Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Sixth Edition

Defining the Nine Knowledge Areas

The nine Knowledge Areas are part of the PMBOK and are all present in every project management life cycle. They define the processes within each Process Group and often are part of more than one Process Group. This section covers all nine Knowledge Areas. The names of the Knowledge Areas used here are the same as the names used by PMI.

Integration Management

This Knowledge Area addresses the glue that links all of the deliverables from the Process Groups into a unified whole. This linkage begins with the project description document and extends to the project plan and its execution, including monitoring progress against the project plan and the integration of changes, and finally through to project closure.

Scope Management

The major focus of the Scope Management Knowledge Area is the identification and documentation of client requirements. Many ways exist to approach requirements gathering and documentation. The choice of which approach or approaches to use depends on several factors. Following requirements gathering and documentation, you choose the best-fit project management life cycle and develop the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that defines the work to be done to deliver those requirements. That prepares the team and the client with the information they need to estimate time, cost, and resource requirements. The Scope Management Knowledge Area overlaps the Scoping and the Planning Process Groups.

Time Management

Time management includes ...