1. Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
Knowledge
Areas
Initiation
Process
Planning
Process
Execution
Process
Monitoring
Process
Closing
Process
4. Project
Integration
Management (7)
4.1 Develop
Project
Charter
4.2 Develop Project
Management Plan
4.3 Direct and
Manage Project
Work
4.4 Manage Project
Knowledge
4.5 Monitor and
Control Project
Work
4.6 Perform
Integrated Change
Control
4.7 Close
Project or
Phase
5. Project Scope
Management (6)
5.1 Plan Scope
Management
5.2 Collect
Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create WBS
5.5 Validate Scope
5.6 Control Scope
6. Project
Schedule
Management (6)
6.1 Plan Schedule
Management
6.2 Define Activities
6.3 Sequence Activities
6.4 Estimate Activity
Durations
6.5 Develop Schedule
6.6 Control
Schedule
7. Project Cost
Management (4)
7.1 Plan Cost
Management
7.2 Estimate Costs
7.3 Determine Budget
7.4 Control Cost
8. Project Quality
Management (3)
8.1 Plan Quality
Management
8.2 Manage Quality 8.3 Control Quality
9. Project
Resource
Management (6)
9.1 Plan Resource
Management
9.2 Estimate Activity
Resources
9.3 Acquire
Resources
9.4 Develop Team
9.5 Manage Team
9.6 Control
Resources
10. Project
Communication
Management (3)
10.1 Plan
Communications
Management
10.2 Manage
Communications
10.3 Monitor
Communications
11. Project Risk
Management (7)
11.1 Plan Risk
Management
11.2 Identify Risks
11.3 Perform
Qualitative Risk
Analysis
11.4 Perform
Quantitative Risk
Analysis
11.5 Plan Risk
Responses
11.6 Implement Risk
responses
11.7 Monitor Risks
12. Project
Procurement
Management (3)
12.1 Plan Procurement
Management
12.2 Conduct
Procurements
12.3 Control
Procurements
13. Project
Stakeholder
Management (4)
13.1 Identify
Stakeholders
13.2 Plan Stakeholder
Engagement
13.3 Manage
Stakeholder
Engagement
13.4 Monitor
Stakeholder
Engagement
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2. Project Integration Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
INTEGRATION
Develop
Project Charter
A project charter is
developed that
authorizes the project
and links it with the
strategic objectives of
the organization.
1. Business Documents
2. Agreements
3. Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4. Organizational Process
Asset
1. Expert Judgment
2. Data Gathering
3. Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4. Meetings
1. Project Charter
2. Assumption Log
Develop
Project
Management
Plan
The content and goal
of this process are
defining, preparing
and coordinating all
plan components.
1. Project Charter
2. Outputs from Other
Processes
3. Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4. Organizational Process
Assets
1. Expert Judgment
2. Data Gathering
3. Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4. Meetings
1. Project Management
Plan
Direct and
Manage
Project
Execution
This process comprises
leading and
performing the work
that was defined in
the project
management plan as
well as implementing
approved changes,
1. Project Management Plan
2. Project Documents
3. Approved Changed
Requests
4. Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1. Expert Judgment
2. Project Management
Information System
3 .Meetings
1. Deliverables
2. Work Performance Data
Issue Log
2. Change Requests
4. Project Management
Plan Updates
5. Project Document
Updates
6. Organizational Process
Assets Updates
Manage
Project
Knowledge
This process describes
the use of existing and
the creation of new
pieces of knowledge
in order to achieve
the project objectives
and support
organizational
learning
1. Project Management Plan
2. Project Documents
3. Deliverables
4. Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5. Organizational Process
Assets
1. Expert Judgment
2. Knowledge
Management
3. Information
Management
4. Interpersonal And Team
Skills
1. Lessons Learned Register
2. Project Management
Plan Updates
3. Organizational Process
Assets Updates
Monitor and
Control Project
Work
Ensure the overall
progress is tracked,
reviewed and
reported to meet the
performance
objectives defined in
the project
management plan.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance
Information
4 Agreements
5 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
6 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Analysis
3 Decision Making
Meetings
1 Work Performance
Reports
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Document
Updates
Perform
Integrated
Change
Control
The content of this
process is reviewing all
change requests,
getting approval for
changes, and
managing changes to
deliverables,
documents and plans
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Reports
4 Change Requests
5 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Change Control Tools
3 Data Analysis
4 Decision Making
Meetings
1 Approved Change
Requests
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Document
Updates
Close Project
or Phase
In the ‘close’ process,
all activities of a
project, a phase or a
contract are finalized.
