Knowledge Areas and Process Groups

Project Management Professional (PMP)

The Project Management covers the following.

The 9 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
Project Procurement Management

The 5 Project Process Groups are
Project Initiation
Project Planning
Project Exectuion
Project Monitoring and Controlling
Project Closure

Each of the knowledge areas comprise of several processes.
For example, the Project Scope Management knowledge area has the process viz, Scope Planning, Scope Definition, Create WBS, Scope Verification, Scope Control.

For each of the process, there will be inputs, tools and techniques and outputs.
For instance, for the Scope Planning process

Inputs are: Enterprise Environmental Factors, Organizational Process Assets, Project Charter, Preliminary Project Scope Statement, Project Management Plan

Tools and Techniques are: Expert Judgement, Templates, Forms and Standards.

Outputs are: Project Scope Management Plan