To end this Self-Assessment, we recommend that you review the following questions. These questions are intended to help you measure your experience and your knowledge of fundamental project management concepts and techniques. If your projects are rarely successful or if you are unsure of more than five of these questions, we recommend that you take official PMI project management training, find some books on fundamental project management, or spend some more time on the job to improve the skills and knowledge base you need to begin your pursuit of the PMP exam. Here's the list of questions:
Do you know what a project charter is?
Do you know the difference between a project charter and a project plan?
Do you know the difference between initiating and planning a project?
Do you understand how to use earned value to measure and control project performance?
Do you know how to create a network diagram and how to find the critical path in your project?
Do you understand how to crash and fast track a project schedule?
Do you know how to develop a project budget and manage it?
Do you understand how risk management affects your project schedule and project budget?
Do you understand the role of a project manager versus the role of the project sponsor and the other team members?
Do you know how to control a project against a project plan?
Do you know the process for officially approving a project deliverable?
Do you know who is allowed to make what types of changes to a project?
Do you know what a milestone is?
Do you know what a project gate is?
Do you know what type of estimates provide the best accuracy?
Do you know how to plan, manage, and measure quality in your project?
Do you know how to plan, assess, manage, and control risks in your project?
Do you know that risk management is more than a checklist?
Do you know how to use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to plan, execute, and control a project?
Do you always follow a project management methodology?
Do you understand what causes project rework and overtime?
Do you understand what causes cost and schedule overruns?
Do you manage projects using a communications plan?
Do you know how to manage the influences that affect project scope?
Do your teams always have good morale and are they clear on their assignments?
