Project management

Explain the project process flow through the five process
groups.
Analyze the Project Management Framework to identify relationships between process groups and knowledge
management areas.
Purpose
For this Assignment, you will begin by examining the project management knowledge areas, and then you will
write a paper that demonstrates your ability to apply what you have learned. The PMP certification exam
requires that the PMP candidate be capable of tracing the PM activities through the 49 processes. Know which
process outputs become inputs to another process.
Assignment Instructions
Examine The Standard for Project Management Section 1 of the PMBOK Guide which maps out the Project
Management Processes to the Project Management Process Groups and the Project Management Knowledge
Areas. Write a one- to two-page paper describing what this mapping is trying to achieve. Be sure to correlate
how the 49 project management processes within the nine knowledge areas are applied to a project over its
lifecycle using the five process groups.