Project Management
Integration Knowledge Area
Key Concepts of Project Management
The course's primary objective is to list and explain the key concepts related to project management and describe important benefits related to projects as well as the formal study of project management.
The course provides an overview of project management, defining both projects and project
management and exploring the difference between project management and operations management.
Project Constraints
Projects do not live in a vacuum. They are affected by many factors including constraints, assumptions, and internal and external factors (referred to as Enterprise Environmental Factors – EEFs
Project Management Life Cycle & Process Groups
Projects start their life by developing the project’s foundations, continue with planning all the knowledge areas, executing all the activities, and producing the outcomes, and end by reaching a close-out by archiving all the documents, completing all administrative works,
and disbanding the team. This is the life cycle of a project, which makes it temporary and unique.