By Makarand V Hardas, MBA, PMP
– PMI Stands for Project Management Institute.
– Vital and forward thinking – focused on the needs of project management professionals worldwide; that’s the Project Management Institute of today. Long been acknowledged as a pioneer in the field and now membership represents a truly global community with more than 200,000 professionals, representing 125 countries.
– PMI professionals come from virtually every major industry including, aerospace, automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial services, information technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and telecommunications.
– PMP Stands for Project Management Professional
– PMP is one of the several certificate course offered by PMI. Others are CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), PgPM (Program Management Professional), OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity Model)
– For more details on PMP & PMI please visit, www.pmi.org
– 35 contact hours of formal project management education
– The PMP examination is comprised of 200 competency-based, multiple-choice questions. Of the 200 questions, 25 are considered pretest questions. Pretest questions do not affect the candidate’s score and are used in examinations as an effective and legitimate way to test the validity of future examination questions. The pretest questions are randomly placed throughout the exam.
– The exam is constructed based on the PMP Examination Specification. The Exam Specification details the percentage of questions that are contained in each process group. The following reflects the percentage of questions in each of the performance domains:
– The allotted time to complete the examination is four hours. The examination is preceded by a 15-minute computer tutorial, which is not part of the allotted four hours.
Project Management Knowledge Area
PMI, PMP, CAPM, PMBOK, PM Network and the PMI Registered Education Provider logo are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Special Note: With a due credit to Mr Sriram Iyengar, PMP who has encouraged me for the PMP certification. The original article belongs to him and this is tailored version of original article.
This blog may be useful for fresh PMP aspirants, who are just about to begin and would like to pursue for PMP certification. Blog sets the foundation for aspirant to get familiar with various PMP basic process and knwoledge areas. Happy reading.
What is PMP?
– PMI Stands for Project Management Institute.
– Vital and forward thinking – focused on the needs of project management professionals worldwide; that’s the Project Management Institute of today. Long been acknowledged as a pioneer in the field and now membership represents a truly global community with more than 200,000 professionals, representing 125 countries.
– PMI professionals come from virtually every major industry including, aerospace, automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial services, information technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and telecommunications.
– PMP Stands for Project Management Professional
– PMP is one of the several certificate course offered by PMI. Others are CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), PgPM (Program Management Professional), OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity Model)
– For more details on PMP & PMI please visit, www.pmi.org
What are Pre-Requisites ?
– Bachelor’s degree or Global Equivalent
– Minimum of 3 years (36 months) unique non overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks.– 35 contact hours of formal project management education
What is the exam format?
– The PMP examination is comprised of 200 competency-based, multiple-choice questions. Of the 200 questions, 25 are considered pretest questions. Pretest questions do not affect the candidate’s score and are used in examinations as an effective and legitimate way to test the validity of future examination questions. The pretest questions are randomly placed throughout the exam.
– The exam is constructed based on the PMP Examination Specification. The Exam Specification details the percentage of questions that are contained in each process group. The following reflects the percentage of questions in each of the performance domains:
- Initiation, 11 percent
- Planning, 23 percent
- Executing, 27 percent
- Monitoring and Controlling, 21 percent
- Closing, 9 percent
- Professional and Social Responsibility, 9 percent
What is PMBOK?
The Project Management Book of Knowledge contains three main sections, they are
- The Project Management Framework
- The Project Management Process Group
- The Project Management Knowledge Area
Additionally, you are expected to study and adhere to Project Management Professional Code of conduct and Professional and Social Responsibility.
Project Management Framework
This subject covers the following topic :
– Definition of Project & Project Management
– General management knowledge & skills
– Interpersonal skills
– Programs and Program Management, Portfolio Management, Sub Projects
– PMO – Project Management Office
– The Project Life Cycle, Product Life Cycle
– Project Stakeholders
– Organizational System & Structure
Illustration - 1
Though the project manager had made a perfect project schedule for Training, Paul managed to reach Shanghai instead of Beijing.
The manager evaluated that, it could lead to a delay of 2 days in start of the training at Beijing and incur a loss of $2500 per day.
What decision the manager should take to ensure the training is completed and hence the project?
Project Management Knowledge Area
This subject covers the following topic :
– Project Integration Management
– Project Scope Management
– Project Time Management
– Project Cost Management
– Project Quality Management
– Project Human Resource Management
– Project Communication Management
– Project Risk Management
– Project Procurement Management
Project Management Process Group
INITIATION
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PLANNING
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EXECUTION
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MONITORING and CONTROL
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CLOSE-OUT
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(Concept)
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(Development)
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(Implementation)
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(Termination)/
(Finishing)
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Select project
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Create Scope Statement & scope management plan
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Execute the project plan
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Integrated change control
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Procurement audits
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Determine project objectives
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Determine project team
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Manage project progress
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Project performance reporting
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Product verification
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Determine high level deliverables, time & cost estimates
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Create WBS
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Complete work packages or tasks
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Performance reporting
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Formal acceptance
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Determine high level constraints & assumptions
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Finalize the team & create resource management plan
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Distribute information
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Scope change control
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Lessons learned
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Determine business need
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Create WBS dictionary
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Quality assurance
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Quality control
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Update records
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Develop product description
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Define responsibilities of the project manager
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Create Network Diagram
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Team development
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Risk monitoring & control
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Archive records
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Determine high-level resource requirements
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Estimate time & costs
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Progress meetings
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Schedule control
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Release resources
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Finalize project charter
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Determine Critical path
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Cost control
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Develop Schedule & schedule management plan
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Scope verification
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Develop Budget
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Manage by exception to the project plan
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Create Communications Management Plan
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Ensure compliance with plans
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Create Quality Management Plan
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Reassess plans
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Risk management planning, identification, qualification, quantification & response planning
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Take corrective action
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Create procurement management plan
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Create stakeholder management plan
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Create project control plan
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Develop formal project plan
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Gain formal project plan approval
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Hold kickoff meeting
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Sample Questions -
Question # 1: Which of the following is not the feature of a project?
1 Constrained by limited resources
1 Constrained by limited resources
2 Planned, executed and controlled
3 Creates unique product or service
4 May be ongoing and repetitive
Question # 2: What are the Process Groups in Project Management?
1 Concept, Initiating, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
2 Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
3 Initiating, Verifying, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
4 Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, Administrative Closure
Hope this will help you get some direction and traction in order to pursue for the PMP certification.
In coming few days I will try to put few more posts on how to prepare for Exam according to each knowledge area. Stay tuned ..
PMI, PMP, CAPM, PMBOK, PM Network and the PMI Registered Education Provider logo are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Special Note: With a due credit to Mr Sriram Iyengar, PMP who has encouraged me for the PMP certification. The original article belongs to him and this is tailored version of original article.
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