Try this Memory Aid...

By Clarence Galapon

Let me test you: How fast can you memorize and recall all of The PMBOK Guide 5th Edition's 47 processes? Well, how about just the Knowledge Areas?

If you struggled, specially on the latter one, then you might just need a "Memory Aid" to get you started on a good footing on your long road to PMP!

Try this "Memory Aid" -- a sentence based "Memory Aid":

In Shanghai, The Chinese Quickly Handle Chopsticks with Rice, Porridge and Soup!

That sentence is a "Memory Aid" wherein the bold letters are mapped to one of the Knowledge Areas as depicted in The PMBOK Guide 5th Edition. These are:
Project Integration Management
... Scope …
... Time …
... Cost …
... Quality…
... Human Resources …
... Communication …
... Risk …
... Procurement …
... Stakeholder ...

Easy, huh?

Try that same "Sentence-based" approach for memorizing the Process Groups.

Here is mine:

In Peking, Everyone is Controlled and Monitored by the Communists

Stands for:
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Controlling and Monitoring
Closing

Oh well...you actually do not need a sentence...just memorize this mnemonic: IPECC...it is what this set  of Process Groups is commonly called...you should know IPECC from the get go...same with PDCA...err...what is PDCA did you say? I leave that to you to research....till next time!