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1.0P Initiate the Project

  • 1.1P Identify Stakeholders

  • 1.2P The Role of a Project Manager

2.0P Plan the Project

2.1P Define the Work

  • 2.1.1P Define the Work / Small Projects

  • 2.1.2P Define the Work / Medium Projects

  • 2.1.3P Define the Work / Large Projects

    • 2.1.3.1P Collect Requirements

    • 2.1.3.2P Create Scope Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.3P Create Requirements Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.4P Create Schedule Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.5P Create Quality Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.6P Create Staffing Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.7P Create Cost Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.8P Create Risk Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.9P Create Procurement Management Plan

    • 2.1.3.10P Write Project Charter

  • 2.1T Define the Work / Techniques

    • 2.1.1T Define the Work / General Techniques

    • 2.1.2T The Nature of Scope

    • 2.1.3T Goals, Strategies and Objectives

    • 2.1.4T Roles and Responsibilities

    • 2.1.5T Responsibility (RACI) Matrix

    • 2.1.6T Project Approach

    • 2.1.7T Project Organization

2.2P Build the Schedule and Budget

  • 2.2.1P Build the Schedule / Process

    • 2.2.1.1P Estimating Effort and Duration

    • 2.2.1.2P Estimating Threshold

    • 2.2.1.3P Precedence Relationships

    • 2.2.1.4P Estimating Productive Hours per Day

    • 2.2.1.5P Basics of the Work Breakdown Structure

    • 2.2.1.6P WBS Examples

    • 2.2.1.7P Critical Path

    • 2.2.1.8P Establish Phase Gate Reviews

  • 2.2.2P Build the Budget / Process

    • 2.2.2.1P Estimating Costs

    • 2.2.2.2P Cost Accounts

  • 2.2T Build Schedule and Budget / Techniques

    • 2.2.1T Build Schedule / Techniques

      • 2.2.1.1T General Techniques

      • 2.2.1.2T Estimating Techniques for Schedule and Budget

    • 2.2.2T Build the Budget / Techniques

2.3P Plan Communication

  • 2.3.1P Plan Communication /  Small Projects

  • 2.3.2P Plan Communication /  Medium Projects

  • 2.3.3P Plan Communication /  Large Projects

    • 2.3.3.1P The Document Life Cycle

    • 2.3.3.2P Draft Copies

  • 2.3T Plan Communication / Techniques

    • 2.3.1T Document Management - Basics

    • 2.3.2T Sample Directory Structure

    • 2.3.3T Document Management - Advanced

    • 2.3.4T Communications Plan Examples

    • 2.3.5T Branding a Project

    • 2.3.6T Document Management – Techniques

2.4P Plan Risk Management

  • 2.4.1P Plan Risk Management / Medium Projects

  • 2.4.2P Plan Risk Management / Large Projects

    • 2.4.2.1P Qualitative Risk Analysis

    • 2.4.2.2P Assumptions and Risks

  • 2.4T Plan Risk Management / Techniques

    • 2.4.1T Plan Risk Management / Techniques

    • 2.4.2T Inherent Risk Factors

    • 2.4.3T Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

    • 2.4.4T Positive Risk

2.5P Develop Human Resources Plan

  • 2.5T Develop Human Resources / Techniques

2.6P Plan Quality

  • 2.6.1P Plan Quality / Medium Projects

  • 2.6.2P Plan Quality / Large Projects

    • 2.6.2.1P Understanding the Nature of Quality Management

  • 2.6T Plan Quality / Techniques

    • 2.6.1T Plan Quality / Techniques

    • 2.6.2T The Cost and Benefit of Quality

    • 2.6.3T Statistical Process Control

2.7P Define Metrics

  • 2.7T Plan Metrics / Techniques

