PMP Certification is one of the most valued professional certifications in the world. If you are planning to get yourself PMP certified, We strongly recommend you to go through How to become a PMP – Step by Step Guide. Below are the most important project management topics, which are a must for the PMP certification exam. If you want topics grouped under the knowledge area, then check PMP Certification Must Read topics – Grouped by Knowledge area.
108 PMP Certification Must Read Topics
This is a list of topics that you shouldn’t miss in your PMP Exam preparation.
- Projects VS Operations
- PMO Types – Supportive, Controlling, Directive
- Project Expediter VS Project Coordinator
- Project Stakeholders
- Types of Organizational structures – Functional, Matrix, Projectized
- Program Management
- Portfolio Management
- Organizational Project Management (OPM)
- EEFs
- OPAs
- WPD VS WPI VS WPR
- Project Life Cycle Types
- Project Life Cycle VS Product Life Cycle
- Project Selection Methods
- Project Charter
- Project Business Documents
- Project Benefits Management Plan
- SOW VS Business case
- Project Management Plan & its components
- Performance Measurement Baseline
- Output, Outcome, Benefit
- Project Kick-off Meeting
- Project Documents
- Change Request Types – Corrective VS Preventive Action VS Defect Repair
- Change Control Board
- Project Scope VS Product Scope
- Scope VS Requirements
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Context Diagram VS Affinity Diagram
- Product Analysis
- Project Scope Statement
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Estimating Techniques – Analogous, Parametric, Three-Point, Bottom-up
- Control Account
- Validate Scope VS Control Quality
- Verification VS Validation
- Accepted Deliverable VS Verified Deliverable VS Validated Deliverable
- Validate Scope VS Control Scope
- 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
- Types of Costs
- Budget VS Cost Baseline
- Value Analysis or Value Engineering
- 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 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Power/Interest Grid
- Salience Model
- Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix ( SEA Matrix) – 5 Levels of involvement
If you want topics listed under each knowledge area, then check PMP Must Read topics – by Knowledge area.
If you think that we are missing any important topics, Please suggest through your comments. Lets enrich the list. Thank you.