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pacing (exam-taking strategies)  2nd 
parametric estimating, time estimates 
pareto analysis 
payback period 
PDM (Precedence Diagramming Method) network diagram 
PDUs (Professional Development Units) 
performance
    tracking 
performance reporting  2nd 
    forecasting reports 
    progress reports 
    status reports 
personal enrichment (professionalism) 
phase exits 
phased estimating, time estimates 
plan execution  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
    contract administration 
        inputs 
        outputs  2nd  3rd 
        tools 
    information distribution  2nd  3rd 
        communication skills  2nd 
        information retrieval systems 
        outputs  2nd 
        techniques 
    outputs 
    procurement management
        solicitation inputs  2nd 
        solicitation outputs 
        solicitation tools  2nd  3rd 
        source selection  2nd  3rd  4th 
        source selection inputs 
        source selection outputs  2nd 
        source selection tools  2nd 
    quality assurance  2nd  3rd 
    quality assurance inputs  2nd 
    quality assurance outputs 
    quality assurance tools  2nd 
    team development  2nd 
        Achievement Theory 
        conflict resolution  2nd  3rd 
        Expectancy Theory 
        Herzberg's Hygiene Theory  2nd 
        Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs  2nd 
        McGregor's X and Y Theories 
        outputs 
        problem solving  2nd 
        theories  2nd 
        tools  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
        types of power and influence  2nd 
planned value, Earned Value Management 
planning
    relationship with project initiation  2nd 
Planning processes 
PMBOK
    exam topics not covered  2nd 
    project planning
        process definition 
    risk management
        plan description inconsistencies  2nd 
PMI
    procurement management principles  2nd 
    Project Closing
        definition 
    project planning
        process definition  2nd 
    quality management principles  2nd 
    risk management principles  2nd  3rd 
PMI (Project Management Institute)  2nd 
    eLearning Connection 
    PMI Bookstore 
    project management assumptions  2nd 
    project management principles  2nd 
    Web site 
PMI Bookstore Web site 
PMO (Project Management Office) 
PMP (Project Management Professional) exam  2nd 
    audit process 
    cancelling  2nd 
    exam prep questions
        project management framework  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
    exam-taking strategies  2nd 
        breaks  2nd 
        items to bring to test  2nd 
        marking questions for later review  2nd 
        pacing  2nd 
        question approaches  2nd  3rd 
    extensions  2nd 
    fees  2nd 
    question types  2nd  3rd 
    refunds 
    requirements 
        application checklist checklist  2nd  3rd 
        application process  2nd 
        current resume 
        education and experience  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th 
        educational contact hours  2nd 
        exam application 
        experience verification forms 
        pre-test 
        proof of degree 
    rescheduling  2nd 
    study tips  2nd  3rd 
    tips for IT project managers  2nd 
        conceptual gaps  2nd 
        experience gaps  2nd 
        PMI project management assumptions  2nd 
        PMI project management principles  2nd 
        terminology gaps  2nd 
    topics not covered by PMBOK  2nd 
PMP (Project Management Professional) exam prep questions
    project initiation  2nd  3rd  4th 
portfolio management 
Practice Test mode (PrepLogic Practice Tests)  2nd  3rd 
practice tests
    PrepLogic Practice Tests, Preview Edition  2nd  3rd  4th 
        additional exams 
        buttons  2nd 
        customer service 
        exam review 
        exam simulation 
        Examination Score Report  2nd 
        Flash Review mode  2nd 
        installation  2nd 
        interface design 
        learning environment 
        license agreement 
        Practice Test mode  2nd  3rd 
        PrepLogic contact information 
        product suggestions/comments 
        question quality 
        software requirements 
        time remaining 
        uninstallation  2nd 
pre-test (PMP exam) 
PrepLogic Practice Tests, Preview Edition  2nd  3rd  4th 
    additional exams 
    buttons  2nd 
    customer service 
    exam review 
    exam simulation 
    Examination Score Report  2nd 
    Flash Review mode  2nd 
    installation  2nd 
    interface design 
    learning environment 
    license agreement 
    Practice Test mode  2nd  3rd 
    PrepLogic contact information 
    product suggestions/comments 
    question quality 
    software requirements 
    time remaining 
    uninstallation  2nd 
present value (PV) 
presentation
    project schedule 
presentations
    project execution 
Previous Item button (PrepLogic Practice Tests) 
Principles of Project Management, The  
problem solving 
process flow
    project planning
        diagram 
process improvements, shortening project schedule 
processes  2nd 
    Closing processes 
    Controlling processes 
    core processes 
    customizing process interactions  2nd 
    Executing processes 
    facilitating processes 
    Initiating processes 
    Planning processes 
    product-oriented processes 
procurement audit (Project Closing) 
procurement management  2nd 
    solicitation inputs  2nd 
    solicitation outputs 
    solicitation tools  2nd  3rd 
    source selection  2nd  3rd  4th 
        inputs 
        outputs  2nd 
        tools  2nd 
procurement plan 
procurement planning (facilitating process) 
Product Closeout
    Administrative Closure
        project closure 
product suggestions/comments (PrepLogic) 
product verification (Project Closing) 
product-oriented processes 
Professional Development Units (PDUs) 
professionalism
    affiliations 
    Code of Professional Conduct 
