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The 9 Topic Areas Of Project Management Knowledge


Time is one of the 9 topic areas of project management knowledge.

Limited time is the one constraint of any project.

Deadlines is what the project team most commonly struggle to maintain the actions within.

In project management there are various tools and procedures that help managing time, like Gants, schedules, work breakdown structures, etc.

Task of the Project Time Management is to describe and execute all those "processes required to accomplish timely completion of the project" (comp. PMBOK3, p. 123).

Processes, phases and tool

Project ProcessesProject PhaseKey Deliverables
Activity Definition, Activity Sequencing, Activity Resource Estimating, Activity Duration Estimating, Schedule DevelopmentDetailed Planning or design stage

Action plan

Control the Project Schedule and Manage Schedule ChangesProject Execution and ControlExample

See also

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Time Management
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