PRESENTED BY TRUST THOMAS EROMOSELE STUDENT NO: 125385

PRESENTED BY
TRUST THOMAS EROMOSELE
STUDENT NO: 125385
Project Management
Body of Knowledge
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A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®
Guide)
 The PMBOK® is an inclusive
term that describes the sum of
knowledge within the profession
of project management
 PMBOK® Guide Identifies and
describes that subset of the
project management body of
knowledge that is generally
accepted
The Definition of a “Project”
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Program: an exceptionally large, long-range
objective that is broken down into a set of projects
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Project: a specific, finite task to be accomplished
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Task: set of activities comprising a project
A Guide to the Project Management Body
of Knowledge
(PMBOK® Guide)
Key Players
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Stakeholders
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Anyone actively involved, or have an interest at stake
in the project
May have influence, responsibility, and authority over
the project
Project Team
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Individuals that are performing the project work
Typically involves the use of cross-functional teams
Project Management Team
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Project team members that have management
responsibilities for the project
Key Players
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Project Manager
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The individual with overall responsibility for the
project
Project Sponsor
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The individual with the authority and resources
needed to champion the project effort
Typically functions as the linking pin between the
project and the parent organization
Customer
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The individual/organization that represents the enduser of the project’s resulting product or service
PMI Standards
Background
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 1969 – PMI founded
 1983 – PMI Special Report on Ethic, Standards, and
Accreditation – the Standards portion was The Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
 1987 – PMBOK Standard was published
 1996 – A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK® Guide) [first edition] was published
 1999 – PMI accredited as a Standards Development
Organization (SDO) by ANSI
 2000 – The PMBOK® Guide - 2000 Edition
PMBOK
(Project Management Body of Knowledge)
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 PMBOK guidelines consist of five process group
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Initiating
Planning
Executing
Controlling
Closing
PMBOK
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 PMBOK five process groups
PMBOK Process Groups
and Knowledge Areas
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Knowledge Areas
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 The knowledge areas represent the body of
knowledge that a project manager must have in
order to consistently deliver successful projects that
meet a customer’s expectations in terms of scope,
time, cost, and quality of the project deliverables
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PMBOK
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 PMBOK nine knowledge areas
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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
Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Integration Management:Describes
the processes and methods required to identify,
define, combine, unify, and coordinate the
various processes with the other eight
knowledge areas
 Component Processes:Develop project charter,
develop project management plan, direct and
manage project execution, monitor and control
project work, perform integrated change control,
and close project or phase
3-12
Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Scope Management:Describes the
processes and methods required to ensure that the
project delivers exactly what the customer requested
and only what the customer requested to create a
successful project
 Component Processes:Collect requirements, define
scope,create WBS, verify scope, and control scope
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Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Time ManagementDescribes the
processes and methods required to create and
manage appropriate schedules to complete the
project
 Component Processes:Define activities, sequence
activities, estimate activity resources, estimate
activity durations, develop schedule,and control
schedule
3-14
Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Cost ManagementDescribes the processes
and methods required to create and manage the
project budget
 Component Processes:Estimate costs, determine
budget, and control cost
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Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Quality Management Describes the
processes and methods required to ensure that the
project delivers the stated and implied needs for
which it was designed
 Component Processes:Plan quality, perform quality
assurance, and perform quality control
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Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Human Resources Management
Describes the processes and methods required to
eeffectively use the people associated with the
project
 Component Processes:Develop human resources
plan, acquire project team, develop project team, and
manage project team
3-17
Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Communications Management
Describes the processes and methods required to
create, collect, disseminate, and store information
about the project
 Component Processes:Identify stakeholders, plan
communications, distribute information, manage
stakeholder expectations, report performance
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Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Risk ManagementDescribes the processes
and methods required to identify, quantify, and
control risks associated with the project
 Component Processes:Plan risk management,
identify risks, perform qualitative risk analysis,
perform quantitative risk analysis,plan risk
responses, and monitor and control risk
3-19
Knowledge Areas: Definitions
and Component Processes
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Procurement ManagementDescribes
the processes and methods required to acquire and
manage goods and resources from a source outside
the project team
 Component Processes:Plan procurements, conduct
procurements, administer procurements, close
procurements
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PMBOK Initiating
Processes
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Initiation (5.1)—committing the organization to begin
the next phase of the project.
PMBOK Planning
Processes
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 Scope Planning —developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project
decisions.
 Scope Definition —subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more
manageable components.
 Activity Definition —identifying the specific activities that must be performed to produce
the various project deliverables.
 Activity Sequencing —identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies.
 Activity Duration Estimating —estimating the number of work periods which will be
needed to complete individual activities.
 Schedule Development —analyzing activity sequences, activity durations, and resource
requirements to create the project schedule.
PMBOK Planning
Processes. cont.
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 Resource Planning —determining what resources (people,
equipment, materials) and what quantities of each should
be used to perform project activities.
 Cost Estimating —developing an approximation (estimate)
of the costs of the resources needed to complete project
activities.
 Cost Budgeting —allocating the overall cost estimate to
individual work items.
 Project Plan Development —taking the results of other
planning processes and putting them into a consistent,
coherent document.
PMBOK Planning
Processes cont.
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 Quality Planning —identifying which quality standards
are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy
them.
 Organizational Planning —identifying, documenting, and
assigning project roles, responsibilities, and reporting
relationships.
 Staff Acquisition —getting the human resources needed
assigned to and working on the project.
 Communications Planning —determining the information
and communications needs of the stakeholders: who
needs what information, when will they need it, and how
will it be given to them
PMBOK Planning
Processes cont.
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 Risk Identification —determining which risks are likely to
affect the project and documenting the characteristics of
each.
 Risk Quantification —evaluating risks and risk
interactions to assess the range of possible project
outcomes.
 Risk Response Development —defining enhancement
steps for opportunities and responses to threats.
 Procurement Planning —determining what to procure
and when.
 Solicitation Planning —documenting product
requirements and identifying potential sources
PMBOK Executing
Processes
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PMBOK Executing
Processes
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 Project Plan Execution —carrying out the project
plan by performing the activities included therein.
 Scope Verification —formalizing acceptance of the
project scope.
 Quality Assurance —evaluating overall project
performance on a regular basis to provide confidence
that the project will satisfy the relevant quality
standards.
 Team Development —developing individual and
group skills to enhance project performance.
PMBOK Executing
Processes cont.
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 Information Distribution —making needed
information available to project stakeholders in a
timely manner.
 Solicitation —obtaining quotations, bids, offers, or
proposals as appropriate.
 Source Selection —choosing from among potential
sellers.
 Contract Administration —managing the
relationship with the seller.
PMBOK Controlling
Processes
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PMBOK Controlling
Processes
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 Overall Change Control —coordinating changes
across the entire project.
 Scope Change Control —controlling changes to
project scope.
 Schedule Control —controlling changes to the
project schedule.
 Cost Control —controlling changes to the project
budget.
PMBOK Controlling
Processes cont.
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 Quality Control —monitoring specific project results
to determine if they comply with relevant quality
standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes
of unsatisfactory performance.
 Performance Reporting —collecting and
disseminating performance information. This
includes status reporting, progress measurement,
and forecasting.
 Risk Response Control —responding to changes in
risk over the course of the project.
PMBOK Closing
Processes
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PMBOK Closing
Processes
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 Administrative Closure —generating, gathering, and
disseminating information to formalize phase or
project completion.
 Contract Close-out —completion and settlement of
the contract, including resolution of any open items
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