Manage Project Knowledge

Process

Using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.

When performed: Throughout the project

Process group: Executing

Knowledge Area: Integration Management

Outputs Created

• Lessons learned register*

Outputs Updated

• Scope management plan
• Requirements management plan
• Schedule management plan
• Cost management plan
• Quality management plan
• Communications management plan
• Resource management plan
• Stakeholder engagement plan
• Risk management plan
• Procurement management plan
• Scope baseline
• Schedule baseline
• Cost baseline
• Performance measurement baseline
• Change management plan
• Configuration management plan
• Project life cycle description
• Development approach
• Management reviews

Inputs

• Any project management plan component
• Scope management plan
• Requirements management plan
• Schedule management plan
• Cost management plan
• Quality management plan
• Resource management plan
• Communications management plan
• Stakeholder engagement plan
• Risk management plan
• Procurement management plan
• Change management plan
• Configuration management plan
• Scope baseline
• Schedule baseline
• Cost baseline
• Performance measurement baseline
• Project life cycle description
• Development approach
• Management reviews
• Lessons learned register
• Project team assignments
• Resource breakdown structure
• Source selection criteria
• Stakeholder register
• Deliverables
• Enterprise environmental factors
  • Organizational, stakeholder, and customer culture
  • Geographic distribution of facilities and resources
  • Organizational knowledge experts
• Organizational process assets
  • Organizational standard policies, processes, and procedures
  • Personnel administration
  • Organizational communication requirements
  • Formal knowledge-sharing and information-sharing procedures

Tools & Techniques

• Knowledge management
• Information management
• Active listening
• Expert judgment
• Facilitation
• Leadership
• Networking
• Political awareness

Key inputs & outputs are indicated with *