Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Discussion Questions 286
Exercises 287
Team Projects 288
Companion Web Sites 289
Key Terms 289
End Notes 290
Chapter 8 Closing Projects and Best Practices 291
Introduction 292
Summary of Closing Outputs 292
Closing Tasks for Project Integration Management 293
Sample Customer Acceptance/Project Completion Form 294
Sample Final Report 295
Sample Transition Plan 295
Sample Lessons-Learned Report 297
Project Close-Out Meeting and Knowledge Transfer 299
Closing Tasks for Project Procurement Management 300
Sample Written Notice of a Closed Contract 300
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) Best Practices 302
Ultimate Business Library Best Practices 304
Best Practices of Alpha Project Managers 306
Summary of Best Practices Mentioned in This Text 308
Project Management Maturity 308
Capability Maturity Model Integration 309
Project Management Maturity Models 310
Research on Project Management Maturity 310
Final Advice on Project Management 314
Chapter Summary 316
Quick Quiz 316
Discussion Questions 318
Exercises 318
Team Projects 319
Companion Web Site 319
Key Terms 320
End Notes 320
Appendix A Guide to Using Microsoft Project 2007 321
Introduction 322
New Features of Project 2007 323
Backward Compatibility 324
Before You Begin 324
Overview of Project 2007 325
Starting Project 2007 and Using the Getting Started and Project Guide Features 325
Main Screen Elements 328
Project 2007 Views 334
Project 2007 Filters 338
Project Scope Management 339
Creating a New Project File 340
Developing a Work Breakdown Structure 342
Saving Project Files With or Without a Baseline 345
Project Time Management 346
Entering Task Durations 347
Establishing Task Dependencies 352
Changing Task Dependency Types and Adding Lead or Lag Time 355
Gantt Charts 358
Network Diagrams 360
Critical Path Analysis 362
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