Time, cost, and procurement management take place in which project management process?

• A. Project Planning
• B. Project Initiation
• C. Project Execution
• D. Monitoring and Control

Answer: (A)

Time, cost, and procurement management are defined and prepared during the planning stage of a project. This is when you establish how you will estimate activity durations, determine budgets, and plan purchases and supplier involvement. The planning outputs include the schedule management plan, cost management plan, and procurement management plan, all of which set the baselines and rules for how these areas will be handled throughout the project. Once these plans are in place, you move into execution, where the work is carried out according to the established plans, and monitoring and controlling, which tracks performance against those baselines. Initiation focuses on the project’s rationale and high-level authorization, while execution and monitoring/controlling are about doing the work and tracking progress against the plans.