Mind Map: Project Management Professional

MIND
MAP
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
document issued by the project initiator or sponsor

authorizes the existence of a project
Project Charter
provides the project manager with the authority to apply

organizational resources to project activities
the document that describes how the project
will be executed monitored, and controlled
any unique and verifiable product, result,or
capability to perform a service that is required to be
produced to complete a process, phase, or project
Project Management Plan
PMIs prestigious credential
Deliverables
PDU - Professional Development Unit- 1

PDU - 1 contact hour
37 project documents
formal proposal to modify any

document, deliverable, or baseline
Change Control Board
chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating,
approving,delaying, or rejecting changes to the project
REP- Registered Education Providers
Project documents
assist in developing & maintaining

the project management plan
PMBOK - Project Management Body of

Knowledge- Textbook by PMI
Change request
INTEGRATION
PROCESS - a systematic series of activities

directed towards causing an end result
CCB
information
gathering technique
recording and communicating such decisions
Delphi
Project management Process Group- includes initiating processes,
planning processes, executing processes, monitoring and
controlling processes, and closing processes
Corrective action
Preventive action
Project Management
Information System
tools and techniques used to gather,
integrate, and disseminate the outputs of
Project Management Processes
Project Management
Plan
Defect repair
Change log
PMIS
Project management Knowledge Area

GENERIC
OPM3 - Organizational Project Management Maturity Model,

published by PMI
part of PMIS
MBO - Management by objectives
collection of formal documented procedures

identify and document the functional and physical
characteristics of a product, result, service, or component
control any changes to such characteristics; record and
report each change and its implementation status
support the audit of the products, results, or
components to verify conformance to requirements
Configuration Management System
guides how changes will be

monitored and controlled
includes the steps, documents, tracking system, and

defined approval levels needed to issue work authorizations
Change
Management
System
Operation - repetitive & ongoing

PMO - standardizes the project-related governance
processes and facilitates the sharing of resources,
methodologies, tools, and techniques
PMO Supportive
Work Authorization System
an element of the project which is having

serial number or asset tag, relationship and status
judgment provided based upon expertise in an
application area, knowledge area, discipline, industry, etc
may be provided by any group or person with specialized
education, knowledge, skill, experience, or training
PMO Controlling
Configuration Item
Expert Judgment
PMO Directive
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
Project Scope
Product Scope
Milestone
a significant point or event in a project, program, or portfolio

number of labor units required to complete a schedule
activity or work breakdown structure component
Schedule data
collection of information for describing and controlling the schedule

hierarchical representation of resources by category and type
WBS
accomplishes the project objectives and create the required deliverables

WBS dictionary
Triangular distribution
Program Evaluation and
Review Technique
Backlog
PERT
Scope baseline
Resource leveling
bar chart of schedule information where

activities are listed on the vertical axis
Milestone
Gantt Chart
based on probability distributions for

cost and schedule on individual tasks
approved version of a scope statement,

work breakdown structure (WBS)
the cost directly attributed for the project like travel, wages
Indirect Cost
activity durations are shown as horizontal bars placed

according to start and finish dates
COST
Monte Carlo Simulation
visual depiction of the product scope
can be changed only through formal change control

procedures and is used as a basis for comparison
Resource smoothing
process which generates hundreds or thousands

of probable performance outcomes
a listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed
written as stories, and prioritized by the business

to manage and organize the projects work
Context Diagram
weighted average of optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely estimates

when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates.
dates are shown on the horizontal axis
hierarchical decomposition of the total scope

of work to be carried out by the project team
SCOPE
TIME
technique for estimating
description of the project scope, major

deliverables, assumptions, and constraints
documents the entire scope, including
project and product scope
Triangular
distribution
M is most likely
M is most likely
adding more features or functionalities which

customer is not asking for to delight the customer
Resource breakdown structure
O is optimistic
O is optimistic
Gold Plating
Project Scope Statement
(P+M+O)/3P is pessimistic
(P+4M+O)/6-- P is pessimistic
features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result

uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope
without adjustments to time, cost, and resources
Duration
the total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity
specified features & functions
Scope creep
Effort
expressed in hours, days, or weeks
work performed to deliver a product, service, or result
Fixed Cost
the costs that do not change as production changes like rental, set up
Variable Cost
Sunk
the costs which are overhead like taxes
the costs change based on usage like consumption of material
the cost which has been spent and cant be recovered

