Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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plans, 190, 191–192
requests for proposal or quote, 192–195
supplier evaluation matrices, 195, 197
program(s), 13, 13–15
focusing on coordination and benefits as basis for
selecting, 55
new, creating, 55–56
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT),
136–137
Program Management Professional (PgMPSM) certification,
404, 420
program managers, 15
progress reports, 273
project(s), 4
attributes, 4–5
examples, 4
Project 2007. See Microsoft Project 2007
project buffers, 144
Project+ certification, 415–419
exam, 417
requirements for earning and maintaining, 416
sample exam questions, 418–419
project charters, 89, 89–92
PMBOK Guide information, 75
sample, 89–91
project communications management, 10. See also
communications management
project cost management, 9. See also cost
management
project dashboards, 167
project files, creating using Microsoft Project 2007,
340–341
project human resource management, 10. See also
human resource management
Project Information dialog box, Microsoft Project
2007, 340
project integration management, 10. See also integration
management
Project Kickstart, 24
project management, 7
advantages, 3–4
project portfolio management compared, 15–16
significance, 2–3
value, 77
Project Management Center (website), 24
Project Management Institute (PMI), 22
code of ethics, 23
Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge. See PMBOK Guide
PMP certification, 22
Practice Standard for Work Breakdown
Structure, Second Edition, 118
Web site, 434
project management knowledge areas, 9, 9–10
project management offices (PMOs), 78
project management plans, 109, 111–113
sample, 111–113
project management process groups, 70–79, 71
mapping to knowledge areas, 72–75
organizational standards, 78
project management methodology, 75–77
top management commitment, 77–78
Project Management Professional (PMP), 22. See also
PMP certification
Project Management Toolbox, 166
project management tools and techniques, 10
project managers, 5
skills needed, 17–21
project organizational charts, 169, 170
project planning, 105–153, 161–198
communications management, 173–177
cost management, 147–152
human resource management, 169–173
integration management, 108–113
procurement management, 186–197
purpose, 106–107
quality management, 163–168
risk management, 177–186
scope management, 113–126
summary of planning tasks and outputs, 107–108,
162–163
time management, 127–146
project portfolio(s)
creating, sample approach for, 58–59
enterprise success as basis for selecting, 57–58
project portfolio management, 15. See also portfolio
management
project procurement management, 10. See also
procurement management
Project Properties dialog box, Microsoft Project
2007, 341
project quality management, 9. See also quality
management
project risk management, 10. See also risk
management
project scope management, 9. See also scope
management
project selection
balanced scorecard, 52–53
financial projection methods, 44–50
focusing on competitive strategy and broad organizational
needs, 43–44
four-stage planning process, 41–42
problems, opportunities, and directives method,
53–54
project priority, 54
time frame approach, 54
weighted scoring model, 50–52
project selection methods, 42–54
project sponsors, 5
project teams
acquisition, 225
advice on managing, 272–273
development, 229–230
performance assessment, 229, 233–234
reward and recognition systems, 233
size, impact on communications, 238
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