"Project Management" is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of a particular project. Project management is comprised of Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas.
The five Project Management Process Groups are:
- Initiating Processes,
- Planning Processes,
- Executing Processes,
- Monitoring and Controlling Processes, and
- Closing Processes
The nine Knowledge Areas center on management expertise, which include:
- Project Integration Management,
- Project Scope Management,
- Project Time Management,
- Project Cost Management,
- Project Quality Management,
- Project Human Resources Management,
- Project Communications Management,
- Project Risk Management and
- Project Procurement Management.
