. Critical path method
3. Resource optimization
4. Data analysis
5. Leads and lags
6. Schedule compression
7. Project management information system
8. Agile release planning
Output
1. Schedule baseline
2. Project schedule
3. Schedule data
4. Project calendars
5. Change requests
6. Project management plan updates
7. Project douments updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Schedule?
4 Inputs
6 Tools & Techniques
5 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Schedule Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance data
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Data analysis
2. Critical path method
3. Project management information system
4. Resource optimization
5. Leads and lags
6. Schedule compression
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Schedule forecasts
3. Change requests
4. Project management plan updates
5. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Schedule Management?
(6 processes)
- Plan schedule management
- Define activities
- Sequence Activitities
- Estimate activity durations
- Develop schedule
- Control schedule
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Cost Management?
4 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
1 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Cost Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Meetings
Output
1. Cost management plan
What are the ITTOs associated with Estimating Costs?
4 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Cost Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Analogous estimating
3. Parametric estimating
4. Bottom-up estimating
5. Three-point estimating
6. Data analysis
7. Project management information system
8. Decision making
Output
1. Cost estimates
2. Basis of estimates
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Determining Budget?
6 Inputs
6 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Cost Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Business documents
4. Agrements
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Cost aggregation
3. Data analysis
4. Historical information review
5. Funding limit reconciliation
6. Financing
Output
1. Cost baseline
2. Project funding requirements
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Costs?
5 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
5 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Cost Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Project funding requirements
4. Work performance data
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. To-complete performance index
4. Project management information system
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Cost forecasts
3. Change requests
4. Project management plan updates
5. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Quality Management?
(3 processes)
- Plan Quality Management
- Manage Quality
- Control Quality
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Quality Management?
5 Inputs
7 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Quality Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project mangement plan
3. Project documents
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis
4. Decision making
5. Data representation
6. Test and inspection planning
7. Meetings
Output
1. Quality management plan
2. Quality metrics
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Managing Quality?
3 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
5 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Quality Management
Inputs
1. Project mangement plan
2. Project documents
3. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Data gathering
2. Data analysis
3. Decision making
4. Data representation
5. Audits
6. Design for X
7. Problem solving
8. Quality improvement methods
Output
1. Quality reports
2. Test and evalustion documents
3. Change requests
4. Project management plan updates
5. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Quality?
7 Inputs
6 Tools & Techniques
6 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Quality Management
Inputs
1. Project mangement plan
2. Project documents
3. Approved change requests
4. Deliverables
5. Work performance data
6. Enterprise environmental factors
7. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Data gathering
2. Data analysis
3. Inspection
4. Testing/product evaluations
5. Data representation
6. Meetings
Output
1. Quality control measurements
2. Verified deliverables
3. Work performance information
4. Change requests
5. Project management plan updates
6. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Resource Management?
(6 processes)
- Plan Resource Management
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Acquire Resources
- Develop Team
- Manage Team
- Control Resources
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Resource Management?
5 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project documents
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data representation
3. Organizational theory
4. Meetings
Output
1. Resource management plan
2. Team charter
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Estimating Activity Resources?
4 Inputs
7 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Bottom-up estimating
3. Analogous estimating
4. Parametric estimating
5. Data analysis
6. Project management information system
7. Meetings
Output
1. Resource requirements
2. Basis of estimates
3. Resource breakdown structure
4. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Acquiring Resources?
4 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
8 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Decision making
2. Interpersonal and team skills
3. Pre-assignment
4. Virtual teams
Output
1. Physical resource assignments
2. Project team assignments
3. Resource calendars
4. Change requests
5. Project management plan updates
6. Project documents updates
7. Enterprise environmental factors updates
8. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Developing Team?
4 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
6 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Colocation
2. Virtual teams
3. Communication technology
4. Interpersonal and team skills
5. Recognition and rewards
6. Training
7. Individual and team assesments
8. Meetings
Output
1. Team performance assessments
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
5. Enterprise environmental factors updates
6. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Managing Team?
6 Inputs
2 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance reports
4. Team performance assessments
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Interpersonal and team skills
2. Project management information system
Output
1. Change requests
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates
4. Enterprise environmental factors updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Resources?
5 Inputs
4 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Resource Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance data
4. Agreements
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Data analysis
2. Problem solving
3. Interpersonal and team skills
4. Project management information system
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Communications Management?
