Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Microsoft Project 2007, 362–364
schedule trade-offs, 141–142
understanding, 141
Crosstable Report dialog box, Microsoft Project
2007, 372
Crowe, Andy, 72
Cub Foods, 43
CV (cost variance), 253
deliverables, 71, 209
accepted and unaccepted, 257–258
sample, 209
dependencies, 131
DFAS (U.S. Defense Finance and Accounting
Services), 53
directives, 54
discount factor, 48
discount rate, 47
discretionary dependencies, 131
Disney Animal Kingdom theme park, 141
DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and
Verify) methodology, 76
DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and
Control) methodology, 76
DOD (U.S. Department of Defense), 121
duration, 136
estimating, 136–137
D
E
EAC (estimate at completion), 253, 254
earned value (EV), 252, 253
earned value management (EVM), 251, 251–255
Microsoft Project 2007, 379–381
Earned Value view, Microsoft Project 2007, 335
effectiveness research, 222–223
effort, 136
E/I (Extrovert/Introvert) psychological type, 231
empathic listening, 223
Entry table, assigning resources in Microsoft Project
2007, 368
Entry Table view, Microsoft Project 2007, 335, 336
EPM (Microsoft Office Enterprise Project
Management Solution), 25, 26, 322
EPM (Microsoft Office Enterprise Project
Management), 25
estimate at completion (EAC), 253, 254
ethics, 23
EV (earned value), 252, 253
EVM (earned value management), 251, 251–255
Microsoft Project 2007, 379–381
exams
PMP certification. See PMP certification
Project+ certification, 417, 418–419
executing processes, 71
executing projects, 205–245
communications management, 208, 235–239
human resource management, 208, 217–234
integration management, 208–214
procurement management, 208, 239–244
project quality management, 208, 215–217
summary of tasks and outputs, 207–208
external dependencies, 131
Extreme Programming, 75
extrinsic motivation, 217–218
Extrovert/Introvert (E/I) psychological type, 231
Exxon Corporation, 54
F
failure, 12–13
fallback plans, 178
fast tracking, 142
Federal Communications Commission, 237
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
206
feeding buffers, 144
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management
Agency), 206
FFP (firm-fixed price) contracts, 191
filters, Microsoft Project 2007, 338–339
financial projects, project selection based on, 44–50
firm-fixed price (FFP) contracts, 191
fitness for use, 164
fixed costs, entering in Microsoft Project 2007,
364–365
fixed-price contracts, 190, 190–191
float, 139
flowcharts, 270, 270–271
forcing mode, 212
forecasts, 274
Form views, Microsoft Project 2007, 334, 335
formal communications, 235
Freud, Sigmund, 218
G
Gantt chart(s), 138
Microsoft Project 2007, 358–360
tracking, 261
Gantt Chart view, Microsoft Project 2007, 335
Gartner Institute Certification Program, 415
The Goal (Goldratt), 142
Goldratt, Eliyahu M., 142
Graham, Robert, 44
Graphical views, Microsoft Project 2007, 334, 335
groupthink, 212
Groves, Leslie R., 7
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