the graph shows the relationship between project spending and the time
S- Curve
during the initial stages of project, the spending is less

during execution- highest
skills such as: leadership
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
team building
motivation
communication
assessment of correctness
Accuracy
influencing
decision making
Interpersonal skill
Precision
if the measurements are close to the expected value then it is accurate

measure of exactness
political and cultural awareness

collection of tools like affinity diagram
negotiation
trust building
Quality management and control tools
conflict management
coaching
other name for colocation

also known as war room
process decision program charts(PDPC)
QUALITY
tree diagrams
HUMAN RESOURCE
prioritization matrices
network diagram and matrix diagram used
for perform quality assurance process
Tight matrix
organizational placement strategy where the project team members

are physically located close to one another in order to improve
communication,working relationships, and productivity
expectations regarding acceptable behavior by project team members
Ground rule
if a person is good or bad in some area,

we assume he is good or bad in other areas as well
Halo effect
employees who expect some reward for every activity they carry out
interrelationship digraphs
Expectancy theory
Communication Model
COMMUNICATION
Communication methods
Pull communication
systematic procedure, technique, or process used to

transfer information among project stakeholders
Encode
thoughts or ideas are translated (encoded) into language by the sender
Decode
the message is translated by the receiver back into meaningful thoughts or ideas
Interactive communication
Push communication
description, analogy or schematic used to represent

the communicationprocess project. It consists of encoder,
decoder, medium, sender and receiver
between two or more parties performing

a multidirectional exchange of information
sent to specific recipients who need to receive the information
used for very large volumes of information, or for very large audiences
requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
the one who will never take any risk
Risk seeker
the one who will take or invite risks
Risk neutral
Request for Proposal - procurement document

proposals from prospective sellers of products or services
Risk Averse
RFP
Risk Appetite
Request for Information

procurement document whereby the
buyer requests a potential seller
the degree of uncertainty an entity is willing

to take on, in anticipation of a reward
Risk degree
Risk tolerance
RFI
Risk amount
Risk volume
provide various pieces of information related

to a product or service or seller capability
Business risk
PROCUREMENT
Request for Quotation - procurement document

used to request price quotations from prospective
sellers of common or standard products or services
RFQ
RISK
Pure risk
Risk Category
Analysis of strengths
Request for Bid

request for total price to carry out entire work
RFB
SWOT Analysis
threats of an organization, project, or option
Letter of Intent
issued by the seller to buyer
weaknesses
opportunities
LOI
Residual risk
Secondary risk
Workaround
Risk Owner
Risk actionee
a risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented

a risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
a response to a threat that has occurred, for which a prior
response had not been planned or was not effective

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MIND

document issued by the project initiator or sponsor

provides the project manager with the authority to apply

Project Management Plan

PMIs prestigious credential

PDU - Professional Development Unit- 1

formal proposal to modify any

REP- Registered Education Providers

assist in developing & maintaining

PMBOK - Project Management Body of

PROCESS - a systematic series of activities

recording and communicating such decisions

Project management Knowledge Area

OPM3 - Organizational Project Management Maturity Model,

collection of formal documented procedures

Configuration Management System

guides how changes will be

includes the steps, documents, tracking system, and

Operation - repetitive & ongoing

Work Authorization System

an element of the project which is having

a significant point or event in a project, program, or portfolio

collection of information for describing and controlling the schedule

accomplishes the project objectives and create the required deliverables

bar chart of schedule information where

based on probability distributions for

approved version of a scope statement,

activity durations are shown as horizontal bars placed

Monte Carlo Simulation

visual depiction of the product scope

can be changed only through formal change control

process which generates hundreds or thousands

a listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed

written as stories, and prioritized by the business

weighted average of optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely estimates

dates are shown on the horizontal axis

hierarchical decomposition of the total scope

technique for estimating

description of the project scope, major

adding more features or functionalities which

Resource breakdown structure

Project Scope Statement

features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result

the total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity

specified features & functions

expressed in hours, days, or weeks

work performed to deliver a product, service, or result

the costs which are overhead like taxes

the costs change based on usage like consumption of material

the cost which has been spent and cant be recovered

during the initial stages of project, the spending is less

skills such as: leadership

if the measurements are close to the expected value then it is accurate

political and cultural awareness

Quality management and control tools