PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition Overview

Knowledge Areas & Chapter numnbers

Process Groups & Processes Within Groups
 Process section # within PMBOK Chapter; (Course sequence)

Initiation

Planning

Executing

Monitoring & Controlling

Closing

Project Management Integration 4

1 Develop Project Charter (1)

3 Develop Project Management Plan (3)

4 Direct and Manage Project Execution (26)

5 Monitor and Control Project Work (33)
6 Perform Integrated Change Control (37)

7 Close Project or Phase (39)

Project Scope Management 5

 

1 Collect Requirements (4)
2 Define Scope (5)
 3 Create WBS (6)

  

4 Verify Scope (38)
5 Control Scope (31)

  

Project Time Management 6

  

1 Define Activities (8)
2 Sequence Activities (9)
3 Estimate Resources (10)
4 Estimate Durations (11)
5 Develop Schedule (12)

  

6 Schedule Control (32)

  

Project Cost Management 7

  

1 Estimate Costs (13)
2 Determine Budget (14)

  

3 Control Costs (30)

  

Project Quality Management 8

  

1 Plan Quality (15)

2 Perform Quality Assurance (28)

3 Perform Quality Control (27)

  

Project Human Resource Management 9

  

1 Develop Human Resource Plan (16)

2 Acquire Project Team (23)
3 Develop Project Team (24)
4 Manage Project Team (25)

 

Project Communications Management 10

 1 Idenify Stakeholders (2)

2 Plan Communications (17)

3 Distribute Information (34)
4 Manage Stakeholder Expectations (36)

5 Report Performance (35)

  

Project Risk Management 11

  

1 Plan Risk Management (18)
2 Identify Risks (19)
3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis (20)
4 Perform Quantative Risk Analysis (21)
5 Plan Risk Responses (22)

  

6 Risk Monitoring and Control (29)

  

Project Procurement Management 12

  

1 Plan Procurements (7)

2 Conduct Procurements (40)

3 Aministrater Procurements (41)

4 Close Procurements (42)