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PMI SP - Target - 2025-1-166
PMI SP
Certification
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Agenda
• PMI vs PMI SP ?
• Requirements for PMI SP exam
• Guidelines for completing PMI SP application
• About the PMI SP exam
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PMI vs PMI SP
❑ PMI : Project Management Institue
– Non profit organisation based in USA
– Certification program
– Local chapters
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Overview: All About the PMI-SP Certification
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Guidelines
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About the Exam
• Duration : 210 minutes.
• 170 questions
• 20 question are pre-test question. Not scored
• No possibilities break
• The questions on the exam are mostly situational.
• Questions will be in predictive , agile or Hybrid management.
• But there are other types of questions
– Hot Spot : to interact with a digital graphic and use calculations to
estimate specific Data points
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 1 :
Project Management
Foundation
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Project Management Foundation
❑ A PROJECT :
❑ A PROJECT characteristics :
1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost
Project Management Fundamentals
✓ Modern approach :
A project has more than three constraints
Project Management Foundation
❑ AN OPERATION
« Is ongoing endeavover that produce repetitive outputs, with resources
assigned to do basically the same set of tasks according to the standards
institutionalized in a product life cycle »
❑ Characteristics
▪ Repetitive
▪ Dedicated resources
▪ Business process oriented
Project Management Foundation
❑ A PROGRAM
❑ A PORTFOLIO
❑ PROJECT MANAGEMENT
❑ Life Cycle(1/4)
❑ Life Cycle(2/4)
There are many types of project life cycles depending on the industry we work in.
• Predictive : project scope, time and cost are determined in the early phases
then changed are carefully managed.
• Iterative : project scope is determined in the early phases but time and cost
estimate are routinely modified as the team understanding increases.
• Adaptive : the detailed scope is defined and approved before the start of an
iteration (agile method or change-driven life cycle)
• Hybrid: a combination od predictive and adaptive lifecycle. If the scope is
known enough (predictive) if not (adaptive)
Project Management Fundamentals
❑ Life Cycle(4/4)
✓ Project Phase
✓ Project Gate
➢ a project collect, analyses, transforms and distributes lots of data and information, in
various format, to project team members and other stakeholders.
❑ Tailoring
❑ Projects exist and operate in environments that may have an influence on them.
• conditions, not under the control of the project team, that influence the project
• internal or external to the organization
• input to almost all processes
exp:
- Organizational culture, structure and governance
- Geographic distribution of facilities and resources
- Infrastructure
- Information technology software
- Marketplace conditions
- Financial considerations
- Political climate
Environment in which projects operate
• Plans
• Processes
• Policies
• Procedures
• Knowledge bases
It also includes the organization's lessons learned from previous projects and
historical information
Environment in which projects operate
❑ Stakeholders
« An individual, group, or organisation who may affect, be affected by, or
perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project »
Environment in which projects operate
▪ Projectized (project-oriented)
Project
coordination
CEO
▪ Matrix (1/2)
CEO
▪ Matrix (2/2)
1. Balanced : the functional manager and the project Manager have the same
level of influence
2. Strong : The Project Manger has more influence than the functional manager
3. Weak : The functional Manger has more influence than the Project Manager
, in this form of matrix organisation the project manager’s role might be more of
a :
✓ Project Expediter: Staff assistant and communication coordinator,
but connot make decisions.
✓ Project Coordinator: have power to make some decisions.
Environment in which projects operate
❑ Power Balance
The role of Project Manager
The Role of Project Manager
❑ PM definition
• Project Team
• Resource Managers
• Sponsors
• PMOs
• Stakeholders
The Role of Project Manager
❑ PM competences
❑ Leadership skills
involve the ability to guide, motivate and direct a team.
▪ Dealing with people :
▪ study people’s behaviors and motivations
▪ Manager Vs Leader
The Role of Project Manager
▪ Manager vs Leader
The Role of Project Manager
❑ Performing Integration
• Project manager play a key role in working with the sponsor to understand the
strategic objectives and ensure the alignment of the project objectives and results
with those of business areas.
• Project manager is responsible for guiding the team to work together to focus on
what is really essential at the project level : integration of processes, knowledge
and people.
• We assume that the organizations has a formal process to review and analyze
potential projects and select the projects that best align with the strategic goals of
the organization.
• The reasons a project was selected can impact which constraints are more flexible
and will influence how the project manager plans and manages the project.
Project Selection
• Net Present Value (NPV) : PV of the total benefits (income or revenue) minus
the costs over many time periods.
❑ If the NPV is positive, the investment is a good choice
❑ The project with the greatest NPV is typically selected.
❑ Question : An organization has two projects from which to choose
1. Project A will take three years and has an NPV of $45,000.
2. Project B will take six years and has an NPV of $85,000.
Project Selection
• Payback Period : refers to the length of times it takes for the organization to
recover its investment in a project before is starts accumulating profit.
❑ Example : The are two projects from which to choose ?
