PMdistilled Guide

Chapter 1 – Introduction

1. Introduction
2. Selecting the right projects
3. Portfolio
4. Program
5. Projects
6. Project management
7. System for value for delivery
8. Value
9. Value delivery components
10. Product management

Chapter 2 – Project Approach & Project Management

1. Deciding on the development approach & life cycle
2. Selecting the project manager
   1. Project Management Principles
      1. Stewardship
      2. Team
      3. Stakeholders
      4. Value
      5. Systems thinking
      6. Leadership
      7. Tailoring
      8. Quality
      9. Complexity
      10. Risk
      11. Adaptability & Resiliency
      12. Change
   2. Project Performance Domain
      1. Stakeholders
      2. Team
      3. Development approach & Life cycle
      4. Planning
      5. Project work
      6. Delivery
      7. Measurement
      8. Uncertainty
   3. Tailoring
   4. Models, Methods & Artifacts
3. Selecting the project management team

Chapter 3 – Predictive project management

1. Introduction to Predictive Project Management
2. Initiation
   1. Importance of project initiation
   2. Developing project charter
   3. Key stakeholders identification and prioritization
3. Planning
   1. Collecting requirements
   2. Defining scope
   3. Decomposing the scope into work breakdown structure
   4. Developing the Bill Of Quantities (BOQ)
   5. Cost estimation
   6. Organizational structures
   7. Defining the project’s Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
   8. Defining control accounts
   9. Defining project’s budget
   10. Scheduling
       1. Activity definition
       2. Activity duration estimation
       3. Activity sequencing
       4. Schedule network analysis
       5. Developing the project schedule
       6. Leads, lags, float, buffer, critical path
       7. Crashing & fast tracking
   11. Plan quality management
   12. Plan resource management
   13. Plan communications management
   14. Plan risk management
       1. Identify risks
       2. Qualitative risk analysis
       3. Quantitative risk analysis
       4. Plan risk responses
   15. Plan procurement management
   16. Plan stakeholder engagement
4. Execution
   1. Direct and manage project work
   2. Manage project knowledge
   3. Manage quality
   4. Acquire resources
   5. Develop team
   6. Manage team
   7. Manage communications
   8. Implement risk responses
   9. Conduct procurement
   10. Manage stakeholder engagement
5. Monitoring & Controlling
   1. Monitoring & Controlling project work
   2. Control scope
   3. Control schedule
   4. Control costs
   5. Control quality
   6. Control resources
   7. Monitor communications
   8. Monitor risks
   9. Control procurement
   10. Monitor stakeholder engagement
6. Closing
   1. Close project / phase

Chapter 4 – Agile project management

1. What is agile?
2. When to apply agile project management?
3. The agile team organization
   1. Product owner
   2. Iteration manager
   3. Team
4. Key agile ceremonies
   1. Release planning
   2. Iteration planning
   3. Daily team meeting
   4. Iteration review
   5. Iteration retrospective
   6. Agile estimation
5. Agile artifacts
   1. Agile Charter
   2. Product backlog
   3. Iteration backlog
   4. User stories
   5. Tracking board
   6. Definition of Done (DoD)

Chapter 5 – Models

1. Situational leadership II
2. OSCAR Model
3. Cross cultural communication
4. Effectiveness of communication channels
5. Gulf of execution and evaluation
6. Hygiene and motivational factors
7. Intrinsic Vs Extrinsic motivation
8. Theory of needs
9. Theory X, Theory Y and Theory Z
10. Managing change in organizations
11. ADKAR Model
12. The 8 step process for leading change
13. Virginia Satir change model
14. Transition model
15. Cynefin framework
16. Stacey matrix
17. Tuckman Ladder
18. Drexler / Sibbet team performance model
19. Conflict model
20. Negotiation
21. Planning
22. Process groups
23. Salience model

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