Measuring the level of achievement of the knowledge areas in the project according to the PMBOK project management standard/a case study in the Nineveh Roads and Bridges Directorate

One of the most important challenges facing project management at the present time is ensuring that the project is completed within specific constraints, including those related to the time period and others related to the material, financial, informational, and human resources, and within the quality levels specified and accepted by all stakeholders in the project, which requires a good definition of the areas of knowledge related to the project. The Nineveh Roads and Bridges Directorate is one of the vital directorates in Nineveh Governorate and has many projects under implementation. One of its projects was chosen to apply the current research, which is the project to rehabilitate the fourth bridge in the city of Mosul, as it is one of the vital bridges that was exposed to destruction and devastation during the period of operations. Liberation of the city of Mosul has a major role in the smooth flow of movement in the city. The research aims to study this project according to scientific methods by using the PMBOK standard in project management to identify the extent of this project’s commitment to the areas of knowledge specified by the Project Management Institute and to diagnose the gap through application. Using a checklist for the purpose of determining the reality of the project situation, relying on statistical methods, including the weighted arithmetic mean and the percentage of implementation. The triple scale was relied upon to express the extent of the difference from the PMBOK standard. The research reached several results, including: There is a weakness in defining the scope of the project and documenting it clearly, which has had a negative impact. The process of monitoring project status and managing changes to the project baseline.