How To Be A PMP-Tips and Techniques
How To Be A PMP-Tips and Techniques
How To Be A PMP-Tips and Techniques
Pre-Requisites
Pre-Requisite Satisfied ?
YES
Review Of Application
By PMI
35 hrs of Project
Management Training
Bachelor Degree
NO
Is it sent by associate
within 3 Months
YES
YES
Schedule Exam
YES
Want to Re-schedule?
(need to do so prior to 48 hrs
Appear Exam
NO
Attained Education
Provide your highest degree( example: Bachelor of Engineering and detail of the institute
Requirements
PM Experience detail is in the next slide
PM Education detail is in the next slide
Certification Agreement
Agreement with PMI for certification. need to agree on the terms and conditions
Project Title
Project Started
Through Date
Project Role
Primary Industry
Job Title
Organization Name
Organization Address
Organization Phone number
Organization Contacts
Contact name
Contact Relationship
Contact E-Mail
Contact Phone number
Initiating Process
Planning Process
Executing Process
Monitoring and Control Process
Closing Process
Project Started
Put the date when you joined the project
Through Date
Put the date when you got released from the project
Project Role
Provide the project Role ( example Project Leader, Project Manager)
Primary Industry
IT/Software
Organization Name
TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.
Organization Address
Provide the TCS Delivery Center address ( Example for Kolkata GDC
TATA Consultancy Service Ltd
PLOT C BLOCK EP
KOLKATA West-Bengal-700091
Organization Contacts
Contact name
Put you TCS Manager/BRM Name
Contact Relationship
Manager/Director
Contact E-Mail
Put your Manager E-mail Address
TOTAL HOURS
1620
Distributions
TOTAL %
100
INITIATION(%)
PLANNING(%)
7
113.4
EXECUTION (%)
25
405
CONTROL (%)
35
567
25
405
CLOSURE (%)
8
129.6
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Documenting Constraints
gathering requirements
Documenting Assumptions
Cost Estimating
Documenting Product
Description
Evaluating Products
Documenting
Job/Position
descriptions
Preparing Project Plan
decomposition of tasks
Monitor &
Controlling
Reporting Project
performance
organizing quality
control audits
Resolving Issues
Verifying scope
gathering And
approving timesheets
Implementing Change
Request
Monitoring Risks
Closing
Conducting
performance
review for team
members
Updating Lesson
learnt
Archiving Project
Document
Reporting Final
performance of
the project
documenting the
requirements
Title
Hours
Put total hours for the training course
Qualifying Hours
Put total hours you have attended
Study materials
Rita Mulcahy PMP
Exam Prep
PMBOK
PMBOK
TCS Materials
PM Fast Track
TCS
Materials
Read PMBOK first. It may look very dry initially. Read Ritas Exam prep book. Read PMBOK again. You will definitely understand it better now.
Mark lines what you feel important in RED color. Identify and mark what you do not understand as well. Read Ritas Exam prep again . Come back
To PMPOK and clear what you what not clear on last run. Once you feel comfortable, Start solving PM Fast track tests. Take it seriously and
Complete each exam as real exam. Evaluate your exam and make a note of your mistake made.
Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area
Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Quality Management
Communication Management
Risk Management
Procurement Management
Professional Ethics
Understand the concept and relationship of the processes from PMP EXAM
PREP Rita Mulcahy book.
Rita Mulcahy exam prep book give good explanation of the relation between processes of this knowledge are and
outside this knowledge. You need understand it and get more detail knowledge from PMBOK.
Project Management Methodology and PMIS are tool and technique for all processes.
Expert judgment is tool and technique for all processes except Direct and Execute Project work.
Understand the concept of the processes from PMP EXAM PREP Rita Mulcahy
book.
Rita Mulcahy exam prep book gives excellent explanation of the processes of this knowledge area. You will fully
understand the concept if you read the Ritas Book. But there are many minute information and detail available in
PMBOK which you need to remember. Such as content of WBS dictionary, WBS, Product Scope, Project Scope.
Tips
Scope Definition TT is SEAP (Stakeholder Analysis Expert Judgment Alternatives Identification, Product
Analysis)
Inspection is the only Tool and Technique for Scope verifications.
Requested changes is the output of all scope management processes except Scope Planning
scope control tool&Technique are CRVC( Change control system, Replanning, Variance analysis,
Configuration Management System.
Major output of documents from Integration Management become input to Scope planning
There are many financial teams not mentioned in PMBOK are given in Ritas
Book.
Understand all those terms and practice some numerical wherever applicable
The Set, Project Scope statement ,WBS and WBS dictionary are input to both cost estimating and cost
budgeting process .
Process Improvement Plan is important output of Quality Planning and input to Quality Assurance.
Quality Metrics is the input to both Quality Control and Quality Assurance but Quality checklist is the in of quality
control only
Team Performance Assessment is the only output of Develop Project Team process
Its output input are very closely linked. All three output of Human Resource Planning goes as input to Acquire
Project team Process. The output of Acquire Project Team goes as input to Develop project Team process.
The input of Manage Project Team consists of output of other 3 HR Management Processes
The Set, Project Scope statement ,WBS and WBS dictionary are input to both cost estimating and cost budgeting
process.
Read and Understand the content of the following documents from PMBOK
Project Risk Management Plan, Probability Impact Definition and Probability Impact matrix
Understand the changes to the Risk Register across different process of Risk
Management
Risk Register is prepared as a part of Risk Identification process and gets updated in different successive
processes of risk management. It is required to remember the changes to the risk register across different
processes.
Risk Register is created in Risk Identification and gets updated after all Risk processes.
Risk Register is the only output of Risk Identification, Qualitative Risk Analysis ,Quantitive Risk Analysis
Process
Planning Meetings & Analysis is the only TT for Risk Management Planning.
Read and Understand the content of the following documents from PMBOK
Project Procurement Management Plan, Project Contract Management Plan and Contract
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Memory Dump
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the middle of exam
50/60 Rule
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