When I was working as a junior software developer, I was under the impression that project management and project manager are futile. Obviously, I was way to naive to understand the gravity of thin...

As a PMP I often get questions about what goes into running a project. I will try to explain in a couple of articles the various components that make up a project. There are several ways to look at a project as a whole.

You can view it as a series of processes. Some processes are executed in order and some are recurring processes that are executed at various stages throughout the entire project.

You can also view the project from the different knowledge areas that are needed to execute the project. I will cover the knowledge areas in this article and go on to the processes in my next article.

There are nine knowledge areas and each one covers its own important part of the project. A knowledge area can cover several phases or process groups of the project. The nine areas are mentioned below in some detail.

In managing a project team, a Project Manager needs to possess excellent analytical and organizational skills. A technical proficiency in the specialist area of their project is also a distinct advantage. Remember, though, that projects achieve their outcomes through people – a variety of people working together in a coordinated way to produce the desired results.

How are you encouraging peak performance from your project team? As with any manager getting the best out of their people, you will need to pay attention to your general leadership and management skills. Some of these skill areas that you will need to pay attention to are:

Our video presentation about the stages of the project life cycle. By Ben Daniels and Jasmine Moore.

There are plenty of things you can do as a Project Manager that can cause issues for yourself, your team and your project and these are exactly the sorts of things we teach you to spot and avoid on our Introduction to Project Management Training Course.

There’s one mistake though that above all others will cause an immeasurable amount of grief all round: Trying to do too much.

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