Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Acquiring the Project Team and Making Staffing Updates 225
Resource Loading and Leveling 226
Sample Staffing Updates 229
Developing the Project Team and Assessing Team Performance 229
Training 230
Team-Building Activities 230
Reward and Recognition Systems 233
Sample Team Performance Assessment 233
Executing Tasks for Project Communications Management 235
Important Project Communications Concepts 235
Information Distribution and Updating Business Processes 238
Sample Updates to Business Processes 239
Executing Tasks for Project Procurement Management 239
Requesting Seller Responses, Qualified Sellers Lists, and Procurement
Document Packages 240
Sample Qualified Seller List 240
Selecting Sellers and Writing Contracts 241
Sample Contract 242
Chapter Summary 245
Quick Quiz 245
Discussion Questions 247
Exercises 248
Team Projects 249
Companion Web Site 249
Key Terms 250
End Notes 251
Chapter 7 Monitoring and Controlling Projects 253
Introduction 254
Summary of Monitoring and Controlling Outputs 254
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Integration Management 255
Monitoring and Controlling Project Work 255
Integrated Change Control 259
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Scope Management 260
Scope Verification 261
Sample of Accepted and Unaccepted Deliverables 261
Scope Control 262
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Time Management 263
Sample Schedule Performance Measurements 264
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Cost Management 267
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Quality Management 268
Sample Quality-Control Measurements 269
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Human Resource Management 275
Tools and Techniques for Managing Project Teams 276
General Advice on Managing Teams 276
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Communications Management 277
Performance Reporting 277
Sample Performance Report 278
Managing Stakeholders 280
Sample Issue Log 280
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Risk Management 281
Sample Risk Register Updates 281
Monitoring and Controlling Tasks for Project Procurement Management 282
Suggestions for Administering Contracts 283
Chapter Summary 284
Quick Quiz 284
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