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Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Appendix C<br />

FIGURE C-2 Templates available <strong>for</strong> download on <strong>the</strong> companion Web site (continued)<br />

Template name Chapter reference Application software<br />

Scatter diagram 7 Excel<br />

Histogram 7 Excel<br />

Pareto chart 7 Excel<br />

Flow chart 7 PowerPoint<br />

Per<strong>for</strong>mance report 7 Word<br />

Issue log 7 Excel<br />

Customer acceptance-project completion <strong>for</strong>m 8 Word<br />

Final project report table of contents 8 Word<br />

Transition plan 8 Word<br />

Lessons learned report 8 Word<br />

Contract closure notice 8 Word<br />

USEFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SITES<br />

Thousands of Web sites provide useful in<strong>for</strong>mation related to project, program, and portfolio<br />

management. This brief listing highlights just a few useful sites, which provide many<br />

links to o<strong>the</strong>r sites. You can easily link to <strong>the</strong>se sites from <strong>the</strong> companion Web site <strong>for</strong> this<br />

text, and you can also search <strong>the</strong> Internet to find o<strong>the</strong>r useful sites.<br />

<strong>Professional</strong> Societies<br />

● <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Institute (www.pmi.org): This site includes lots of in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

related to project management, <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Professional</strong><br />

(<strong>PMP</strong>) certification, project management seminars and conferences, and so on.<br />

Students throughout <strong>the</strong> world can join PMI at deep discounts. As a member,<br />

you receive a free copy of <strong>the</strong> PMBOK® Guide, subscriptions to <strong>the</strong><br />

monthly PM Network magazine and quarterly PM Journal, and access to<br />

online member resources.<br />

● Students of <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (www.studentsofpm.org): This virtual group,<br />

sponsored by PMI, supports students studying project management.<br />

● International Association of <strong>Project</strong> and Program <strong>Management</strong> (www.iappm.<br />

org): This site includes in<strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>the</strong> Certified Portfolio Managers<br />

(CPM) certification and o<strong>the</strong>r services provided by this international professional<br />

society <strong>for</strong> project and program managers.<br />

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