    • 2.7.1T Sample Metrics

    • 2.7.2T Manage Metrics / Techniques

    • 2.7.3T Collecting Metrics Using Surveys

2.8P Plan Procurements

  • 2.8T Techniques / Basics of Contracts

2.9P Plan Stakeholder Management

3.0P Execute Project Management Processes on Your Project

  • 3.0.1P Direct and Manage Project Execution

3.1P Manage Issues

  • 3.1.1P Manage Issues / Small Projects

  • 3.1.2P Manage Issues / Medium Projects

  • 3.1.3P Manage Issues / Large Projects

  • 3.1T Manage Issues / Techniques

    • 3.1.1T Manage Issues / Techniques

    • 3.1.2T Cause and Effect Analysis

    • 3.1.3T Root Cause Analysis

    • 3.1.4T Pareto Analysis

3.2P Manage Communication

  • 3.2.1P Manage Communication /  Small Projects

  • 3.2.2P Manage Communication /  Medium Projects

  • 3.2.3P Manage Communication /  Large Projects

3.3P Acquire, Develop and Manage Project Team

  • 3.3.1P Acquire Project Team

    • 3.3.1.1P Determine Whether Full-Time or Contract Resources are Appropriate

    • 3.3.1.2P Interview New Team Members

  • 3.3.2P Develop Project Team

  • 3.3.3P Manage Project Team

  • 3.3.4P Manage HR Process Flow

  • 3.3T Acquire, Develop and Manage Project Team / Techniques

    • 3.3.1T Staff Acquisition Techniques

    • 3.3.2T Develop Project Team

    • 3.3.3T Manage Project Team

3.4P Perform Quality Assurance

  • 3.4T Perform Quality Assurance / Techniques

    • 3.4.1T Quality Assurance Options

    • 3.4.2T Quality Assurance Questions

3.5P Manage Metrics

3.6P Conduct Procurements

3.7P Manage Stakeholder Engagement

4.0P Monitor and Control the Project

  • 4.0.1P Monitor and Control Project Work

4.1P Manage the Schedule and Budget

  • 4.1.0P Integration Management

    • 4.1.0.1P Perform Integrated Change Control

    • 4.1.0.2P Perform Configuration Management

  • 4.1.1P Manage the Schedule / Process

    • 4.1.1.1P Manage the Schedule / Small Project

    • 4.1.1.2P Manage the Schedule / Medium Projects

    • 4.1.1.3P Manage the Schedule / Large Projects

      • 4.1.1.3.1P Project Kickoff

      • 4.1.1.3.2P Milestone / Phase Gate Reviews

      • 4.1.1.3.3P Managing Outsourced Projects

      • 4.1.1.3.4P Validate Work Estimates with Team

  • 4.1.2P Manage the Budget / Process

    • 4.1.2.1P Manage the Budget / Small Project

    • 4.1.2.2P Manage the Budget / Medium Projects

    • 4.1.2.3P Manage the Budget / Large Projects

    • 4.1.2.3.1P Trouble Signs for the Project Budget

  • 4.1.1T Manage the Schedule / Techniques

    • 4.1.1.1T Manage the Schedule / Techniques

    • 4.1.1.2T Action Items

    • 4.1.1.3T Techniques to Get a Project Back on Schedule

  • 4.1.2T Manage the Budget / Techniques

    • 4.1.2.1T Manage the Budget / Techniques

    • 4.1.2.2T Techniques to Get a Project Back on Budget

    • 4.1.2.3T Earned Value

4.2P Manage Scope

  • 4.2.1P Manage Scope / Small Projects

  • 4.2.2P Manage Scope / Medium Projects

  • 4.2.3P Manage Scope / Large Projects

    • 4.2.3.1P Verify Scope

  • 4.2T Manage Scope / Techniques

4.3P Manage Communication

  • 4.3T Manage Communication / Techniques

4.4P Manage Risk

4.5P Manage Quality

  • 4.5T Manage Quality / Techniques

    • 4.5.1T Deliverable Review

    • 4.5.2T Resolving Quality Problems

    • 4.5.3T Use Quality Control to Validate the Quality of your Deliverables

    • 4.5.4T Quality Control Questions

4.6P Administer Procurements

5.0P Close the Project

5.1P Close Project

5.2P Close Metrics / Process