Which of the following is NOT one of the nine PMBoK knowledge areas listed?

• A. Time
• B. Stakeholder Management
• C. Procurement
• D. Integration

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is which topics were originally recognized as separate knowledge areas in the PMBOK framework. In the older PMBOK editions, the nine knowledge areas are Integration, Scope, Time (Schedule), Cost, Quality, Resource, Communications, Risk, and Procurement. Stakeholder Management was not listed as a separate knowledge area in those nine; stakeholder engagement is addressed within other areas and processes, and a dedicated Stakeholder Management knowledge area was only introduced in the Sixth Edition. So the option describing Stakeholder Management is not part of the nine knowledge areas in that older framework.