PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide by Joseph Phillips ISBN:0072230622 McGraw-Hill © 2004 (588 pages) This book shows you not only what‚ but how to study for the PMP exam. With 100% complete coverage of all exam objectives and simulated questions‚ this guide covers project initiation‚ scope management‚ quality assurance‚ and more. CD Content Table of Contents PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide Introduction Part I - Project Initiation Ch apt - Introducing Project Management
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finance theory? They are heavily influenced by corporate finance theory All submissions are required to show the net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period. They need to highlight the project’s anticipated outgoing cash flow and earnings effects on the company and describe specific risks that could affect the projects abitily to deliver projects economic results. Specifically for mergers the CER would include financial analyses of “Best Case” and “Worst Case”
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Project Charter refers to a statement of objectives in a project. This statement also sets out detailed project goals‚ roles and responsibilities‚ identifies the main stakeholders‚ and the level of authority of a project manager. It acts as a guideline for future projects as well as an important material in the organization’s knowledge management system. The project charter is a short document that would consist of new offering request or a request for proposal. This document is a part of the project
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE PROJECT MANAGER IN A CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (CRO)? Kim M. Boericke Senior Director‚ Global Project Management inc Research Abstract: In the clinical research setting‚ a project is a unique clinical trial. Within a contract research organization (CRO)‚ a project manager is the: Project team leader‚ primary point of contact for the team and the client‚ client advocate within the CRO‚ manager of project change‚ and internal business development representative
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2012 Project management is one of the most important and critical tool or technique‚ which defines the entire course of development of any kind of project. Project management works as an ignition for the chain reaction of the whole development cycle. It also helps to layout each and every step of the development cycle and defines the action plan to be followed during the risk-conditions. Not only this‚ project management methodologies help track down the success rate for a project and improve
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Milestone I Software Project Management Tool ABSTRACT The project entitled “Software Project Management Tool” deals with the various levels of project development and will account for time used in analysis‚ design‚ programming‚ testing and verification etc. It is well known fact that software companies undertake huge projects more than one at a time. Hence there is a profound need for the organizations to manage all the projects efficiently and ensure that projects cycle goes on smoothly
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Project Management Paper MGT/437 November 3‚ 2010 Project Management Paper A project can be a wide variety of activities. According to Kerzner‚ 2006‚ a project can be considered to be any series of activities and tasks that have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications‚ has defined start and end dates‚ has funding limits (if applicable)‚ consume human and nonhuman resources (i.e.‚ money‚ people‚ equipment)‚ and are multifunctional (i.e.‚ cut across several
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A project network illustrates the relationships between activities (or tasks) in the project. Showing the activities as nodes or on arrows between event nodes are two main ways to draw those relationships. With activities on arrow (AOA) diagrams‚ you are limited to showing only the finish-to-start relationships - that is‚ the arrow can represent only that the activity spans the time from the event at the start of the arrow to the event at the end. As well‚ "dummy" activities have to be added
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2.0 THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT 2.1 The Projects: Projects are products of ideas initiated to fulfill a need or exploit an opportunity. The Project Environment also known as Project World are the external factors influencing projects. The single most important influence on any project is whether or not it is being carried out by Public Sector usually undertaken by government to provide public service or Private Sector usually undertaken by individual companies or consortia to
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CHAPTER 1 What Is a Project? Things are not always what they seem. — Phaedrus‚ Roman writer and fabulist CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: N Define a project N List a project’s characteristics N Distinguish a project from a program‚ activity‚ and task N Understand the three parameters that constrain a project N Know the importance of defining and using a project classification rule N Understand the issues around scope creep‚ hope creep‚ effort creep
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