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...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
Procurement management, simply because this is the area that I have the least personal responsibility for. Saving Changes...
Octavia ThomasBusiness Analyst| TXU EnergyDesoto, Tx, United States
Risk Management and Integration Management - particularly so with risk as we're often seeking to ascertain the level of impact of many unknowns Saving Changes...
In my humble opinion so far are four and five. Saving Changes...
Denys GudilinDelivery Manager| Levi9 IT ServicesKyiv, Ukraine
'Procurement Management' cause I had almost no experience in this area. As I invested a lot of time in studying procurement, it was relatively easy on the exam itself. Saving Changes...
Ashique SamoSenior Architect| Dar Al RiyadhRiyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Integration Management, Saving Changes...
Devesh upadhyayProject Engineer| walchandNagarThane, Maharashtra, India
For study purpose, Risk is most difficult. But for practice all 13 areas are tough. Saving Changes...