Project Management
Process describes
what you need to do
manage the project
The Project
Start, Plan,
Do, Check
and Act,
and End
If you understand the process, you can use logic on the
exam, rather tan having to rely on memorization.
Initiating
Project Charter
Project is officially approved,
involves project manager,
identifying and analyzing
stakeholders, high-level
planning, scope, WBS, risk
Provides the
Project manager
with the authority
and information
necesary to begin
the project
The business case
Stakeholders
Project statement
of work
How the Project fits
into the company´s
strategin plan
List of likely stakeholders
Constrains, risk and
assumptions
Relevant agreements,
including contracts
Industry standards
Marketplace trends
The company´s
change control system
Defined processes
and procedures for
how the company
operate
Past relationships with
the sponsor of the
project, likely
stakeholders and
posible team members
Templates from
past projects
Historical WBSs
Historical estimates
Lessons learned from
previous projects
What is going to company to
day, the majoy projects, and
the potential impact current
and planned initiatives could
have on this project
Understanding of the
company´s future
Understanding of the
company´s culture
List of people who may
be good team members
Many questions
on the exam will
include common
errors in Project
management and
requiere you to
know the activities
that should be
done during each
part of the Project
management
process
You need to have
more detailed
understanding of
what really
should be done
(the actions) in
Project initiating
in order to pass
exam
Expert Judgment
(Consultant,
Stakeholders, Industry
Groups, PMO)
Plan Cost Management, Estimate Costs, Determine Budget
Quality Management chapter
Nota:
Plan Quality Management
Human Resource Management chapter
Nota:
Plan Human Resource Management
Communications Management chapter
Nota:
Plan Communications Management
Risk Management chapter
Nota:
Plan Risk Management, Identify Risks, Perform Quality Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses
Procurement Management chapter
Nota:
Plan ProcurementManagement
Stakeholder Management chapter
Nota:
Plan Stakeholder Management
Project Management Plan
Project Documents
that will guide the
execution and
control of the project
Is iterative. Each planning process may
use the results of the previous processes,
and each process may affect or cause
changes to the previous processes.
You need to have a more detailed
understanding of what really should be
done (the actions) during project
planning, and you need to find out if
there are any actions you do not know
or have never done
Expert Judgment
(Consultant,
Stakeholders, Industry
Groups, PMO)
You are doing some
throughout the Project - from
initiating trhough closing
Means measuring the
performance of the
Project against the Project
Management Plan and
Approving Change
Request, including
recommended corrective
actions, preventive
actions and defect repair.
Project Manager
is Responsable
Closing
Integration Management chapter
Nota:
Close Project or Phase
Procurement Management chapter
Nota:
Close Procurements
Expert Judgment,
Meetings
Analytical Techniques
Update organized
archive that is stored for
use on future projects
Customer obtaining
formal acceptance
Include administrative
activities such as
collecting and finalizing
all the paperwork needed
to complete the Project,
and technical work to
confirm that the final
product of the Project is
acceptable
In any situation, ignoring Project
closing is a real mistake, as the work
done during closure is extremely
important to the performing
organization and to the customer