Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Note: Page numbers in boldface type indicate key
terms and their definitions.
A
achievement, need for, 220
acquired-needs theory, 220–221
ACs (actual costs), 252, 253
Microsoft Project 2007, 375–379
activity attributes, 127, 127–128, 129
activity duration, estimating, 136–137
activity lists, 127, 127–128, 129
activity resources, estimating requirements, 135–136
activity sequencing, 130–131
activity-on-arrow (AOA) approach, 132, 132–133
actual costs (ACs), 252, 253
Microsoft Project 2007, 375–379
actual times, Microsoft Project 2007, 375–379
Addeman, Frank, 141
ADM (arrow diagraming method), 132, 132–133
affiliation, need for, 220
Albin, Jim, 57
Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know
That Everyone Else Does Not (Crowe), 72
American Society for the Advancement of Project
Management Web site, 435
analogous estimates, 147
analogy approach, WBD development, 121
AOA (activity-on-arrow) approach, 132, 132–133
arrow diagraming method (ADM), 132, 132–133
Assign Resources dialog box, Microsoft Project
2007, 369
Association for Project Management Web site, 435
Australian Institute of Project Management Web
site, 435
B
Babies “R” Us, 43, 44
BAC (budget at completion), 254
balanced scorecard, 52, 52–53
Balanced Scorecard Institute, 52
Bank of America, 138
Barnes, Lisa-Ann, 416
INDEX
baseline, 109
saving files with or without using Microsoft
Project 2007, 345–346
scope, 126
baseline plans, Microsoft Project 2007, 374–375
basic productivity software, 24
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, 264
benchmarking, 215
best companies to work for, 225
best practices, 21
best companies to work for, 225
new product development, 58
product delivery, 166
scope control, 259
SMART criteria, 130
top management’s role, 79
bids, 193
Big Dig project, 264
blogs, 176
bottom-up approach, WBD development, 121
bottom-up estimates, 148
BRA Systems, Inc., 50
Briggs, Katherine C., 231
Brooks, Frederick, 237
budget at completion (BAC), 254
buffers, 144
bursts in AOA diagrams, 132
Bush, George W., 206
business cases, 76, 85–88
contents, 85
sample, 85–88
Butrick, Robert, 21
C
Calendar view, Microsoft Project 2007, 336
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), 263
capital, opportunity cost of, 44
CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)
certification, 404, 420
Carlyle, Thomas, 10
case studies, 424–432
cash flow, 45
cause-and-effect diagrams, 216, 265
Cavanaugh, Roland, 76
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