Project Management Knowledge Areas

The processes are grouped into the project process groups and project management knowledge areas. The knowledge areas are processes that have the same characteristics. While cost estimating and cost budgeting are part of the planning process group and cost control is part of the monitoring and control process group, all three would be in the Project cost management knowledge area. There are nine knowledge areas:

• 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
• Project Procurement Management