Project Management

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project. Project management knowledge and practices are best described in terms of their component processes.

These processes can be placed into five Process Groups: 
– Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing – and nine Knowledge Areas – Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project Human Resource Management, Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, and Project Procurement Management.

The project manager manages the work and those responsible for executing a project.  Project management work typically involves:

• Balancing competing demands for: project scope, time, cost, risk and quality

• Satisfying stakeholders with differing needs and expectations

• Meeting identified requirements