
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:
- The Project Management Plan
- Stakeholder Knowledge Area
- Schedule Knowledge Area
- Risk Knowledge Area
- Resource Knowledge Area
- Quality Knowledge Area
- Procurement Knowledge Area
- Political Awareness
- Networking
- Meeting Management
- Knowledge Management
- The Issue Log
- The Integration Processes
- Daily Stand-Up
- Cost Knowledge Area
- Communication Knowledge Area
- Business Case
- Strategies to Battle Exam Anxiety
- Assumption Log
- Active Listening
- Cost of conformance vs cost of non-conformance
- Qualitative risk analysis vs quantitative risk analysis
- Quality assurance vs quality control
- Analogous vs parametric estimating
- Common causes of variance vs special causes of variance
- Precision vs accuracy
- Projects vs Operations
- Project Life Cycle vs Product Life Cycle
- Assumptions vs Constraints
- Functional Organizations vs Projectized Organizations
- Project SOW vs Business Case
- Enterprise Environmental Factors vs Organizational Process Assets
- Brainstorming vs Nominal Group Technique
- Work Package vs Activity
- Lead vs Lag
- Effort v Duration vs Elapsed Time
- Critical Path vs Critical Chain
- Total Float vs Free Float
- Fast-Tracking vs Crashing
- Budgetary Estimate vs Phased Estimate
- ROM Estimate vs Definitive Estimate
- Cost Estimate vs Budget
- Quality vs Grade
- Avoid vs Transfer vs Mitigate
- Enhance vs Share vs Exploit
- Sensitivity Analysis vs Expected Monetary Value
- Deming vs Juran vs Crosby
- Control Chart vs Run Chart
- Histogram vs Pareto Chart
- RAM vs Organization Chart
- Interactive vs Push vs Pull Communication
- Residual Risk vs Secondary Risk
- Fallback Plan vs Contingent Response Strategy
- Fixed Price Contracts
- Cost Plus Contracts
- Develop vs Manage Project Team
- Quality Control vs Verify Scope
- Corrective vs Preventive Actions vs Defect Repairs
- Cost Variance vs Cost Performance Index
- Schedule Variance vs Schedule Performance Index
- Estimate at Completion vs Estimate to Complete
- Budget at Completion vs Variance at Completion
If you have any others you would like to see, please let us know!
Thank you…this series has been a tremendous help in studying for my PMP!
These were great!
Thanks a lot! still reading topics.. thought of thanking you in between 🙂