This includes archiving
project or phase
information as well as
releasing team
resources
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Accepted Deliverables
5 Business Documents
Agreements
6 Procurement
Documentation
7 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Analysis
3 Meetings
1 Project Documents
Updates
2 Final Product, Service, or
Result Transition
3 Final Report
4 Organizational Process
Assets Updates
3. Project Scope Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
SCOPE
Plan Scope
Management
The goal of this
process is to create a
scope management
plan that sets out the
framework of the
definition, validation
and controlling of the
project and product
scope
1Project Charter
2Project Management Plan
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Analysis
3 Meetings
1 Scope Management
Plan
2 Requirements
Management Plan
Collect
Requirements
Determines,
documents, and
manages stakeholder
needs and
requirements which
are performed in
order to meet the
project objectives. This
process helps create
the foundation of the
project and product
scope.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Business Documents
Agreements
5 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
6 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Gathering
3 Data Analysis
4 Decision Making
5 Data Representations
6 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
7 Context Diagrams
Prototypes
1 Requirements
Documentation
2 Requirements
Traceability Matrix
Define Scope This process is about
developing a detailed
description of the
project and product,
incl. the result
boundaries and
acceptance criteria.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Analysis
3 Decision Making
4 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
5 Product Analysis
1 Project Scope
Statement
2 Project Document
Updates
Create Work
Breakdown
Structure
Creating the work
breakdown structure
means breaking down
project deliverables
and project work into
relatively small and
manageable
components.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Decomposition
1 Scope Baseline
2 Project Document
Updates
Validate
Scope
This process formalizes
the acceptance of
the completed
project deliverables. It
sets out the objectivity
and the procedure of
acceptance of the
final product based
on the acceptance of
each deliverable
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Verified Deliverables
4 Work Performance Data
1 Inspection
2 Decision Making
1 Accepted Deliverables
2 Work Performance
Information
3 Change Requests
4 Project Document
Updates
Control Scope This process sets out
the monitoring of the
project status and
product scope as well
as the management
of changes to the
scope baseline. It also
ensures that the
scope baseline is
accurately
maintained and
updated ongoing
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Data Analysis 1 Work Performance
Information
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
4. Project Time Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
TIME
Plan Schedule
Management
This process contains
the establishment of
policies, procedures,
and documentation
of the project
schedule
management.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Analysis
3 Meetings
1 Schedule Management
Plan
Define
Activities
In this process, the
actions needed to
produce the project
deliverables are
identified and
defined.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
3 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Decomposition
3 Rolling Wave Planning
4 Meetings
1 Activity List
2 Activity Attributes
3 Milestone List
4 Change Requests
5 Project Management
Plan Updates
Sequence
Activities
This process comprises
the identification and
documentation of the
relationships among
the project activities.
1Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Precedence
Diagramming Method
(PDM)
2 Dependency
Determination And
Integration
3 Leads & Lags
4 Project Management
Information System
1 Project Schedule
2 Network Diagrams
3 Project Document
Updates
Estimate
Activity
Durations
In this process, the
durations to perform
each activity are
estimated.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
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
1. Duration Estimates
2. Basis Of Estimates
3. Project Documents
Updates
Develop
Schedule
When developing the
project schedule,
activity sequences,
durations, resource
requirements, and
schedule constraints
are taken into
consideration.
