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Sunday, November 25th, 2007The processes are grouped into the project process groups and project management knowledge areas. The knowledge areas are processes that have the same characteristics. While cost estimating and cost budgeting are part of the planning process group and cost control is part of the monitoring and control process group, all three would be [...]
Project Management Process Groups
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Process organizes and illustrates the work of the project. There are five process groups that are defined in the PMBOK. Each of these five process groups is interrelated and dependent on each other. Each of the process groups have processes that make up the group. The five process groups are:
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and [...]
Organizations in Project Management
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Project management is a set of tools and techniques that are used to organize the work of the project to help bring about a successful project. Programs are groups of related projects that are managed using the same techniques in a coordinated fashion. Portfolios are collections of programs and projects that meet a specific [...]
What is a Project and who are Stakeholders?
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007In order to manage a project you must know what a project is. A project is a temporary endeavor. A project has a finite time span. It has a start date and an end date. Projects produce a unique product, service or result. When the stakeholders sign that the goals and [...]
PMP Test Scheduled
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007I scheduled my PMP test. I will be sitting for the test at 9:30 am Dec 5 2007. From now and till then I will be posting my study notes and comments on project management.
My interest in project management started in the Navy. Everything was organized and neat. Schedules were developed [...]