        advancement of the profession  2nd 
        areas of responsibilities 
        candidate/certificant professional practice  2nd 
        conflict of interest, public and 
        cooperation concerning code violations 
        cultural differences and  2nd 
        currency of skills and knowledge 
        disclosing conflicts of interest/improprieties 
        organizational rules and policies 
        professional behavior  2nd 
        professional services requirements  2nd 
        reporting of violations 
        responsibilities to customers/public 
        truthful representations of information  2nd 
        Web site 
    conflict of interest  2nd  3rd 
    defined 
    summary of responsibilities  2nd 
programs
    compared to projects  2nd 
    defined 
progress reports 
progressive elaboration 
Project Charter
    project plan comparison 
project charters 
    elements of  2nd 
    importance of  2nd 
    issuing  2nd 
    purpose of 
Project Closeout
    Administrative Closure
        when to perform 
    ending a contract  2nd 
    lessons learned
        importance of  2nd 
Project Closing
    Administrative Closure 
        compared to Contract Closeout 
    Contract Closeout 
        activities  2nd 
        compared to Administrative Closure 
        contract documentation  2nd 
    PMI definition 
project closure
    criteria 
project communications management 
project control 
    change factors  2nd 
    change-control board  2nd 
    core controlling processes  2nd 
    corrective action  2nd 
    errors 
    external events and 
    facilitating controlling processes 
    facilitating processes 
    feedback loop 
    gold plating and  2nd 
    omissions and 
    value-added change  2nd 
    variance and 
project cost management 
project human resource management 
project integration management 
project lifestyle  2nd 
    lifecycle costing 
    phase exits 
    relationship with project management  2nd  3rd  4th 
project management  2nd 
Project Management
    A Managerial Approach, Fifth Edition 
    A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling And Controlling, Sixth Edition 
project management
    communication 
    compared to leadership 
    compared to quality management  2nd 
    defined  2nd 
    environmental influences  2nd 
    exam prep questions  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
    functional organizations  2nd 
    general management 
    impact on other management types  2nd 
    matrix organizations  2nd 
    negotiations 
    organizational influences 
    PMO (Project Management Office) 
    problem solving 
    processes 
        Closing processes 
        Controlling processes 
        core processes 
        customizing process interactions  2nd 
        Executing processes 
        facilitating processes 
        Initiating processes 
        Planning processes 
    procurement management
        build vs. buy decision making  2nd 
        contract evaluation criteria  2nd  3rd 
        contract knowledge  2nd  3rd  4th 
        plan elements  2nd 
    procurement management skills  2nd 
    project communications management 
    project cost management 
    project human resource management 
    project initiation  2nd 
        cost accounting  2nd  3rd 
        exam prep questions  2nd  3rd  4th 
        expert judgement  2nd 
        go/no-go decisions 
        importance of  2nd  3rd 
        MBO (Management by Objectives)  2nd 
        project charters  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th 
        project manager assignment 
        project-selection methods  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
        relationship with project planning  2nd 
    project integration management 
    project lifestyle  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
        lifecycle costing 
        phase exits 
    project portfolio management 
    project procurement management 
    project quality management 
    project risk management 
    project scope management 
    project time management 
    projectized organizations 
    risk of failure 
    socioeconomic influences  2nd 
    stakeholder impact 
    time estimating guidelines  2nd  3rd 
    triple constraint  2nd 
Project Management Institute.   [See PMI]2nd  [See PMI]
Project Management Office (PMO) 
Project Management Professional exam.   [See PMP exam]
project managers.   [See IT project managers]
project plan 
    Activity List comparison 
    Project Charter comparison 
    Project Schedule comparison 
    Scope statement comparison 
    WBS comparison 
project planning
    cost estimating  2nd  3rd 
    exam and 
    facilitating processes  2nd 
        compared to core processes  2nd  3rd 
        impact on core processes  2nd 
        relationships among quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control  2nd 
        relationships among quality, risk and procurement, and HR management  2nd  3rd 
        relationships among resource, organiuzational, and communications planning  2nd 
        risk management compared to risk response  2nd 
    plan executing  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
        contract administration 
        contract administration inputs 
        contract administration outputs  2nd  3rd 
        contract administration tools 
        information distribution  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
        information distribution outputs  2nd 
        information distribution techniques 
        outputs 
        procurement management issues  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
        quality assurance  2nd  3rd 
        quality assurance inputs  2nd 
        quality assurance outputs 
        quality assurance tools  2nd 
        source selection  2nd  3rd  4th 
        source selection inputs 
        source selection outputs  2nd 
        source selection tools  2nd 
        team development  2nd 
        team development outputs 