1. Project Management Plan
2. Project Documents
3. Agreements
4. Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5. Organizational Process
Assets
1. Schedule Network
Analysis
2. Critical Path Method
3. Resource Optimization
4. Data Analysis
5. Leads and Lags
6. Schedule Compression
7. Project Management
8. information System
9. Agile Release Planning
1 Schedule Baseline
2 Project Schedule
3 Schedule Data
4. Project Calendars
5. Change Requests
6. Project Management
7. Plan Updates
8. Project Documents
Updates
Control
Schedule
This process defines
the monitoring of the
project status in order
to update the project
schedule as well as
the management of
changes to the
schedule baseline
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Data Analysis
2 Critical Path Method
3 Project Management
4 Information System
5 Resource Optimization
6 Leads and Lags
7 Schedule Compression
1 Work Performance
Information
2 Schedule Forecasts
3 Change Requests
4 Project Management
5 Plan Updates
6 Project Documents
Updates
5. Project Cost Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
COST
Plan Cost
Management
This process is about
defining the
approaches and
procedures to
estimate, budget,
manage, monitor and
control project costs.
1. Project charter
2. Project management
plan
3. Enterprise environmental
factors
4. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Data Analysis
3. Meetings
1. Cost Management Plan
Estimate Costs In this process, an
approximation of the
cost of required
resources is estimated.
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise environmental
factors
4. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert Judgement
2. Analogous estimating
3. Parametric estimating
4. Three Point estimating
5. Bottom-up estimating
6. Data Analysis
7. Decision marking
8. PMIS
1. Cost estimates
2. Basis of estimates
3. Project document
updates
Determine
Budget
Aggregation of the
estimated cost of all
activities and work
packages which is the
foundation of the
authorized cost
baseline.
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Business documents
4. Agreements
5. Enterprise enviromental
factors
6. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Cost aggregation
3. Reserve analysis
4. Historical information
review
5. Funding limit
reconciliation
6. Financing
1. Cost baseline
2. Project funding
requirements
3. Project document
updates
Control Costs This process is about
monitoring, managing
and updating actual
and planned project
costs as well as the
cost baseline
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Project funding
requirements
4. Work performance data
5. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Data Analysis
3. To complete
performance index (TCPI)
4. Project management
information system (PMIS)
1. Work Performance
Information
2. Cost forecasts
3. Change requests
4. Project management
plan updates
5. Project documents
updates
6. Project Quality Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
QUALITY
Plan Quality
Management
In this process, quality
requirements and
standards are
identified. One of the
outputs is the
documentation of
how they are
maintained ongoing.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Data Gathering
3 Data Analysis
4 Decision Making
5 Data Representation
6 Test and Inspection
Planning
7 Meetings
1 Quality Management
Plan
2 Quality Metrics
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
Manage
Quality
This process is the
transformation of the
quality management
plan into individual
activities that
incorporate the
quality
requirements/standar
ds into the project.
Thus, it facilitates
achieving the quality
goals and identifying
ineffective processes
and causes of poor
quality
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Data Gathering
2 Data Analysis
3 Decision Making
4 Data Representation
Audits
5 Design for X
6 Problem Solving
7 Quality Improvement
Methods
1 Quality Reports
2 Test and Evaluation
Documents
3 Change Requests
4 Project Management
Plan Updates
5 Project Documents
Updates
Control Quality The content of this
process is the
monitoring and
controlling of the
results of quality
management
activities. This also
includes verifying that
project deliverables
and the project work
are in line with the
requirements for final
acceptance
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Approved Change
Requests
4 Deliverables
5 Work Performance Data
6 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
7 Organizational Process
Assets
1Data Gathering
2 Data Analysis
3 Inspection
4 Testing/Product
Evaluation
5 Data Representation
Meetings
1 Quality Control
Measurements
2 Verified Deliverables
3 Work Performance
Information
4 Change Requests
5 Project Management
Plan Updates
6 Project Document
Updates
7. Project Resource Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
HUMAN RESOURCE
Plan Resource
Management
This process is about
defining how the
team and physical
resources will be
estimated, acquired,
managed, and used
during the project.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management
Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Data Representation
3 Organizational Theory
Meetings
1 Resource Management
Plan
2 Team Charter
3 Project Documents
Updates
Estimate Activity
Resources
This process contains
the estimation of the
team headcount
and physical
resources that are
needed to perform
project work.
