George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Which is/was the most difficult PMBOK knowledge area for you to study?
1.Project Integration Management : the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups.
2.Project Scope management : the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
3.Project Time Management : the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project.
4.Project Cost Management : the processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing, and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.
5.Project Quality Management : the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
6.Project Human Resource Management : the processes that organize, manage, and lead the project team.
7.Project Communications Management : the processes that are required to ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information.
8.Project Risk Management : the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on a project.
9.Project Procurement Management : the processes necessary to purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team. Processes in this area include Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, and Contract Closeout.
10.Project Stakeholders Management : the processes required to identify all people or organizations impacted by the project, analyzing stakeholder expectations and impact on the project, and developing appropriate management strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution. Saving Changes...
William RobertsSystem Administrator| The Boeing CompanyIrvine, Ca, United States
I found Procurement Management the most challenging study area. In particular, learning and understanding the different types of contracts, and what situations made a particular contract type preferable. Saving Changes...
Pradeep KalampukattAssistant Professor| Digital University KeralaTrivandrum, Kerala, Kerala, India
4.Project Scope Management and 9. Project Procurement Management Saving Changes...
Stephanie COULIBALYproject manager/ research and engineering responsible| ORANGE CIAbidjan, Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire
For me It was project integration ,and project risk management Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Don't forget to cast your vote here as well (two polls)
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
For me it was a bit harder studying the Cost Management section. This was because I work in local government and many of the concepts we do not use. However, once I got the formulas down, the testing was easy.
I also struggled with some of the Ethics questions. Saving Changes...
Larry SenekerProgram Manager| IBMJefferson City, Mo, United States
The quality area was the toughest for me during the test. STUDYING and comprehending, I felt like I understood it but my area of expertise is in IT. The test really hit me hard with a lot of manufacturing examples related to quality. I must have memorized my formulas well enough because I pulled it off. Just goes to show that it's good to focus your study on your weak points, I suppose. -- Thanks for the poll George. Saving Changes...
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
I'd vote for communications and stakeholder management.
It seems silly, but the practice tests I took featured a lot of questions framed as "something just happened, who should you tell?" The answers would be four important people who needed to be informed, but I had to pick one to be first... maybe with the option to do more research before telling anyone.
In real life, there's a lot more to consider in communication than merely what role a person is assigned in a project charter.
I don't recall questions quite this tricky on the actual PMP exam. Saving Changes...