1. Project A with a payback period of six months.
2. Project B with a payback period of 18 months.
Exercice
Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 2 :
Foundation
Agile
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Objectives
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Definition of Agile
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Agile Introduction & Overview
What is Agile
Agile is a famliy of project devlopment processes
Agile emphasis:
• Face-to-face communication;
• Business and developer collaboration
• Working software as the primary
demonstration of progress
• Emphasis of effective engennering technicques
• Ferquent demonstartions of progress and early
return of investment
• Adaptation to business change ; and
• Retrospectives and continuous improvement
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Agile Introduction & Overview
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Agile Manifesto Principles
Source: www.agilemanifesto.org
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Agile Core Principles and practices
Continuous
Accpetance of all
Involvement of the
requirements
customer
Sustainble peace of
Retrospectives
velocity
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Benefits of Agile
As Agile has rapidely become one of the more popular and effective techniques to
manage projcts , it is imporant to understand the benefits to its adopters
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Quest 1 : what does the Agile manifesto principle « Build projects around motivated
Individuals » mean?
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Response
Quiz
Quest 1 : what does the Agile manifesto principle « Build projects around motivated
Individuals » mean?
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Quest 2 : Which of the following is not seen as a benefit of Agile ?
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Response
Quiz
Quest 2 : Which of the following is not seen as a benefit of Agile ?
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Quest 3 : why doesn’t Agile recommand Big Design up-front ?
o Designing up front wastes time that can be better spent on other activities
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Response
Quest 3 : why doesn’t Agile recommand Big Design up-front ?
o Designing up front wastes time that can be better spent on other activities
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Quest 4 : why is continous integration seen as valuable ?
o Integration is hard and often delayed just before the final build ; if code is
continuously compiled and checked. Conflicts can be identified when they are easy to
manage
o It is part of the techniqye called kaizen that emphassizes continuous improvement
o It ensures that srcum of scrum projects can deliver a potentially implementable
o By using a continuous integration approch , a project can oflload many core
development processes to an automated server.
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Response
Quest 4 : why is continous integration seen as valuable ?
o Integration is hard and often delayed just before the final build ; if code is
continuously compiled and checked. Conflicts can be identified when they are easy to
manage
o It is part of the techniqye called kaizen that emphassizes continuous improvement
o It ensures that srcum of scrum projects can deliver a potentially implementable
o By using a continuous integration approch , a project can oflload many core
development processes to an automated server.
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Quest 5 : which of the following Agile Manifesto values is incorrect ?
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Quiz
Response
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Agile Introduction & Overview
Summary
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 3 :
Managing the
Project Scope
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Scope management
• Overview
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect requirements.
• Define scope.
• Create WBS (Work breakdown structure)
• Validate Scope
• Control scope
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Scope management
Scope management processes:
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Plan Scope Management
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Plan Scope Management
EEF Meeting
OPAs
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Collect Requirements
Collect Requirements process
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Collect Requirements
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Define scope
➢ Define Scope = Define what is and what is not included in the project and its
deliverable.
Determine
requirements 1
Project scope 5
statement
2
Go-Back: Determine
Determine
Adjust requirements budget & Schedule
Scope
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Balance
requirements
against the budget & Schedule 3
and other constraint
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Define scope
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Define scope
❑ Project Scope Statement:
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Create WBS
EEF
OPAs
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Create WBS
➢ WBS: Work Breakdown Structure
✓ WBS breaks the project into smaller and more manageable pieces.
✓ WBS shows a complete hierarchy of the project.
✓ The first level of the WBS is completed before the project is broken down further.
✓ Each level of the WBS is a smaller piece of the level above.
✓ WBS includes only deliverables that are really needed.
✓ WBS is created with inputs from the team and stakeholders.
✓ Creating WBS allows the team to walk through the project in their minds and improvs the project plan.
✓ WBS helps people better understand the project and makes it feel more achievable.
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Create WBS
➢ WBS Dictionary
➢ Scope baseline:
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Validate Scope
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Validate Scope
Project documents
Project documents - Requirement documentation
- Requirement documentation - Requirement Traceability Matrix
- Requirement Traceability Matrix - Lessons learned register
- Quality Report
- Lessons learned register
Verified delivrables
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Validate Scope
❑ Inputs
✓ Work must be completed and checked each time before you meet with the customer:
Validated deliverable from the CONTROL QUALITY process.
✓ Take the approved scope with you
✓ Requirements traceability matrix
✓ The requirements documentation
❑ Outputs
✓ Accepted deliverables
✓ Change requests
✓ Work performance information
✓ Project documents updates
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Validate Scope
✓ The two processes are very similar: both involve checking for the correctness of work.
✓ Perform Quality Control: The quality control department checks to see if the quality
requirements specified for the deliverables are met and makes sure the work is correct
✓ Validate Scope: the customer checks and hopefully accepts the deliverables.
