What are the 49 Project Management Processes?

Project management is a practice of handling project successfully from start to end within budget
and time using various strategies, methodologies and processes. Organizations follow a set of
guidelines and best practices to achieve the project goal. Project Management is an integral factor
which decides the success or failure of a project.
Project management rules are mainly governed by PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
Certified Project Management Professionals (PMP®️) use the best practice of project
management as the certification validates the knowledge, skills, and techniques of project
management aligned with PMBOK® Guide.
According to PMBOK, project management includes,
5 Phases or Process Groups of Project Management
#1 – Project Initiation
#2 – Project Planning
#3 – Project Execution
#4 – Project Monitoring and Control
#5 – Project Closure

10 Knowledge Areas of Project Management

#1 – Project Integration Management
#2 – Project Scope Management
#3 – Project Schedule Management
#4 – Project Cost Management
#5 – Project Quality Management
#6 – Project Resource Management
#7 – Project Communications Management
#8 – Project Risk Management
#9 – Project Procurement Management
#10 – Project Stakeholder Management
49 processes in project management are distributed across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process
groups of project management. The below table clearly demonstrates the mapping of the process
groups, knowledge areas and processes.
49 Processes in Project Management

Integration Management Processes:

The coordination between the resources, stakeholders, and other project elements which ensures
to execute the project end to end successfully is Project Integration Management. It is very
important because project success highly depends on integration management in terms of
schedule, cost, quality, scope, risks, etc.

#1 – Develop Project Charter process :

The develop project charter process is a document which is prepared in the initiation phase to
formally authorize the existence of the project. In this process, the document is prepared and
given to the authoritative project manager to use the resources required for the project.
The project charter is a key element which describes the whole project in brief. The project
charter generally includes the objective of the project, stakeholders, requirements, high-level
assumption and constraints etc.

#2 – Develop Project Management Plan process:

The process of combining all the project plans and sub-plans into a single integrated plan. It is
one of the most crucial processes of project management. Project success is dependent on the
project management plan. The authoritative head to plan project management is the project
manager.
This document is approved and signed by authorized stakeholders.

#3 – Direct and Manage Project Work process

In this process, the project work activities are directed and managed while executing. This refers
to the term “leading and controlling” the assigned project activities. The key outputs of this
process are final deliverables and change requests for the project work.

#4 – Manage Project Knowledge process

The main objective of this process is to improve the project process using the existing knowledge
and creating new knowledge. The knowledge created is used for further processes and future
projects. The continuing knowledge gain and utilizing the existing knowledge is the main
objective of the project.

#5 – Monitor and Control Project Work process

Monitoring and controlling project work refers to the continuous tracking, reviewing and
reporting the project progress status to achieve the required target of the project work activities.
The performances of each assigned resource are monitored and controlled. The document is
prepared regarding the issue and the improvement possible.

#6 – Perform Integrated Change Control process

The perform integrated change control process includes reviewing all the change requests and
managing them effectively from all the working department. The document is prepared for
approval of any change requests.
The change requests are approved when there is not much impact on scope, time and cost of the
project. The change requests can be project deliverables, project plan or project assets.

#7 – Close Project or Phase process

This process refers to closing the project activities by finalizing all the deliverables of project
activities and the documents related to closing the project or phase is prepared by the project
manager. In this process, the resources are released to work for other projects.

Scope Management Processes:

Project scope management is to define what is included in the project and what is not included in
the project. The scope of the project is the work that is involved and the factors to execute the
project successfully. There are 6 project scope management processes in planning and
controlling process group.

#8 – Plan Scope Management process

It is the process of creating the document in which information about how the scope is defined
and managed throughout the project process. The scope management plan provides the direction
of how to deal with the end to end requirements of the project. The scope management plan acts
as a guide to the project flow.

#9 – Collect Requirements process

The process of collecting all the requirements from all the resources or stakeholders to meet the
project objective is called Collect Requirement Process. The documentation of all the requirement
helps in tracing the matrix of the organizational assets required for the project. The collected
requirement is to be managed and fulfilled to meet the objective of the project.

#10 – Define Scope process

The complete description of the scope of the project is documented in this process. The main
objective of the project is to document what is included in the project and what is not included in
the project.
The clear description of the project is available from this process.

#11 – Create WBS process

Creating WBS refers to the Work Breakdown Structure in which all the project activities are
divided into smaller activities. This helps in assigning tasks or activities to the resources. This
framework also helps in understanding the project objectives and the defined scope. The inputs,
tools and techniques, and the outputs are clearly defined in this process.

#12 – Validate Scope process

In this process, the final deliverables are validated and accepted by the project manager. It is a
formal acceptance of the completed project whether it met the scope or not is validated in this
process. Before submitting the final deliverables to the customer, if the project manager validates
the scope, then the chances of the customer accepting the projects are also high.

