PMdistilled Guide Index
Introduction
- Introduction
- About Professional project management
- Comparison of Project Management Certifications
- About PMP Certification (Read only if you are interested in certification)
1-Basic Definitions
- What is a project?
- What is an operation?
- What is a program?
- What is portfolio?
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Project stakeholders
- Enterprise environmental factors (EEF)
- Organizational process assets (OPA)
- Project success criteria
- Roles and responsibilities of Project Managers
- Three types of Project Management
- Assessment
3-Planning
4-Scheduling
6-Execution
7-Monitoring & Controlling
- Introduction to Monitoring & Controlling Project Work
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Control Scope
- Control Schedule
- Control Costs
- Control Quality
- Control Resources
- Monitor Communications
- Risk monitoring and control
- Control Procurements
- Monitor and control stakeholder engagement
- Earned Schedule Management
- Assessment
8-Project closure
- Formal closure
- Handover takeover
- Assessment
Agile & Hybrid
9-Introduction to Agile
- What is Agile?, Agile manifesto?
- When to go for agile project management?
- Servant leadership
- Agile chartering
- Quick introduction to Scrum
- Roles and responsibilities of the Product owner
- Roles and responsibilities of the Iteration Manager (Scrum master)
- Roles and responsibilities of the development team
10-Ceremonies & Artefacts
12-Hybrid
- What is hybrid project management?
- Tailoring strategies
13-Models & Concepts
Models & Concepts..
- Theory of needs (Maslow’s heirarchy of needs)
- Theory XYZ
- ADKAR model
- Kotter’s 8-step change process
- Virginia Satir Change Model
- Bridges Transition model
- Cynefin framework
- Stacey matrix
- Drexler / Sibbet team performance
- Conflict model
- Negotiation
- Planning process groups
- Salience model
- Project Management Principles
- Project performance domains
14-Emerging trends
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Project Management Information System (PMIS)
- Artificial Intelligence in Project Management
15-PMP focus
Sample PMP Questions