Notes for Pmp Exam

Process Groups – Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing
Stakeholder – anyone whose interests are impacted by the project
Stakeholder management – identify all, determine requirements, determine expectations, communicate and influence
Org structures – functional/projectised/matrix
F – projects in dept and communication through dept head
P – company built around projects, no home for resources after project, communication through project
M – project + dept work so communication through 2 bosses (strong – project manager, weak – functional/dept manager, balanced – shared)
INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
Initiation
Project selection done by benefit measurement method (murder boards, peer review, scoring models, economic models) or constrained optimization method (linear, integer, dynamic, mutli-objective programming)
Project Charter – formally authorizes project and documents initial requirements to satisfy stakeholder requirements
Input – SOW, business case, contract, enterprise environmental factors EEF [government/industry standards, org insfrastructure, marketplace conditions], organizational process assets OPA (org standard processes, policies/procedures, templates, lessons learned)
Tools – Expert judgement
Output – Project Charter
Planning
Project Management Plan – documents the actions to define, prepare and coordinate all subsidiary plans. How to execute to accomplish objectives. Includes Change Management Plan, Configuration Management Plan. After baselining PMP can be only be changed through change requests
Input – Project Charter, EEF, OPA
Tools – Expert judgement
Output – Project Management Plan
Executing
Perform work defined in PMP to create deliverables, manage team, manage communication, issue change requests, manage risks, implement change – corrective/preventive actions and defect repair
Input – PMP, approved change requests, EEF, OPA
Tools – Expert judgement and Project Information System
Output –