| PMBOK knowledge area | Definition (after PMI, 2013) | Criterion | Positive consideration |
| Integration management | Unification, consolidation, articulation, and integrative actions | Integration | Improvement |
| Scope management | Defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project | Scope | Clarification |
| Time management | Manage the timely completion of the project | Time | Reduction or control |
| Cost management | Planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing, and controlling costs | Cost | Reduction or control |
| Quality management | Quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control | Quality | Increase or control |
| Human resource management | Organize, manage, and lead the project team | Organization | Improvement |
| Communication management | Timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information | Communication | Improvement |
| Risk management | Increase the likelihood and impact of positive events and decrease the likelihood and impact of negative events in the project | Risk | Negative risk reduction |
| Procurement management | Purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team | Procurement | Help |
| Stakeholder management | Develop appropriate management strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution | Stakeholder | Satisfaction |
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