Process Groups and Knowledge Areas

Question 1

What are the 5 Process Groups?

Answer 1

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

Question 2

What are the 10 Knowledge Areas?

Answer 2

Integration, Scope, Time, Cost
Quality, Human Resources, Communications
Risk, Procurement, Stakeholders

Question 3

What are the Project Integration Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 3

Integration Management has 6 Processes in 5 Process Groups:
Develop Charter (Initiating), Develop Project Management Plan (Planning), Work and Manage Project (Executing)
Monitor and Control Project (Monitoring and Controlling) Perform Integrated Change Control (Monitoring and Controlling), Close Project or Phase (Closing)

Question 4

What are the Project Scope Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 4

Scope Management has 6 processes in 2 Process Groups:
Develop Scope Management Plan (Planning)
Collect Requirements (Planning)
Define Scope (Planning)
Create WBS (Planning)
Validate Scope (Monitoring and Controlling)
Control Scope (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 5

What are the Project Time Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 5

Time Management has 7 processes in 2 Process Groups:
Develop Time Management Plan (Planning), Define Activities (Planning)
Sequence Activities(Planning), Estimate Activity Resources (Planning)
Estimate Activity Durations (Planning), Develop Schedule (Planning)
Control Schedule (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 6

What are the Project Cost Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 6

Cost Management has 4 processes in 2 Process Groups:
Develop Cost Management Plan (Planning)
Estimate Costs (Planning)
Develop Budget (Planning)
Control Costs (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 7

What are the Project Quality Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 7

Quality Management has 3 processes in 3 Process Groups:
Develop Quality Management Plan (Planning)
Perform Quality Assurance (Executing)
Control Quality (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 8

What are the Project Human Resources Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 8

Human Resources Management has 4 processes in 2 Process Groups:
Develop Human Resources Plan (Planning)
Acuire Team (Executing)
Develop Team (Executing)
Manage Team (Executing)

Question 9

What are the Project Communications Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 9

Communications Management has 3 processes in 3 Process Groups:
Develop Communication Management Plan (Planning)
Manage Communications (Executing)
Control Communications (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 10

What are the Project Risk Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 10

Risk Management has 6 processes in 2 Process Groups:
Develop Risk Management Plan (Planning), Identify Risks (Planning)
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis (Planning),Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis (Planning),Plan Risk Response (Planning)
Control Risk (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 11

What are the Project Procurement Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 11

Project Procurement Management has 4 processes in 4 Process Groups:
Develop Procurement Plan (Planning)
Conduct Procurements (Executing)
Control Procurements (Monitoring and Controlling)
Close Procurements (Closing)

Question 12

What are the Project Stakeholder Management Processes and what Process groups are each in?

Answer 12

Stakeholder Management has 4 processes in 4 Processes Groups:
Identify Stakeholders (Initiating)
Develop Stakeholder Management Plan (Planning)
Manage Stakeholder Engagement (Executing)
Control Stakeholder Engagement (Monitoring and Controlling)

Question 13

What are the only two processes in the Initiating Process Group and what 2 Knowledge areas are they in?

Answer 13

Develop Project Charter (Project Integration Management)
Identify Stakeholders ( Project Stakeholder Management)

Question 14

What are the only two processes in the Closing Process Group and what 2 Knowledge areas are they in?

Answer 14

Close Project or Phase (Project Integration Management)
Close Procurements (Project Procurement Management)

Question 15

What is the only Knowledge area that does not have a process in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Answer 15

Project Management Human Resources.
It has 4 Processes none of which are in the Monitoring and Controlling Group:
Develop Human Resources Plan (Planning)
Acuire Team (Executing)
Develop Team (Executing)
Manage Team (Executing)

Question 16

How man processes are there within the Knowledge Groups?

Answer 16

There are 47 total processes

Question 17

How many processes are there in the Initiating Process Group?

Answer 17

The Initiating Process Group has 2 processes
Develop Project Charter (Project Integration Management)
Identify Stakeholders ( Project Stakeholder Management)

Question 18

What Process Group has the most processes and how many are there?

Answer 18

The Planning Process Group has the most processes with 24 in total

Question 19

How many processes are in the Executing Process Group?

Answer 19

The Executing Process Group has 7 Processes
Direct and Manage Work (Integration)
Perform Quality Assurance (Quality)
Acquire Team, Develop Team, Manage Team (HR)
Manage Communications (Comm.)
Conduct Procurements (Procurements)
Manage Stakeholder Engagement (Stakeholder)

Question 20

How many processes are in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Answer 20

There are 11 processes in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group.

*Only one of these processes does not have the word Control in it’s name, Validate Scope from the Project Scope Management Knowledge Area