PMP Exam Prep – Part 6: Project Management Knowledge Areas
I like to use the analogy of a house under construction to go about explaining the structure of the PMBOK and how we can approach the learning process much as we would the building of a house. Chimp’s...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 7: Project Integration Management
This section is relatively easy to study for. If you’ve worked on a number of sizable projects, you probably would have participated in some of these processes, even if your Organization called them...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 8: Project Scope Management
In this section we will learn how to define, measure and control the amount work to be performed in order to achieve the goals or objectives of a project. Project Scope Management involves some of the...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 9: Project Time Management
In this section, there will be a large focus on Scheduling. By the end of the section, you should develop an understanding of how networks are used to solve resource allocation; scheduling issues and...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 10: Project Cost Management
In this Section, we will address issues relating to cost at a project management level. It is very helpful to have as broad a background as possible in addressing questions on cost, as questions on...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 11: Project Quality Management
Philip Crosby, one of the forefathers of modern-day quality management, titled his seminal work on quality management, “Quality is free.” When we say that quality is free, we mean to say that quality...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 12: Project Human Resource Management
This section of the PMBOK explores issues of teaming and working together and getting people moving towards common goals. A lot of the content is weighted heavily towards team development and dealing...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 13: Project Communications Management
Historically, most candidates find this section on Project Communications Management to be the easiest to pass. This is the time and place where you can gain a lot of ground in your exam score,...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 14: Project Risk Management
This section covers the essential concepts and elements of contemporary risk management practices. In prior versions of the exam, this was the single most failed section. This is because a lot of...
View ArticlePMP Exam Prep – Part 15: Project Procurement Management
The PMBOK addresses Project Procurement Management from the buyer’s perspective, in other words, we play the role of the buyer looking to contract some project work to a seller that is external to our...
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