(3 processes)
- Plan Communications Management
- Manage Communications
- Monitors Communications
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Communications Management?
5 Inputs
8 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Communications Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project documents
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Communication requirements analysis
3. Communication technology
4. Communication models
5. Communication methods
6. Interpersonal and team skills
7. Data representation
8. Meetings
Output
1. Communications management plan
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Managing Communications?
5 Inputs
7 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Communications Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance reports
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Communication technology
2. Communication methods
3. Communication skills
4. Project management information system
5. Project reporting
6. Interpersonal and team skills
7. Meetings
Output
1. Project communications
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates
4. Organizational process assess updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Monitoring Communications?
5 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
4 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Communications Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance data
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Project management information system
3. Data representation
4. Interpersonal and team skills
5. Meetings
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
What are the processes for Project Risk Management?
(7 processes)
- Plan Risk Management
- Identify Risks
- Perform Qualitative. Risk Analysis
- Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Plan Risk Responses
- Implement Risk Responses
- Monitor Risks
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Risk Management?
5 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
1 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Project management plan
3. Project documents
4. Enterprise environmental factors
5. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data analysis
3. Meetings
Output
1. Risk management plan
What are the ITTOs associated with Identifying Risks?
6 Inputs
6 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Agreements
4. Procurement documentation
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis
4. Interpersonal and team skills
5. Prompt lists
6. Meetings
Output
1. Risk register
2. Risk report
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Performing Qualitative Risk Analysis?
4 Inputs
7 Tools & Techniques
1 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis
4. Interpersonal and team skills
5. Risk categorization
6. Data representation
7. Meetings
Output
1. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Performing Quantitative Risk Analysis?
4 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
1 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Interpersonal and team skills
4. Representations of uncertainty
5. Data analysis
Output
1. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Risk Responses?
4 Inputs
9 Tools & Techniques
3 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Interpersonal and team skills
4. Strategies for threats
5. Strategies for opportunities
6. Contingent response strategies
7. Strategies for overall project risk
8. Data analysis
9. Decision making
Output
1. Change requests
2. Project management plan updates
3. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Implementing Risk Responses?
3 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
2 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Interpersonal and team skills
3. Project management information system
Output
1. Change requests
2. Project documents updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Monitoring Risk?
4 Inputs
3 Tools & Techniques
5 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Risk Management
Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project documents
3. Work performance data
4. Work performance reports
Tools & Techniques
1. Data analysis
2. Audits
3. Meetings
Output
1. Work performance information
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
5. Organizational process assets updates
What are the processes for Project Procurement Management?
(3 processes)
- Plan Procurement Management
- Conduct Procurements
- Control Procurements
What are the ITTOs associated with Planning Procurement Management?
6 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
10 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Procurement Management
Inputs
1. Project charter
2. Business documents
3. Project management plan
4. Project documents
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Data gathering
3. Data analysis
4. Source selection analysis
5. Meetings
Output
1. Procurement management plan
2. Procurement strategy
3. Bid documents
4. Procurement statement of work
5. Source selection criteria
6. Make-or-buy decisions
7. Independent cost estimates
8. Change requests
9. Project documents updates
10. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Conducting Procurements?
6 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
6 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Procurement Management
Inputs
1. Project mangement plan
2. Project documents
3. Procurement documentation
4. Seller proposals
5. Enterprise environmental factors
6. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Advertising
3. Bidder conferences
4. Data analysis
5. Interpersonal and team skills
Output
1. Selected sellers
2. Agreements
3. Change requests
4. Project management plan updates
5. Project documents updates
6. Organizational process assets updates
What are the ITTOs associated with Controlling Procurements?
8 Inputs
5 Tools & Techniques
7 Outputs
Knowledge Area: Project Procurement Management
Inputs
1. Project mangement plan
2. Project documents
3. Agreements
4. Procurement documentation
5. Approved change requests
6. Work performance data
7. Enterprise environmental factors
8. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Claims administration
3. Data analysis
4. Inspection
5. Audits
Output
1. Closed procurements
2. Work performance information
3. Procurement documentation updates
4. Change requests
5. Project management plan updates
6. Project documents updates
7. Organizational process assets updates