PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A TOPICAL OUTLINE
 

1.  Project Management Process Groups
      a.  Initiating processes
      b.  Planning processes
      c.  Controlling processes
      d.  Executing processes
      e.  Closing processes

2.  Project Integration Management
      a.  Project plan development
           i.  Historical information
           ii.  Constraints and assumptions
      b.  Project plan execution
      c.  Overall change control
           i.  Change control system
           ii.  Confirmation management

3.  Project Scope Management
     a.  Initiation
     b.  Scope statement
          i.  Cost, schedule, and performance criteria
          ii.  Management plan
          iii.  Work breakdown structure
          iv.  Scope baseline
      c.  Scope definition
      d.  Scope reporting

4.  Project Quality Management
     a.  Quality planning
          i.  Six-sigma rule
          ii.  Zero defects
     b.Quality assurance
     c.Quality control (QC)
          i.  Statistical process control
          ii.  Seven basic QC tools

5.  Project Time Management
     a.  Activity definition
     b.  Activity sequencing
          i.  Dependencies
          ii.  PDM vs. AOL
     c.  Activity-duration estimating
          i.  Resource requirements
          ii.  Historical information
     d.  Schedule development
          i.  Resource pools
          ii.  Calendar
      e.  Schedule control
           i.  Performance reports
           ii.  Change requests

6.  Project Cost Management
     a.  Estimating and forecasting
     b.  Budgeting
     c.  Cost control
          i.  Contingency management
          ii.  Earned-value reporting
               (1)  BCWS, BCWP, ACWP
               (2)  Variance analysis
      d.  Present value

7.  Project Risk Management
     a.  Identification
     b.  Quantification
          i.  Expected value
          ii.  Decision trees
      c.  Response development

8.  Project Human Resource Management
     a.  Organizational planning
          i.  Project organizational structure
          ii.  Reporting relationships
     b.  Staff acquisition
          i.  Resource staffing
          ii.  Negotiations for team members
     c.  Team development
          i.  Theories of motivation
          ii.  Conflict resolution
          iii.  Influence factors

9.  Project Procurement Management
     a.  Procurement planning
     b.  Solicitation planning
     c.  Solicitation
     d.  Source selection
     e.  Contract administration
     f.  Contract closeout

10.  Project Communications Management
       a.  Communications planning
       b.  Communication process
       c.  Skills, techniques, and styles
       d.  Information distribution
       e.  Administrative closure

11.  Studying For and Taking the Exam
       a.  Nature of the exam
       b.  What to study
       c.  How to study
       d.  Test-taking strategies
       e.  Test-taking tricks