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Project Management
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Software
Applications e-Books:
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Program and
Portfolio Management e-Books:
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Planning
the Project
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Project
Initiation and Scope Planning - Preparing
the project charter, scope statement and scope management plan
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Requirements
Definition - Define and
specify business requirements
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Scope
Management Planning - Prepare project scope and change management plans
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Work
Breakdown Structure Planning - Preparing a Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS)
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Work Package
Planning
– Preparing and assigning WBS Work Packages
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Project
Plan Integration
- Preparing core management plans (scope. time and cost) and planning
subsidiary management processes (quality, human resources, communications,
risk and procurement)
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Developing
the Schedule
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Schedule
Management Planning – Preparing a plan
to manage the project schedule
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Activity
Planning - Preparing a
project activity list
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Activity
Estimating - Estimating
activity durations and resource effort
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Activity
Sequencing
– Defining activity sequence and dependencies
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Activity
Scheduling
– Preparing and optimizing the project schedule based on activity
sequence and durations
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Project
Schedule Management - Tracking and
reporting schedule progress and updating the schedule baseline with
approved changes
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Managing
Project Costs
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Cost
Management Planning – Establishing project cost accounts and
preparing a plan to track project costs
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Project
Estimating and Budgeting - Estimating
project costs and establishing a project budget
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Earned
Value Performance Reporting - Preparing and reporting
earned value performance forecasts
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Project
Cost Management
- Tracking and reporting project costs and updating the cost baseline with
approved changes
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Tracking and Reporting
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Project
Tracking - Gathering and
reporting progress on activities and conducting team tracking meetings
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Progress
and Status Reporting - Reporting project accomplishments and milestone
status for Executive, Business Management, and Project Sponsors
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Project
Execution and Control
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Issue and
Change Management - Resolving project issues and managing
changes to project baselines
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Project
Closure Reporting
- Documenting project closure and lessons learned
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Developing
the Project Team
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Human
Resource Planning - Planning
human resource requirements on projects
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Human Resource
Assignment - Assigning
responsibilities for Work Packages
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Team
Development
– Developing the team and enhancing team performance through
delegation and empowerment
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Team
Management
- Planning project team communications and
resolving conflicts in project teams
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Communicating
with Stakeholders
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Stakeholder
Identification and Analysis - Identification and
analysis of project stakeholders and preparation of a communication
strategy
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Communications
Planning
- Preparation of a project stakeholder
communications plan
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Stakeholder
Management
- Using Project Steering Committees to approve issue resolutions and change
requests; exerting influence on stakeholders to
manage their expectations
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Facilitation
and Meeting Management – Effective facilitation and management of
project meetings
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Managing
Project Risks
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Risk
Management Planning - Preparing a risk management plan
based on stakeholder tolerances and thresholds
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Risk
Identification
- Descriptions of project risk factors and
risk identification techniques
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Risk
Assessment and Prioritization - Assessing the
risk probability and impact and determining risk priority
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Decision
Analysis
- Quantitative risk analysis using decision trees and influence diagrams
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Risk
Response Planning - Preparing risk response plans
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Risk
Monitoring and Control - Monitoring status of potential risk
events
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Managing
Contracts and Procurement
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Procurement
Planning
- Planning procurement processes and preparing a Statement of Work for
prospective sellers
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Request
for Proposal Preparation - Plan and prepare a Request for
Proposal
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Bid and
Proposal Evaluation - Establishing mandatory and optional criteria to
evaluate proposals
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Readiness
Assessment
- Identifying categories of organizational readiness and comparing
attributes of alternatives
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Contract
Administration
- Administrating contract performance, amendments and violations and documenting
contract closure conditions
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Managing
Product Quality
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Quality
Management Planning - Preparation of Quality Management Plan
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Quality
Assurance and Control - Establishing quality assurance and control
processes
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Software
Inspections and Deliverable Reviews - Conducting and documenting deliverable
reviews and software inspections
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Software
Test Planning and Execution - Preparing test plans, recording test
execution and tracking acceptance of test cases and the resolution of test
defects
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Business Analysis
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Business
Event Modeling - Identifying business
events and using Data Flow Diagrams to model responses
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Business Object Modeling - Modeling business object relationships;
specification and normalization of attributes
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Use Case Modeling - Preparing Use
Case Diagrams and specifying use cases
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Workflow Modeling - Preparing
workflow and activity models and specifications
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Software Development
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Iterative Lifecycle Framework - Iterative
lifecycle model; Evolution and categories of software applications
deliverables
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Software Configuration Management - SCM concepts including configuration items,
SCM baseline, promotion model and version management
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Implementation
Planning
- Planning
and scheduling the deployment of software applications
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Managing the Project Portfolio
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Strategic
Planning -
Define an organization’s strategic plan
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Project
Prioritization and Approval - Potential projects are identified,
prioritized, justified and approved
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Business
Case Preparation
- Preparing
a project business case and cost/benefit analysis
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Portfolio Management - Tracking
project investments and benefits realization.
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Managing Programs of Related Projects
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Program Governance – Determining
the governance structure and processes for programs
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Program
Management
- Reporting status of projects within a program
and tracking interdependencies
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Human
Resource Coordination –
Coordinating resource forecasts and acquisition for projects in a program
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Independent
Project Reviews
- Conducting project management reviews to assess project management processes
used on projects
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Project
Management Office
- Provide project management support to
projects
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