        team development theories  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th 
        team development tools  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
        team development, conflict resolution  2nd  3rd 
        team development, problem solving and  2nd 
        team development, types of power and influence  2nd 
    PMBOK
        process definition 
    PMI process definition  2nd 
    process flow diagram 
    procurement management  2nd 
        build vs. buy decision making  2nd 
        contract evaluation criteria  2nd  3rd 
        contract knowledge  2nd  3rd  4th 
        plan elements  2nd 
        PMI principles  2nd 
        project management skills  2nd 
    project schedule, building  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th  26th  27th  28th  29th  30th  31st  32nd  33rd  34th  35th  36th 
    quality management
        leading personalities  2nd 
    relationship with project initiation  2nd 
    risk management  2nd  3rd 
        decision tree analysis  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
        implementation pitfalls  2nd 
        PMI principles  2nd  3rd 
        sources of risk  2nd  3rd 
        terminology 
        tools  2nd 
    risk response
        strategies  2nd 
    WBS  2nd 
project plans 
    communications planning  2nd  3rd 
        guidelines  2nd 
        recommended mechanisms  2nd 
        team members and 
    HR responsibilities  2nd 
    quality management  2nd 
        compared to project management  2nd 
        costs of  2nd 
        PMI principles  2nd 
        responsibilities  2nd 
    supplemental  2nd  3rd 
project portfolio management 
project procurement management 
project quality management 
project records 
project risk management 
project schedule
    building  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th  26th  27th  28th  29th  30th 
        network diagrams  2nd  3rd  4th 
        relationships 
        task dependencies 
        time estimating  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th 
    critical path  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
    dummy activities 
    lag and  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
    lead and  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
    mathematical analysis techniques  2nd  3rd  4th 
    network diagrams  2nd  3rd  4th 
    presentation methods 
Project Schedule
    project plan comparison 
project schedule
    scheduling techniaues  2nd  3rd  4th 
    shortening 
    simulation schedule techniques 
    slack and  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
    time estimating  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th 
project scope management 
project selection 
project time management 
project-selection methods  2nd 
    benefit measurement  2nd 
    constrained optimization  2nd 
    cost accounting  2nd  3rd 
        accelerated depreciation 
        BCR (benefit cost ratio) 
        direct costs 
        fixed costs 
        indirect costs 
        IRR (internal rate of return) 
        lifecycle costing 
        NPV (net present value) 
        opportunity cost 
        payback period 
        PV (present value) 
        straight-line depreciation 
        sunk cost 
        variable costs 
        working capital 
projectized organizations 
projects
    .  [See also IT project managers]
    compared to programs  2nd 
    defined 
    deliverables 
    Gantt charts 
    initiation  2nd 
        cost accounting  2nd  3rd 
        exam prep questions  2nd  3rd  4th 
        expert judgement  2nd 
        go/no-go decisions 
        importance of  2nd  3rd 
        MBO (Management by Objectives)  2nd 
        project charters  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th 
        project manager assignment 
        project-selection methods  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
        relationship with project planning  2nd 
        scope definition comparison 
        scope planning comparison 
    performance
        tracking 
    planning 
        relationship with project initiation  2nd 
    procurement management 
    progressive elaboration 
    project charters 
        elements of  2nd 
        importance of  2nd 
        issuing  2nd 
        purpose of 
    project lifestyle 
        phase exits 
        relationship with project management  2nd  3rd  4th 
    project management  2nd 
        communication 
        compared to leadership 
        defined  2nd 
        environmental influences  2nd 
        exam prep questions  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
        functional organizations  2nd 
        general management 
        impact on other management types  2nd 
        matrix organizations  2nd 
        negotiations 
        organizational influences 
        PMO (Project Management Office) 
        problem solving 
        processes  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
        project communications management 
        project cost management 
        project human resource management 
        project integration management 
        project lifestyle 
        project portfolio management 
        project procurement management 
        project quality management 
        project risk management 
        project scope management 
        project time management 
        projectized organizations 
        relationship with project lifecycle  2nd  3rd  4th 
        risk of failure 
        socioeconomic influences  2nd 
        stakeholder impact 
        triple constraint  2nd 
    project plans 
    project-selection methods  2nd 
        benefit measurement  2nd 
        constrained optimization  2nd 
        cost accounting  2nd  3rd 
    quality management 
    risk management 
    schedules 
    selecting 
    termining
        methods of 
    WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) 
proof of degree requirement (PMP exam) 
public (Code of Professional Conduct) 
PV (present value)