Pmp: Pmp Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide Chapter 1

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3 Categories to project life cycles

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• Predictive Cycles (Fully Plan Driven - Approach or Waterfall
• Iterative and Incremental
• Adaptive Life Cycles (Agile Methods or Change Driven methods)

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Predictive Cycle / Fully Plan Driven Approach / Waterfall

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• Project scope defined at the beginning
• Changes monitored closely
• Work in phases is specific to the phase and not repeated in other phases
• Schedules/Budgets defined early

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Iterative and Incremental Life Cycle

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• Project deliverable are defined early in the life cycle and then elaborated
• Schedule/cost estimates are continually refined as project progresses

Perfect choice for large projects, complex projects, where changing objectives and scope are known ahead of time, where deliverable are delivered incrementally

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Adaptive LIfe Cycles / Agile Methods / Change driven methods

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• When active participation of stakeholders is required throughout the project
• not all requirements are known
• when working in a changing environment
• work is delivered in short time periods 2-4 weeks
• Each iteration must produce a "ready product"

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Chances of project success are lowest during:

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Initiating Phase

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Changes of project success are highest during:

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Closing phase

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Chances of risks occurring are higher during:

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Initiating, Planning processes

Risk occurrence is reduced as the project progresses

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The impact of risk is greater during:

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the later processes of the project (Executing, Monitoring/Controlling, Closing)

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Stakeholders have the greatest influence during:

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Initiating, Planning processes and less and less as the project progresses.

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The process of going back through the process groups:

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an iterative process

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another opportunity to make a go or no go decision

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During the iterative process of reviewing various process groups and during the close out of each process group

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Examples of process groups and their inputs and outputs

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IPECC

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• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing

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Tools and techniques

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Require action of some sort: measuring, applying some skill or technique, planning or using expert judgment

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Outputs

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Take the form of a deliverable: Results or outcomes that can be verified.

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Level of authority a project manager has is determined by:

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• Organizational structure
• interactions with various management levels,
• project management maturity level of the orgazniation

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OPM

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Organizational Project Management (framework)

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3 types of PMO

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1. Supportive
2. Controlling
3. Directive