Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Index
critical chain scheduling, 142–145
critical path analysis, 139–142
milestone list, 128–130
network diagrams, 131–135
sample project schedule, 145–146
schedule development, 138–139
time-and-material contracts, 191
TOC (Theory of Constraints), 142, 142–143
toolbar, assigning resources in Microsoft Project
2007, 368–369
top management, importance of commitment, 77–78
top-down approach, WBD development, 121
top-down estimates, 147
tracking Gantt charts, 261
Microsoft Project 2007, 378–379
Tracking Table view, Microsoft Project 2007, 335
Tracking toolbar, Microsoft Project 2007, 375–376
training, project teams, 230
triggers, 183
triple constraint, 5, 5–7
Tuckman, Bruce, 230
Tuckman model, 230
U
U.S. Defense Finance and Accounting Services
(DFAS), 53
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), 121
Update Tasks dialog box, Microsoft Project 2007, 377
updating business processes, 238–239
sample, 239
updating critical path data, importance, 142
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Venue Integrated Planning Schedule, 120
Visual reports dialog box, Microsoft Project 2007,
380–381
VPMi Express, 25, 27
V
W
Walenta, Thomas, 404
Wal-Mart, 43
Walt Disney Imagineering, 141
Walton, Jane, 57
WBS(s). See work breakdown structures (WBSs)
WBS dictionaries, 124
sample entry, 126
Web sites
communications management planning, 176–177
companion for text, 423
professional societies, 434–435
project management articles, 435
WebEx, 237
weighted scoring model, 50, 50–52
Wilemon, D. L., 221
Wilson Learning Social Styles Profile, 232–233
withdrawal mode, 212
Work and the Nature of Man (Herzberg), 220
work breakdown structures (WBSs), 116, 118–126
approaches to developing, 120–123
Microsoft Project 2007, 342–345
sample, 123–124, 125–126
WBS dictionary, 126, 124
work packages, 118, 118–119
work performance information, 212–213
workarounds, 277