Terms you'll need to understand:
Project
Project management
Progressive elaboration
General management
Application areas
Project portfolio management
Project lifecycle
Product lifecycle
Deliverables
Stakeholders
Project sponsor
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Projectized organization
Culture
Process
Rolling wave planning
Core processes
Facilitating processes
Project Management Office (PMO)
Techniques and concepts you'll need to master:
What a project and project management is
What the project management knowledge areas are
What the process groups are
The differences between core processes and facilitating processes
The mapping of the 39 project management processes to the five project management process groups and the nine project management knowledge areas
The differences between programs and projects
What a deliverable is and how it's used
What a project sponsor is and how he or she is involved with the project
The differences between functional, matrix, and projectized organizations
The differences between leaders and managers
Various communication dimensions
The differences between standards and regulations
Project process categories
The relationship between project lifecycle and project management processes
Triple constraint of project management