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Bottom-Up Estimating
3 Analogous Estimating
4 Parametric Estimating
5 Data Analysis
6 Project Management
Information System
7 Meetings
1 Resource Requirements
2 Basis of Estimates
3 Resource Breakdown
Structure
4 Project Documents
Updates
Acquire
Resources
In this process, team
members are hired
and on-boarded and
physical resources
are acquired. This
includes the
selection of sources
as well as the
assignment of
resources to specific
activities
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Decision Making
2 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
3 Pre-Assignment
4 Virtual Teams
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
Develop Team This process aims to
improve skills and
competencies,
interactions and the
environment of
project teams in
order to enhance
the overall project
performance
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Colocation
2 Virtual Teams
3 Communication
Technology
4 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
5 Recognition and
Rewards
6 Training
7 Individual and Team
Assessments
8 Meetings
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
Manage Team This process includes
performance
tracking, feedback,
and management of
changes and
adjustments to the
project team.
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance
Reports
3 Team Performance
Assessments
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
2 Project Management
Information System
1 Change Requests
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Documents
Updates
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors Updates
Control
Resources
This process helps
ensure that the
physical resources
are available and
utilized as planned.
This may also include
corrective actions if
required.
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
Agreements
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Data Analysis
2 Problem Solving
3 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4 Project Management
Information System
1 Work Performance
Information
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
8. Project Communications Management
Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
COMMUNICATIONS
Plan
Communication
s Management
In this process, the
approach and plan
for project
communications
are developed.
Thereby,
stakeholders’ and
the project’s
information needs
as well as available
organizational
assets are taken
into account
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Communication
Requirements Analysis
3 Communication
Technology
4 Communication Models
5 Communication Methods
6 Interpersonal And Team
Skills
7 Data Representation
Meetings
1. Communications
Management Plan
2. Project Management
Plan Updates
3. Project Documents
Update
Manage
Communication
s
Manage
communications is
the ongoing
process of ensuring
timely and
appropriate
communication in
order to facilitate
an efficient and
effective
information flow
between the
project team and
stakeholders.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Reports
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Communication
Technology
2 Communication Methods
3 Communication Skills
4 Project Management
Information System
5 Project Reporting
Interpersonal and Team
Skills
6 Meetings
1 Project
Communications
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Document
Updates
4 Organizational Process
Assets Updates
Monitor
Communication
s
This process makes
sure that the
information needs
of the project and
the stakeholders are
met properly and
timely
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
4 Enterprise Environment
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Project Management
Information System
3 Data Representation
Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4 Meetings
1 Work Performance
Information
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4Project Documents
Updates
9. Project Risk Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
RISK
Plan Risk
Responses
This process comprises the
planning of risk
management activities for
the project which includes
tailoring of risk
management
considerations to the
individual situation
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Projects Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Gathering
3 Interpersonal and
Team Skills
4 Strategies for Threats
5 Contingent Response
Strategies
6 Strategies for Overall
Project Risk
7 Data Analysis
8 Decision Making
1 Change Requests
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Documents
Updates
Identify Risks This process focuses on
identifying and
documenting individual
risks as well as sources of
overall project risks.
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Agreements
4. Procurement
documentation
5. Enterprise enviromental
factors
6. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Data Gathering
3. Data Analysis
4. Interpersonal and
team skills
5. Prompt Lists
6. Meetings
1. Risk register
2. Risk report
3. Project documents
updates
Perform
Qualitative
Risk Analysis
In the process of
qualitative risk analysis, the
probability and the
potential impact of
individual project risks are
assessed, which is the basis
for their prioritization
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise enviromental
factors
4. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Data Gathering
3. Data Analysis
4. Interpersonal and
team skills
5. Risk categorization
6. Data representation
7. Meetings
1. Project Documents
Update
Perform
Quantitative
Risk Analysis
This process consists of
statistical analyses (e.g.
Monte Carlo simulation) of
identified individual project
risks and other sources of
ambiguity or uncertainty.