#13 – Control Scope process

The control scope process ensures whether all the project activities are according to the planned
scope. This process monitors the status of the project and manages the changes according to the
scope baseline. It ensures there is no slippery in the project scope during project activities.
Schedule Management Processes:
Project schedule management involves the listing of the tasks, deliverables, duration, stakeholder
assigned, start and end date of the tasks within the project. Time management completely
depends on the proper schedule management.

#14 – Plan Schedule Management process

Schedule Management Plan ensures the project activities are completed on time. The document is
created with project activities based on WBS and time is allocated to complete the project work
activity. It is the process of determining the procedures, policies, planning, executing, managing,
and controlling the scheduled activity.

#15 – Define Activities process

The list of all the project activities to be conducted during the project execution is documented in
this process. The exact actions to be taken to achieve the project objective is the main output of
this process. In this process, the input, tools and techniques and output is clearly defined.

#16 – Sequence Activities process

The process of identifying the priorities of the project activities and documenting the same. The
sequence of all the project activities are documented in this process. It is one of the most
important processes of project management to keep the project flow smooth.

#17 – Estimate Activity Durations process

Estimating the activity durations refers to document the time allotted to each project activity. This
process helps to set the whole project timeline according to the sequence of project activities.
#18 – Develop Schedule process
The process of combining all the components of schedule management to project timeline is
scheduling process. The document is created by analyzing the sequence of project activities and
the estimated duration.

#19 – Control Schedule process

The process of monitoring and managing the time taken to complete the project activity during
execution. The document is created to update the status of the project. The main objective of this
process is to ensure that the project activities are executed within the allotted time to maintain the
project management plan.

Cost Management Processes:

Cost is the most critical factor in any organization. The process of estimating, allocating and
controlling the cost of the whole project comes in project cost management. The budget is fixed
according to the project activities. The costs are estimated during the planning phase and
controlled if it exceeds during execution.

#20 – Plan Cost Management process

The process of cost management plan includes the policies, procedures and guidelines to plan,
manage, and control the project costs. It also includes documenting the costs throughout the
project. The cost management plan is done according to the project activities, schedule, resource
and requirements.

#21 – Estimate Costs process

This process includes estimating all the monetary resources included in the project activities to
achieve the target on scheduled time. The costs are estimated based on the resource requirements.
The main objective of this process is to determine the overall cost required to complete the
process.

#22 – Determine Budget process

The process of combining the cost of all the project activities to establish the formal cost baseline
of the overall project. This process helps in projects cost flow, risk management. Cost baseline
helps in monitoring and controlling the cost of individual activities.

#23 - Control Costs process

The process of monitoring and controlling the cost of individual project activities during
execution is called a control cost process. The costs are controlled and brought to the cost
baseline if exceeds. The document of cost update is maintained throughout the project.

Quality Management Processes:

The process of achieving assured quality with respect to scope, time and cost is project quality
management. With proper quality management, an organization can achieve customer satisfaction
and enhance further productivity. The process of quality management is in three phases of project
management: Planning, execution, and monitoring and controlling.

#24 – Plan Quality Management process

Plan Quality Management process is the process of identifying the quality requirements and
quality standards relevant to the project output. The document of a set of quality standards is
prepared for each project activities. The methodology used, the resource assigned, the cost and
the time allocated are the major factors affecting quality.

#25 – Manage Quality process

Manage Quality process is the process of managing all the project activities according to the
quality management plan while executing. The main objective of managing quality process is to
integrate all the quality policies in the project activities to maintain the quality plan management.

#26 – Control Quality process

Control Quality process is the process of monitoring and controlling the executed project
activities according to quality management. The main objective of this process is to ensure the
project output is correct, complete and meet the expectations of the customer and the quality plan.
This process also includes the documentation of results obtained during the control quality
process.

Resource Management Processes:

The project resource management involves managing human resource, material, equipment,
knowledge and time. Recourse plays a very important role during the execution of the project.
There are 6 Project resource management processes in three phases of project management.
#27 – Plan Resource Management process
Plan Resource Management process is a process of identifying the required resources, equipment
for the required for the project activities. Planning resources include preparing the user guide
document to identify, acquire, manage and monitor the required resources for project activities.

#28 – Estimate Activity Resources process

The process of estimating the type and amount of resources required for each project activities.
The main objective of estimating resources is to plan the resource requirement for the overall
project.

#29 – Acquire Resources process

The process of acquiring the resources like team members, types of equipment and other
resources required for the project delivery. The main objective of this process is to ensure there is
no shortfall of resources required for the project.

#30 – Develop Team process

The process in which the stakeholder or project manager improve the knowledge, skills and
techniques of the team members as per the requirement of the project quality. This improves the
competencies and enables the interaction between the team members enhancing the quality of the
project.

