PMP Concept Learning Series

PMLS is proud to announce the launch of our new learning series "PMP Concepts". This series of blog posts and videos include concepts and comparisons frequently tested on during the PMP, CAPM, and PMI-RMP exams.

Each "Concept" publication provides a brief description and definition, followed by practical examples.

Topics:

1. The Project Management Plan
2. Stakeholder Knowledge Area
3. Schedule Knowledge Area
4. Risk Knowledge Area
5. Resource Knowledge Area
6. Quality Knowledge Area
7. Procurement Knowledge Area
8. Political Awareness
9. Networking
10. Meeting Management
11. Knowledge Management
12. The Issue Log
13. The Integration Processes
14. Daily Stand-Up
15. Cost Knowledge Area
16. Communication Knowledge Area
17. Business Case
18. Strategies to Battle Exam Anxiety
19. Assumption Log
20. Active Listening
21. Cost of conformance vs cost of non-conformance
22. Qualitative risk analysis vs quantitative risk analysis
23. Quality assurance vs quality control
24. Analogous vs parametric estimating
25. Common causes of variance vs special causes of variance
26. Precision vs accuracy
27. Projects vs Operations
28. Project Life Cycle vs Product Life Cycle
29. Assumptions vs Constraints
30. Functional Organizations vs Projectized Organizations
31. Project SOW vs Business Case
32. Enterprise Environmental Factors vs Organizational Process Assets
33. Brainstorming vs Nominal Group Technique
34. Work Package vs Activity
35. Lead vs Lag
36. Effort v Duration vs Elapsed Time
37. Critical Path vs Critical Chain
38. Total Float vs Free Float
39. Fast-Tracking vs Crashing
40. Budgetary Estimate vs Phased Estimate
41. ROM Estimate vs Definitive Estimate
42. Cost Estimate vs Budget
43. Quality vs Grade
44. Avoid vs Transfer vs Mitigate
45. Enhance vs Share vs Exploit
46. Sensitivity Analysis vs Expected Monetary Value
47. Deming vs Juran vs Crosby
48. Control Chart vs Run Chart
49. Histogram vs Pareto Chart
50. RAM vs Organization Chart
51. Interactive vs Push vs Pull Communication
52. Residual Risk vs Secondary Risk
53. Fallback Plan vs Contingent Response Strategy
54. Fixed Price Contracts
55. Cost Plus Contracts
56. Develop vs Manage Project Team
57. Quality Control vs Verify Scope
58. Corrective vs Preventive Actions vs Defect Repairs
59. Cost Variance vs Cost Performance Index
60. Schedule Variance vs Schedule Performance Index
61. Estimate at Completion vs Estimate to Complete
62. Budget at Completion vs Variance at Completion

If you have any others you would like to see, please let us know!