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9 Data Gathering Techniques You Should Know for PMP Exam

November 1, 2018 By Manickavel Arumugam 14 Comments

PMBOK® Guide has grouped most of the tools and techniques in a logical way, by their purpose. The following are the various groups used in PMBOK Guide , Sixth Edition: Data gathering techniques Data analysis techniques Data representation techniques Decision-making techniques Communication skills Interpersonal and team skills In addition, they also have … [Read more...]

How to remember ITTOs of Project Scope Management?

April 7, 2018 By Manickavel Arumugam 8 Comments

This is the second article in the series “How to remember ITTOs”. I have written an earlier article on How to remember ITTOs of Integration management? ITTO is an acronym that stands for Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. In this article, we will focus on Project scope management. What is Project scope management? Project scope management is the knowledge area … [Read more...]

How to remember ITTOs of Project Quality Management?

This is the fifth article in the series “How to remember ITTOs”. You can find all the articles in this series here: How to remember ITTOs series. ITTO is an acronym that stands for Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. In this article, we will focus on Project quality management. What is Project Quality Management? […]

Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing Explained with An Example

What is resource leveling? What is resource smoothing? Are they the same? If not, what is the difference? We will try to answer the above questions in this article. Resource Optimization Resource optimization is a tool/ technique used in the Develop Schedule process of Schedule Management knowledge area. Resource optimization is a schedule network analysis […]

Sequence of Activities in Closing Process

Closing process group includes only one process, namely, Close project or phase. This process belongs to the Integration knowledge area. Close project or phase is the process during which we formally close the project or phase. Generally, the project charter will include project success criteria, project exit criteria and who will sign off the project. […]

Perform Integrated Change Control [Step-by-Step]

A change request is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable or baseline. Several project management processes may involve a change request. Perform integrated change control is the process of reviewing all change requests and approving the changes. This process happens throughout the project for integrating change requests. The approved change request may be […]

PMP Practice Questions [Project Integration Management]

Below are few practice questions from the Project Integration Management knowledge area. All the questions are prepared with PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition as the reference. Please give them a try. If you cannot answer to any of them, please refer to PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition first and you will be able to find the correct […]