#31 – Manage Team process

The process of tracking and recording the performances of the team and managing by giving
feedback, resolving issues, managing conflicts and optimize the project performance according to
the project requirement. The main objective of this process is to improve the overall performance
of the team and enhance productivity.

#32 – Control Resources process

The Control Resources process aims to fulfil all the resource requirement for the project
activities. It ensures all the resources allocated are according to plan. The probability of change
requests is high in resource management. Therefore, controlling the resources and monitoring
according to the resource plan management is highly essential.

Communications Management Processes:

The project communications management ensures that the right message is sent, received and
understood by the right people. Communication is one of the most critical factors affecting the
success of the project. According to PMI, most of the project failed due to communication. The
three processes are involved in project communication management in planning, executing and
monitoring phase.

#33 – Plan Communications Management process

The process of conducting proper communication according to the stakeholder’s need and
requirement. The process includes a proper approach and plan of communication with
organizational assets. The communication can be through any formal and recorded medium.

#34 – Manage Communications process

Managing communication process ensures that the message is created, collected, recorded and
distributed by authorized stakeholders and understood by the receiving end according to the
communications management plan.

#35 – Monitor Communications process

Monitoring communications process is a process of monitoring and controlling the
communications throughout the project life cycle ensuring that the communication meets the
stakeholder’s information requirement.

Risk Management Processes:

Project risk management involves identifying the risks, analyze the risk and control the risk. The
risk management is done to reduce the impact of risk on project pace. The risk identified can be
uncertain and have a huge impact on the resource, processes, technology, and schedule. The 7
processes of risk management lies in planning, executing and monitoring phase.

#36 – Plan Risk Management process

Planning risk management involves preparing the document on identifying risk, prioritizing and
managing according to the risk assessment matrix and how to conduct risk assessments activities
within the project.

#37 – Identify Risks process

The process of identifying, determining and documenting all the possible risks that may affect the
project is Identify Risk process. The main objective of this process is to anticipate the risk before
execution. Documentation of all the risk will help in further project activities.

#38 – Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process

In order to set the risk priorities, the analysis is done on the probability of the risk, the impact of
the risk on the project and other risk parameters affecting the project deliverables. The main
objective of performing qualitative analysis is to predict and reduce the uncertainty of the risks.

#39 – Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process

Performing quantitative risk analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the effect
parameters of identified risks on overall project activities. This process helps in further
prioritization of risks, reducing the uncertainty.

#40 – Plan Risk Responses process

The process of developing action plans against the identified risks to reduce the overall impact on
the project. Planning the risk responses involves selecting strategies and agreeing on the actions
developed.

#41 – Implement Risk Responses process

The process of implementing risk responses involves executing all the actions planned against
identified risks to reduce the uncertainty of the project.

#42 – Monitor Risks process

The process involves monitoring the implemented action plans against risk identified. This
process involves tracking of risk responses, analyzing new risks and reducing the risk factor
throughout the project.
Procurement Management:
The project procurement management involves obtaining goods, services and supplies.
Procurement includes all the materials required to complete the project. 3 procurement
management processes are involved in planning, executing and monitoring phase of project
management.

#43 – Plan Procurement Management process

The process of documenting the material required, specifying the approach, identifying potential
dealers, identifying good service required for the project within the allocated budget and assured
quality.

#44 – Conduct Procurements process

The process of selecting the seller, obtaining seller responses and finalizing the procurement
requirement with the seller through agreements. The main objective of this process is to ensure
procurements are done according to the requirement for deliverables of the project.

#45 – Control Procurements process

The control procurement process involves managing all the procurement relationship and
monitoring contract performance. This process also involves deciding the changes related to
procurement wherever necessary.

Stakeholder Management
The project stakeholder management is the process of identifying suitable stakeholder for the
project and meet the expectation of the selected stakeholder. The success or failure of the project
depends on the key stakeholders.
Four project stakeholder processes are involved in initiating, planning, executing, and monitoring
and controlling the phase of project management.

#46 – Identify Stakeholders process

The process of identifying stakeholders is done in the initiation phase of the project. Based on
performance, experience and skills, the key stakeholders are identified to manage the assigned
part of the project.

#47 – Plan Stakeholder Engagement process

The process of determining how to approach different stakeholders for different project activities.
The roles and responsibilities of the key stakeholder are planned. The amount of engagement in
each part of the project work is assigned to stakeholders.

#48 – Manage Stakeholder Engagement process

The process involving interaction with stakeholders and working with stakeholders to meet their
expectations, resolving the issues by stakeholder engagement process. This process has a
potential impact on the project.

#49 – Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process

Monitoring the stakeholder engagement process ensures effective interaction and engagement
between the project stakeholders. Engagement strategies and plans are executed if necessary.