Question

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) recommends five (5) phases/process groups which are Initiating, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control; and Closing. There are PMBOK ten (10) Knowledge areas as well as tools associated to them.  

a)   Which is PMBOK Knowledge area using a tool of Stakeholder Register?

b)   Which is PMBOK Knowledge area using a tool of Project Charter?

c)      Which are two PMBOK Knowledge areas that use the tool of Resource Levelling?

d)      Which are two PMBOK Knowledge areas that use the tool of WBS?

e)      Which is PMBOK Knowledge area using the tool of risk register?

Answer a) through e) in one text box below:

Answer 1

There are 10 PMBOK knowledge areas that cover 47 process related to the 5 described phases of a process life cycle. The tools associated with the following one are:

(a) Project Stakeholder management is using a tool of Stakeholder register. It has the objective to raise the necessity of stakeholder engagement management. It works in 4 stages:

• Identify Stakeholder.
• Plan Stakeholder management.
• Manage Stakeholder management.
• Control Stakeholder management.

(b) Project Integration Management area of PMBOK using a tool of project charter. Under this knowledge area, processes such as

• Develop Project Charter
• Develop project management plan
• Direct and manage project work

are done.

(c) Project Resource Management and Project Cost Management uses the tool of resource levelling. It talks about :

• Planning HR management
• Acquire project team
• Develop project team
• Manage project team

whereas Project cost management involves managing the costs of the project. It includes the following points:

• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs

(d) Project Scope management and Project Schedule Management are the two tools using WBS(Work Breakdown Structure). Both of them involve the idea of defining activities and creating WBS to work towards a goal.

The steps of Project Scope Management involves:

• Define Scope
• Creating WBS
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope

whereas, the Project Schedule management involves the following steps:

• Define activities
• Sequence activities
• Estimate activity duration
• Develop schedule
• Control schedule

(e) PMBOK knowledge are using the tool of Risk register is Project Risk Management. It is used to identify and analyze the risk and develop reliable responses to deal with it. The steps involved in risk management are as follows:

• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risk
• Perform Qualitative risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative risk Analysis
• Plan responses
• Implement risk responses
• Monitor risks