PMP EXAM PMBOK 7 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORK
◉ How many project management processes are covered in the
PMBOK 6th Edition?
Answer: 49 project management processes
◉ What are the 10 project management knowledge areas?
Answer: Communications Management
Cost Management
Integration Management
Quality Management
Procurement Management
Resource Management
Risk Management
Schedule Management
Scope Management
Stakeholder Management
◉ What are the 5 project management domains?
,Answer: Initiating (8 tasks)
Planning (13 tasks)
Executing (7 tasks)
Monitoring (7 tasks)
Closing (7 tasks)
◉ What are the 8 tasks involved in initiating a project?
Answer: 1. Assess the project
2. Key deliverables
3. Stakeholder analysis
4. Risks & constraints
5. Project charter
6. Approval of project charter by sponsor
7. Benefit analysis
8. Inform stakeholders
◉ Initiating: Task 1
Answer: Perform project assessment based upon available
information, lessons learned from previous projects, and meetings
with relevant stakeholders in order to support the evaluation of the
feasibility of new products or services within the given assumptions
and/or constraints.
, ◉ Initiating: Task 2
Answer: Identify key deliverables based on the business
requirements in order to manage customer expectations and direct
the achievement of project goals.
◉ Initiating: Task 3
Answer: Perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and
techniques in order to align expectations and gain support for the
project
◉ Initiating: Task 4
Answer: Identify high level risks, assumptions, and constraints
based on the current environment, organizational factors, historical
data, and expert judgement, in order to propose an implementation
strategy.
◉ Initiating: Task 5
Answer: Participate in the development of the project charter by
compiling and analyzing gathered information in order to ensure
project stakeholders are in agreement on its elements.
◉ Initiating: Task 6
Answer: Obtain project charter approval from the sponsor, in order
to formalize the authority assigned to the project manager and gain
commitment and acceptance for the project.
GUIDE 2026 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORK
◉ How many project management processes are covered in the
PMBOK 6th Edition?
Answer: 49 project management processes
◉ What are the 10 project management knowledge areas?
Answer: Communications Management
Cost Management
Integration Management
Quality Management
Procurement Management
Resource Management
Risk Management
Schedule Management
Scope Management
Stakeholder Management
◉ What are the 5 project management domains?
,Answer: Initiating (8 tasks)
Planning (13 tasks)
Executing (7 tasks)
Monitoring (7 tasks)
Closing (7 tasks)
◉ What are the 8 tasks involved in initiating a project?
Answer: 1. Assess the project
2. Key deliverables
3. Stakeholder analysis
4. Risks & constraints
5. Project charter
6. Approval of project charter by sponsor
7. Benefit analysis
8. Inform stakeholders
◉ Initiating: Task 1
Answer: Perform project assessment based upon available
information, lessons learned from previous projects, and meetings
with relevant stakeholders in order to support the evaluation of the
feasibility of new products or services within the given assumptions
and/or constraints.
, ◉ Initiating: Task 2
Answer: Identify key deliverables based on the business
requirements in order to manage customer expectations and direct
the achievement of project goals.
◉ Initiating: Task 3
Answer: Perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and
techniques in order to align expectations and gain support for the
project
◉ Initiating: Task 4
Answer: Identify high level risks, assumptions, and constraints
based on the current environment, organizational factors, historical
data, and expert judgement, in order to propose an implementation
strategy.
◉ Initiating: Task 5
Answer: Participate in the development of the project charter by
compiling and analyzing gathered information in order to ensure
project stakeholders are in agreement on its elements.
◉ Initiating: Task 6
Answer: Obtain project charter approval from the sponsor, in order
to formalize the authority assigned to the project manager and gain
commitment and acceptance for the project.
