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Pmppreparationworksheets - PMP Bank. 6.2 Activity Sequencing by identifying and documenting dependencies among schedule activities ¨ Project scope statement ¨ Activity list ¨ Activity attributes ¨ Milestone list ¨ Approved change requests ¨ Precedence diagramming method (PDM) ¨ Arrow diagramming method (ADM) ¨ Schedule network templates ¨ Dependency determination ¨ Applying leads and lags.

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PMP Tips - Deep Fried Brain Project - PMP and CAPM Certification Exam Prep Blog: PMP and CAPM Certification Exams are Changing on July 31, 2013. Erictaillefer9. Project Management Podcasts including the APMP. Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam Second Edition > PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY > SCOPE MANAGEMENT. Certification Tips. Www.testeagle.com/classroom/Mastering_the_PMP_Calculations.pdf. Topic: Two phrases worth 40 ITTOs.... (1/1) Dear Future PMPS - I have received few questions about the ‘dump sheet’ that I shared in PM Prep Cast website .Here is some explanation.

Topic: Two phrases worth 40 ITTOs.... (1/1)

Please feel free to post your comments if you need further explanation. This approach is very much useful for those who are already planning to remember Page 43 of PMBOK. If you are NOT planning to remember Page 43 of PMBOK, please do not waste your time to understand my approach. Let me get to my approach without much waste of time. As part of my PMP preparation, I realized that, one of challenging areas for me was to remember the common ITTOs. Did you realize that following are very common ITTO?

C- Change Requests ,D-Project Documents Updates (Output),E –EEF (Input),O – OPA (Input) ,P – Project management plan updates , Ue – EEF Updates , Uo – OPA Updates ,X – Expert judgment Now, Can you remember CDOPUo? Ok, now take a look page 43 and write down ‘CDOPUO’ in Control Scope, Control Cost, Control Schedule, Quality Control. How about CDEPOX?. 13 Tips & Resources for PMP Aspirants - Prepare for PMP Exam. PMP Study Cards flashcards. PM Study Circle - Helping you for your PMP Exam preparation. « PMP Exam Preparation (Project Management Professional) Study Materials, Lessons Learned, Tips & TricksPM Study Circle – Helping you for your PMP Exam preparation.

PMPNotes.com. Project Management Papers and Other Resources. Knowledge Areas. About Project Management Certification & Starting Your PM Career. My preparation guide to clear PMP in first shot. I cleared my PMP certification exam in Nov 2012.

My preparation guide to clear PMP in first shot

It took me a long time to come up with this post, but I nevertheless wanted to post the same for the benefit of others who are planning to attempt for the exam sooner or later. I had signed up for a course with Knowledgwoods Training which conducts workshops in all major cities. You need to look you for their schedule. There are many more good institutes and you can choose any one which you think provides you with good training material, reference guides and techniques.

Although I underwent the training workshop (to earn my PDU's required for eligibility) first and began my studies later, my strong recommendation to others would be to read PMBOK atleast once before you take up a course. Below is the plan I followed to study for the exam. Study Plan: 1. 2. Also the book has some very interesting workshops where you can design you own questions. 3. 4. 5. 6. Rita's Process Chart flashcards. PMP Acronyms flashcards. PMI PMP® Exam Self Study Group. Time Management. Project Time Management – processes required to ensure timely completion of the project Time Management – In small projects Activity Definition, Sequencing, Resource Estimation, Duration Estimation and Schedule development are so tightly linked that they are viewed as single process.

Time Management

Activity Definition – involves identifying and documenting the work that is planned to be performed. Here work packages are planned (decomposed) into schedule activities to provide basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring and controlling the project work. Its final output is schedule activity where as final output is deliverable in create WBS process.

It is done by the project team members responsible for the work packages. Planning Component (TT used in Activity Definition) Control account: above work package and below WBS. Decomposition (TT used in Activity Definition) Activity List (output of activity definition) Tool: [Start to Start; Start to Finish; Finish to Start; Finish to Finish].