PMBOK has 9 knowledge areas and 5 basic process groups typical of almost all projects. These knowledge areas are Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project Human Resource Management, Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, and Project Procurement Management.
The 5 basic process groups are initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing.
This knowledge area focuses on the larger tasks that must be done for the project to work. It is the practice of making certain that every part of the project is coordinated.
In Integration Management, the project is initiated, the project plan is planned and executed, the work is monitored and verification of the results of the work is performed. As the project ends the project manager also performs the tasks associated with closing the project.
This knowledge area involves control of the scope of the project. It involves management of the requirements, details and processes. Changes to the scope should be handled in a structured, procedural, and controlled manner.
The goal of scope management is to define the need, set the expectations, deliver to the expectations, manage changes, and minimize surprises and gain acceptance of the project.
In Scope Management, the project is planned, monitored and controlled.
Project Time Management is concerned with resources, activities, scheduling and schedule management.
This area of knowledge involves defining and sequencing activities and estimating the duration and resources needed for each activity. The goal is to build the project schedule subsequently to manage changes and updates to the schedule.
In Time Management, the project is planned, monitored and controlled.
This knowledge area includes cost estimating and budgeting. After the cost