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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Knowledge Area

An identified area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and processes.

Definition

Earlier PMBOK editions defined ten: Integration, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communications, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholder management. They remain widely used in exam preparation and in PMI's Process Groups practice guide.

Example

Create WBS belongs to the Scope knowledge area and the Planning process group.

Exam tip

Many exam scenarios still map naturally to the ten knowledge areas.

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