The project management phases intersect with 10 knowledge areas, which
include integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources,
communication, risk procurement, and stakeholder management.
1 Integration management: Developing a
project charter
1 Initiating phase
2 Stakeholder management: Identifying
stakeholders
1 Integration management: Developing a
project management plan
2 Scope management: Defining and
managing scope, creating a work breakdown
structure (WBS), and requirements gathering
3 Time management: Planning, defining,
and developing schedules, activities,
estimating resources and activity durations
4 Costs management: Planning and
estimating costs, and determining budgets
5 Quality management: Planning and
identifying quality requirements
2 Planning phase
6 Human Resource management: Planning
and identifying human resource needs
7 Communications management: Planning
communications
8 Risk management: Planning for and
identifying potential risks, performing
qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and
planning risk mitigation strategies
9 Procurement management: Planning for
and identifying required procurements
10 Stakeholder management: Planning for
stakeholder expectations
1 Integration management: Directing and
managing all work for the project
Project Manager
2 Quality management: Performing all
aspects of managing quality
3 Human resource management: Selecting,
developing, and managing the project team
3 Executing
4 Communications management: Managing
all aspects of communications
5 Procurement management: Take action
on securing necessary procurements
6 Stakeholder management: Managing all
stakeholder expectations
1 Integration management: Monitoring and
controlling the project work and managing any
necessary changes
2 Scope management: Validating and
controlling the scope of the project
3 Time management: Controlling the scope
of the project
4 Costs management: Controlling project
costs
4 Monitoring and controlling
5 Quality management: Controlling the
quality of deliverables
6 Communications management:
Controlling all team and stakeholder
communications
7 Procurement management: Controlling
procurements
8 Stakeholder management: Controlling
stakeholder engagements
1 Integration management: Closing all
phases of the project
5 Closing
2 Procurement management: Closing all
project procurements