Showing posts with label PMP exam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PMP exam. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

While the project work is being done...

The project is managed to the project management plan, which is realistic and complete.

The project manager measures against the project management plan to help determine project status throughout the life of the project.

Projects are re-estimated throughout the life of the project to makes urea the end date and cost objectives will be met.  Therefore, the project manager almost always knows if the project can meet the agreed- to end date and budget.

Delays must be made up by adjusting future work, rather than asking for more time.

The project manager ash authority and peer.  He or she can say no and work to control the project for the benefit of the customer.

The project manager lets others know they cannot get something for nothing. A change in scope must be evaluated for its impacts to time, cost, quality, risk, resources and customer satisfaction.  The project manger has enough data about the project to do this analysis.

The project manager realizes that over time not everyone associated with the project will have the same understanding of what the project is and what could occur during the life of the project.  Therefore, the project manager is continually looking to ensure everyone knows what's going on and has appropriate expectations.

The project manger understands and takes seriously, human resource responsibility on a project.

The project manager spends time on such activities as team building and ensuring high team performance.

The project manager is proactive and finds problems early, looks for changes and prevents problem.s.

The project manager spends more time focusing on preventing problems than dealing with problems.

Most problems that occur have a risk response plan already decreased to deal with them.

Risks are a major topic at every team meeting.

Team meeting do not focus on status.  That can be collected by other means.

All changes to the project management plan flow through the change management process sand integrated change control.

The project manager ensures that organizational policies are followed on the project.

The project manager recommends improvements to the performing organizations standards, polices and process.  Such recommendations are expected and welcomed by management.

Quality should be checked before an activity or work package is completed.

The project manager works closely with the quality assurance quality control department in performing some of the quality activities discussed in the PMBOK guide.

The project anger is actively involved with the procurement process and assists in managing procurements.

The project manager understands contract language.

The project manager makes sure all the terms of the contract are met, including those that do not seem important to him or her.





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Planning the project

Planning is very important, and all projects must be planned.

The project manager plans the project with input from the team and stakeholders, not on his or her own.

Part of planning involves deciding which processes oink PMBOK Guide should be used on each project and how to tailor those processes to the project.

There are plans for how the knowledge areas of scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk procurement, and stakeholder management will be planned, managed , and controlled.  These are called management plans, and every project has one for every knowledge area.

If at all possible, all the required work and all The stakeholders are identified before the project work actually begins.

The project manager determines metrics to be used to measure quality.

The project manger has a plan for continually improving processes.

The project manager creates a system to reward team members and stakeholders.

All roles and responsibilities are CLEARLY documented and assigned to specific individuals on the project.  These may include things like reporting responsibilities, reeks management assignments, and meeting attendance as well as project work.

The project manager focuses extensively on identifying risks.

The stakeholders, as well as team members, are assigned risk identification and risk management  duties.

The project manager realizes that managing risks saves the project time and money.

Project cost and schedule cannot be finalized without completing risk management.

The project manager assesses whether the project can meet the end date and other project constraints and objectives. He or she then meets with management to resolve any differences BEFORE the project work starts.  The project manager knows unrealistic schedules are his or her fault.

The project manager plans when and how to measure performance against the performance measurement baseline, as documented in the project management plan, but he or she also has other measurements to use to determine how the project is performing while the work is being done.

The project management plan is realistic, and everyone believes it can be achieved.

The exam defines a kickoff meeting in a way that maybe different from your understanding of a kickoff meeting.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Some interesting sites/readings worth visiting as follows:


Some interesting sites/readings worth visiting as follows:
http://www.pmi.org (PMI website)
http://www.pmzilla.com (PMZilla)
http://pmzilla.com/comprehensive-pmp-notes (PM Zilla - Summary Notes)
http://pmzilla.com/memorizing-inputs-tools-and-outputs-pmp (PM Zilla - Memorizing Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs – ITTO’s)
http://www.oliverlehmann.com (Oliver F. Lehmann)
http://www.oliverlehmann.com/pmp-self-test/75-free-questions.htm#providers_ (OFL - free PMP Exam Self-Assessment Test and link to tons of Providers of Free PMP + CAPM Preparation Questions) 
http://www.velociteach.com (Andy Crowe)
http://www.rmcproject.com (Rita Mulcahy – RMC Project Management)
http://www.cornelius-fichtner.com (Cornelius Fichtner)
http://www.project-management-prepcast.com (Cornelius Fichtner)
http://www.project-management-flash-cards.com (PM PrepCast free flash cards)
http://www.kimheldman.com (Kim Heldman)
http://www.simplilearn.com (Simplilearn)
http://www.pmstudy.com (many saying sample exams close to real one) 
http://www.deepfriedbrainproject.com (cool site – PMP Exam Prep Blog)
http://www.brainbok.com (cool site – various topics)
http://quizlet.com/subject/pmp/#http://quizlet.com/subject/pmp (cool site - various subjects)
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