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...
Muhammad AneesProfessor of Quantitative Techniques for Project Management| COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, AttockAttock, Punjab, Pakistan
There can be variation in difficult within the context and levels of severity. As a quantitative analyst of projects, I am of the opinion that Risk Management has been of the importance and as well as being difficult to predict in advance with highest accuracy, so keeps top position on the list. Saving Changes...
Gustavo SemprunPRESUPUESTISTA DE OFERTAS Y LICITACIONES| AESABuenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
im agree whit Muhammad, i think the Risk Management is the most difficult PMBOK knowledge area Saving Changes...
Saurabh SaxenaPM Consultant| AmdocsPune, Maharashtra, India
For me the most difficult knowledge area was Risk & Procurement.
Procurement in general is an area which is generally not directly handled by Project Managers in every organizations. For example, in my organization, there is a separate team to take care of procurement. The toughest part is the difference between various types of Contracts.
Risks: Lot of areas to consider carefully like difference between Qualitative & Quantitative analysis, workarounds, contingency planning etc.
Luckily there are some good material available (I referred Rita Mulcahy for Risk & Procurement). Although these 2 Knowledge Areas were toughest for me, I think with preparations, I scored fairly well in them :) Saving Changes...
I personally think the most difficult area is Risk (from the PMP certification point of view) and Stakeholders Management (from real life point of view) Saving Changes...
Alo Odefa ObasiConsulting Project Senior Principal Consultant| OracleLagos, Nigeria
I would say the part I found rather tricky but not necessarily difficult was Risk Management. Saving Changes...
Facundo NuñezPROJECT PLANNING, CONTROLS & DOCUMENTS MANAGER| Tenaris Bay CitySugar Land, Tx, United States
I really loved and enjoyed every step of the book. Maybe the part more difficult to me, was the closing phase more than a complete knowledge area. Its not clear to me how to structure all documents related to the deliverable, because unfortunately my complete experience was based on the first 4 phases...our C levels assign me to new projects before closing the previous ones. The speed of the business force that. Saving Changes...
Project Integration management was among the comparatively difficult areas, while studying PMBoK (just to select from the list provided). Saving Changes...
Nimish SonarProject Manager| Persistent SystemsPune, Maharashtra, India
It was time and cost management which was difficult for me to study. Saving Changes...
