10 Processes in the Executing Process Group

There are 5 Process Groups as per the PMI PMBOK Guide for PMP – Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling & Closing. This post is about processes in the Executing Process Group.

PMBOK 6 Executing Process Group

There are now ten (10) processes in the Executing Process Group from PMBOK 6 Guide. Following is the break up of the processes among their respective knowledge areas.

Integration Management Knowledge Area has 2 processes, Resource Management Knowledge Area has 3 processes, and Knowledge Areas of Quality, Communication, Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management have one process each for a total of 10 Processes.

What is Executing Process Group?

The Executing Process Group consists of the processes used to complete the work defined in the Project Management Plan to accomplish project requirements. The processes in this Group are the ones that need to be performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications.

Here is a diagram showing the 10 Processes in the Executing Process Group. Each circle is a Process and the Knowledge Area is mentioned besides each circle or Process.

List of 10 Processes in the Executing Process Group (in PMBOK 6)

Direct and Manage Project Work
Manage Project Knowledge
Manage Quality
Acquire Resources
Develop Team
Manage Team
Manage Communications
Implement Risk Responses
Conduct Procurements
Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Note: In the earlier PMBOK 5 Guide there were 8 Processes in the Executing Process Group. The two newly added processes to the Executing Process Group in PMBOK 6, are (1) Manage Project Knowledge and (2) Implement Risk Responses, which takes the total processes in the Executing Process Group, (in PMBOK 6 Guide), to ten (10) processes.