Below are the project management topics, which are a must-read for the PMP certification exam. These topics are grouped by the 10 Project Management knowledge areas. We strongly recommend you to go through How to become a PMP – Step by Step Guide.
Integration Management
- Project Selection Methods
- Project Charter
- Project Business Documents
- Project Business Case
- Project Benefits Management Plan
- Project Statement of Work (SOW)
- SOW VS Business case
- Assumption Log
- Project Kick-off Meeting
- Project Management Plan & its components
- Project Documents
- Performance Measurement Baseline
- Output, Outcome, Benefit
- PICC
- Change Request Types – Corrective VS Preventive Action VS Defect Repair
- Change Control Board
- Closing
- Organizational Process Assets (OPAs)
- Lessons Learned
Scope Management
- Scope VS Requirements
- Project Scope VS Product Scope
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Context Diagram VS Affinity Diagram
- Product Analysis
- Project Scope Statement
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Scope Management Plan
- Requirements Management Plan
- Scope Baseline
- Verification VS Validation
- Validate Scope VS Control Quality
- Validate Scope VS Control Scope
- Accepted Deliverable VS Verified Deliverable VS Validated Deliverable
Schedule Management
- Estimating Techniques – Analogous, Parametric, Three-Point, Bottom-up
- Control Account
- Summary Activity or Hammock Activity
- Activity VS Work Package
- Work Package VS Planning Package
- PDM Technique – FS,FF,SS,SF Dependencies
- Dependencies – Hard logic VS Soft Logic
- Float Types – Free, Total, Project
- Lead VS Lag
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Critical Chain Method (CCM)
- Fast Tracking VS Crashing
- Resource Leveling VS Resource Smoothing
- ROM Estimate VS Definitive Estimate
- Contingency Reserve VS Management Reserve
Cost Management
- Types of Costs
- Budget VS Cost Baseline
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Schedule Variance VS Cost Variance VS Variance at Completion
- Schedule Performance Index (SPI) VS Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Budget at Completion (BAC)
- Estimate at Completion (EAC) VS Estimate to Complete (ETC)
- To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
Quality Management
- Quality VS Grade
- Accuracy VS Precision
- Optimal Level of Quality & Marginal Analysis
- Quality Theorists – Juran, Deming, Crosby
- Cost of Quality (COQ) – Cost of Conformance VS Cost of Non-Conformance
- Design for X (DfX)
- Kaizen VS Kanban
- Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools)
- Quality Metrics
- Quality Checklists VS Quality Checksheets
- Six Sigma
Resource Management
- RACI Chart VS RAM
- Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS), Resource Calendar, Resource Histogram
- Halo Effect
- Tuckman Ladder Model
- 5 Conflict Resolution Techniques – Confront, Compromise, Withdrawal, Smooth, Force
- Powers of Project Manager
- Leadership Styles
- Mckinsey 7-s Framework – Hard & Soft Elements
- Motivation Theories – McGregor, Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland
Communication Management
- Basic Communication Model
- Communication Methods
- Push Communication VS Pull Communication VS Interactive Communication
- Number of Communication Channels
- Rules for Meetings
- Performance Reports – Types
- Effective Communication VS Efficient Communication
- Effective Listening
Risk Management
- Risk Management Terms- Risk Attitude, Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance, Risk Threshold, Risk Averse
- Sensitivity Analysis VS EMV Analysis VS Montecarlo Analysis
- Strategies for Positive Risks (Opportunities)
- Strategies for Negative Risks (Threats)
- Watchlist, Residual Risks, Secondary Risks
- Workaround
Procurement Management
- FFP VS FPIF VS FPEPA VS FPAF Contracts
- CC VS CPFF VS CPPC VS CPIF VS CPAF Contracts
- Time & Material Contracts
- Point of Total Assumption (PTA)
- Bid Documents – RFP VS RFQ VS RFB
- RFI VS RFP
- Contract VS Letter of Intent
- Bidder Conference
- Contract Change Control System
- Claims Administration
- Termination for Convenience VS Termination for default
Stakeholder Management
- Power/Interest Grid
- Salience Model
- Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix ( SEA Matrix) – 5 Levels of involvement
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