This is typically not applied
to small or less critical
projects
1. Project management
plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise enviromental
factors
4. Organizational process
assets
1. Expert judgment
2. Data Gathering
3. Interpersonal and
team skills
4. Representations of
uncertainty
5. Data Analysis
1. Project Document
Update
Plan Risk
Responses
In this process, the ways to
address overall and
individual project risks are
identified and assessed,
incl. definition of activities
as potential risk responses.
1. Project mangement
plan
2. Project documents
3. Enterprise enviromental
factors
4. Organizational process
assets
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 risks
8. Data Analysis
9. Decision making
1. Change requests
2. Project management
plan updates
3. Project document
updates
Implement
Risk Responses
This process is conducted
when risks require a
response, i.e. the previously
selected risk responses
(activities) are
implemented
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Interpersonal and
Team Skills
3 Project Management
Information System
1 Change Requests
2 Project Documents
Updates
Monitor Risks In this process, risk
responses and identified
risks are monitored and
tracked. In addition, new
risks are identified and
assessed.
1 Project Management
Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
4 Work Performance
Reports
1 Data Analysis
2 Audits
3 Meetings
1 Work Performance
Information
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
5 Organizational Process
Assets Updates
10. Project Procurement Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
PROCUREMENT
Plan
Procurement
Management
Planning procurement
management
includes documenting
the way project
procurement
decisions are made,
specifying the
approach and
identifying potential
sellers.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Projects Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Gathering
3 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4 Strategies for Threats
5 Contingent Response
Strategies
6 Strategies for Overall
Project Risk
7 Data Analysis
8 Decision Making
1 Change Requests
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Documents
Updates
Conduct
Procurements
This process comprises
selecting a seller and
implementing the
agreements and
contracts for delivery.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgement
2 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
3 Project Management
Information System
1 Change Requests
2 Project Documents
Updates
Control
Procurements
In this process,
procurement
relationships are
managed and
contract performance
is monitored. This may
also extend to
changes and
corrections as well as
closing out contracts.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
Agreements
3 Procurement
Documentation
4 Approved Change
Requests
5 Work Performance Data
6 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
7 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Claims Administration
3 Data Analysis
4 Inspection
5 Audits
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
11. Project Stakeholder Management
Knowledge Areas Major Processes Primary Inputs Tools & Techniques Primary Outputs
STAKEHOLDER
Identify
Stakeholders
This process implies
identifying
stakeholders and their
respective interests,
involvement, power,
and potential impact
on the project
1 Project Charter
2 Business Documents
3 Project Management Plan
4 Project Documents
Agreements
5 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
6 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Gathering
3 Data Analysis
3 Data Representation
Meetings
1 Stakeholder Register
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
Plan
Stakeholder
Engagement
This planning process
is about developing
how to involve
stakeholders and how
to interact effectively
with them during the
project.
1 Project Charter
2 Project Management Plan
3 Project Documents
Agreements
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Data Gathering
3 Data Analysis
4 Decision Making
5 Data Representation
6 Meetings
1 Stakeholder
Engagement Plan
Manage
Stakeholder
Engagement
The management of
stakeholder
engagement includes
communicating and
working with
stakeholders to meet
their needs and
expectations. The
goal of this process is
to ensure their support
and reduce resistance
from stakeholders.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
4 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Expert Judgment
2 Communication Skills
3 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
4 Ground Rules
Meetings
1 Change Requests
2 Project Management
Plan Updates
3 Project Documents
Updates
Monitor
Stakeholder
Engagement
This process describes
the monitoring of
relationships and the
adjustment of
strategies in order to
engage stakeholders
in an optimal way.
1 Project Management Plan
2 Project Documents
3 Work Performance Data
4 Enterprise Environmental
Factors
5 Organizational Process
Assets
1 Data Analysis
2 Decision Making
3 Data Representation
4 Communication Skills
5 Interpersonal and Team
Skills
6 Meetings
1 Work Performance
Information
2 Change Requests
3 Project Management
Plan Updates
4 Project Documents
Updates
Adapted from PMBOK™ guide 6th
Edition
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Last update: Feb 19, 2021
