PMP candidates often struggle with the PMP process chart as it contains lots of process groups and knowledge areas. It generally looks quite difficult, but there is no chance for the candidates to skip this chart. Because the process chart almost makes up the core center of the PMP exam preparation.

So, it needs proper planning and some techniques to understand and memorize the process chart for the exam. Let's discuss this in detail in the next section of this article.

PMP Process Chart
A process chart is a significant part of the Project Management Process (PMP) exam preparation. The chart contains lots of information important for the PMP exam. PMP process chart is available in the PMBOK Guide bearing 47 processes in it.

These processes of the chart normally get divided into two categories-

1. process groups or project phases and
2. knowledge areas.

You can find the chart arranged in a table format. The table-like chart consists of six columns and eleven rows. The five columns contain five project phases or process groups in itself, whereas ten rows carry information about ten knowledge areas of the PMP process.

The rest row and column or the first row and column among the eleven rows and six columns represent the necessary headings for the other rows situated below and other columns staying aside.

47 Processes
It has already been mentioned that the PMP process chart contains 47 processes, and these processes are categorized into two groups- 5 process groups and 10 knowledge areas. Processes are the core parts of a successful project. They are almost "must be done" things in a project management process.

Every process possesses some specific tasks to be done. These tasks are also popular as ITTOs for the PMP exam. ITTOs normally stand for inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs of a process.

To grasp these 47 processes of the chart easily, you just need a clear understanding of PMP ITTOs. In this regard, you can give the PMP ITTO spreadsheet a thorough reading before reading the PMP process chart.

5 Process Groups
5 process groups in a PMP process chart make the entire chart grouped into five phases based on a particular project's life cycle. These five phases include-

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring/Controlling
5. Closing

Basically, these process groups make up the headings for the knowledge areas and related information.

10 Knowledge Areas

Now comes another important issue of the PMP process chart, which is the knowledge area. There are 10 knowledge areas in a process chart. These are-

1. Integration Management
2. Scope Management
3. Time Management
4. Cost Management
5. Human Resource Management
6. Risk Management
7. Quality Management
8. Communication Management
9. Stakeholders Management
10. Procurement Management

These knowledge areas make the 47 processes classified into 10 groups based on the project contents. They make all the important information of a project management process compiled together, one of the major conditions for a proper project management process. They document all the information about the project.

How To Memorize PMP Process Chart
It's a common question for most of the PMP exam candidates to memorize the PMP process chart as it looks quite difficult with lots of rows, columns, and information. It is not possible to answer this question in one sentence that is elementary to memorize or is very hard to remember.

Rather, we can suggest that if you follow some tricks and techniques while reading the chart, it would seem less difficult and easily memorable to you. Here you can get some suggestions on how you can memorize the PMP process chart:

Using Numbers
Numbers are the most useful tricks you can use to memorize the PMP process chart. You can use numbers while memorizing the process groups and knowledge areas. Which knowledge area falls under which process phase, you can make a serial using numbers of it.

For example, you can memorize them by arranging the row or column numbers like a phone number. Moreover, numbers also help to understand the process chapter in the PMBOK book as well as the process serial under that chapter.

10 Knowledge Areas
Every work needs proper planning to get ultimate success. PMP process chart memorizing is not an exception. It needs proper planning to outline how you can best hold the information in the chart.

However, the word "planning "itself is important for the PMP chart memorization because you will find all the knowledge areas begin with the word 'plan.' Almost half of the process groups, 24 in number, fall under the planning process group. And these groups are the most important parts, so it shows that planning is very much effective for PMP process memorization.

Practice
So, you already know some tricks to memorize the PMP process chart. Now all you need is to practice more and more. Remember the proverb; practice makes a man perfect.

All your success, no matter the work is easy or hard, depends upon how much you have practiced on it. In this case, you need lots of practice to bear the information in your mind.

Conclusion
Finally, you have an overall idea of the PMP process chart and how to memorize it easily. This process chart you just need to understand and memorize to cut a good figure in the PMP exam.

If you employ the mentioned tricks in memorizing the process chart, it would hopefully help you out. Above all, try to have a clear understanding of the PMP process chart.

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