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...
Integration Management & Risk Management were difficult for me for sure !
There were some questions where Risk management & stakeholder management processes were provided as probable options and it was quite confusing ! Saving Changes...
Farid AlsakkafShips Projects Manager| ADNOCAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
For me, I still see the Configuration Management not well defined. Although it is described in the PMBOK as part of the corporate knowledge base, why it is not taken as separate knowledge area for the project? why we do not have Project Configuration Management Plan? why we do not plan for how to configure the processes and align then together. We know that we should "integrate" but integration is not associated with configuration always. Saving Changes...
Dear Sir! management of stakeholders in developing countries is the most difficult area in project management due to low education level or low experience. The second one is cost management in politically unstable countries where every time currency fluctuation is disturbing the projects. The whole story is already based on appointment of right person for the right position and on the experience of project managers. Saving Changes...
Due to my background, Project Procurement Management was relatively difficult initially but with reading and practice questions, I found my way around it and it eventually became easy. Saving Changes...
Kim DeremoProgram Manager| Winnebago IndustriesForest City, Ia, United States
8.Project Risk Management - It is difficult to come up with all of the risks that could potentially affect our contract. Saving Changes...
Raja' SammourFreelancer| Self employedAmman, Jubaiha, Jordan
Cost Management was hard. I had a limited knowledge when it came the equations we used in estimating and forecasting issues. It was though very informative to go through it with the PMBOK Saving Changes...
AKSHAY JAINPlanning Group Leader| YOKOGAWA, BahrainGwalior, Mp, India
Understanding inputs and outputs of various processes is very difficult. what you think input may be output and vice versa. Saving Changes...
Joanne BulmerSales Project Manager| FlexiformLeeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Personally when I started to study PMBOK I found Quality most testing, however I did not have a PM background. I made flash cards with all the inputs, outputs and tools/techniques I placed them in order every night for each process. Saving Changes...