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Validate Scope
Complete deliverables
(Direct & manage project Execution)
QC inspection
(Validate deliverables)
Validate Scope
(Meet customer) Changes are requested
(Ask customer for a description of the change)
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Control Scope
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Control Scope
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 4 :
Dealing within
Project Schedule
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Schedule management
• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop Schedule
• Control Schedule
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Schedule management
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Plan Schedule Management
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Plan Schedule Management
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Define Activities
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Define Activities
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Sequence Activities
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Sequence Activities
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Sequence Activities
❑ Network diagram
Start End
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Sequence Activities
Activity A Activity B
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Sequence Activities
Activity B Activity B
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Sequence Activities
Activity duration
ES EF
Activity name
Float
LS LF
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Sequence Activities
❑ Types of dependencies
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Sequence Activities
❑ Leads and lags
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Estimate Activity Durations
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Estimates Activity duration
OPAs
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Estimate Activity Durations
▪ One-point Estimate : in this technique, the estimator submits one estimate per
activity. This type of techniques is used for projects that do not require a
detailed, highly probable schedule .
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Estimate Activity Durations
▪ Parametric Estimating :
- Used algorithm to calculate cost or duration based on historical data and project
parameters.
- It Uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to
calculate an estimate for activity parameters, such as cost, budget and duration
- This technique can produce higher levels of accuracy depending on the
sophistication and underlying data built into the model
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Estimate Activity Durations
❑ Three point Estimate (PERT) : With this technique ,estimators give an optimistic (O),
pessimistic(P), and most likely (M) estimates for each activity, this ultimately provides a risk-based
expected duration estimate by taking average or a weighted average of the three estimates.
𝑃 + 4𝑀 + 𝑂
(Beta distribution)
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➢ Expected Activity Duration (EAD) :
𝑃+𝑀+𝑂
(Triangular distribution)
3
𝑃−𝑂
➢ Beta Activity Standard Deviation (SD or σ) : 6
𝑃−𝑂
➢ Activity Variance (V) : [ ]²
6
⇒ 𝑉 = (𝑆𝐷)²
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Develop Schedule
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Develop Schedule
OPAs
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Develop Schedule
✓ Resource leveling
✓ Resource smoothing
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Develop Schedule
➢ Critical Path :The sequence of schedule activities that determines the duration
of the project , It is the longest path through the project .
➢ Near-critical path : the path wich is close in duration to critical path.
➢ Float (Slack) :Total Float ,Free Float ,Project Float
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Develop Schedule
➢ Total Float : the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the
project end date or an intermediary milestone.
➢ Free Float : the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the
early start date of successors
➢ Project Float :the amount of time a project can be delayed without delaying the
externally imposed project completion date required by costumer or management.
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Develop Schedule
▪ Data analysis:
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Develop Schedule
▪ Schedule compression
➢ Fast tracking :This techinque involves doing critical path activities in parallel
that were originally planned in series.
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Control Schedule
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Control Schedule
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 5 :
Project Cost
Management
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Cost Management
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Cost Management
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Plan Cost Management
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Plan Cost Management
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Plan Cost Management
Meeting
EEF
OPAs
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Estimate Costs
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Estimate Costs
OPAs
PMIS
Decision Making
- Voting
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Estimate Costs
✓ Estimating techniques
▪ One-point estimate
▪ Analogous estimating
▪ Parametric estimating
▪ Three-point estimates
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Estimate Costs
✓ Estimating techniques
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Estimate Costs
✓ Range of estimating
➢ Definitive Estimate: Later during the project, the estimate will become
more refined (+/-10%)
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Determine Budget
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Determine Budget
✓ Determine Budget
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Determine Budget
Business documents
- Business cases
- Benefit management plan
Agreement
EEF
OPAs
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Control Costs
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Control Costs
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Control Costs
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Control Costs
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Summary
Chapter 1 : Project Management Foundation
Chapter 2 : Foundation of Agile
Chapter 3 : Managing the project Scope
Chapter 4 : Dealing with project Schedule
Chapter 5 : Project Cost Management
Chapter 6 : Project Resources Management
Chapter 7 : Project communication Management
Chapter 8 : Proactively Managing Risks
Chapter 9 : Engaging with stakeholders
Chapter 10 : Introduction to scheduling
Chapter 11 : scheduling model principles & Concept
Chapter 12 : scheduling model good practices
Chapter 13 : Advanced Project Management Methods
Chapter 14 : Focus on Math
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Chapter 6 :
Project Ressources
Management
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Project Resource Management
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Project Resource Management
Resource Management processes :
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Plan Resource management
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Plan Resource management
Notes
• Other project may be competing for the same resources ➔ May impact
project costs , Schedules , risks , quality ….
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Plan Resource Management
Meeting
EEF
OPAs
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Plan Resource management
❑ Expert Judgment
❑ Data representation
• Hierarchical charts : WBS ; OBS ; RBS
• Assignment Matrix : RACI Chart
• Text oriented formats
❑ Organizational theory
❑ Meeting
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Plan Resource management
Outputs
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Estimate Activity Resources
• The process of estimating team resources and the type and quantities of materials ,
equipment and supplies necessary to perform project work
• This process is performed periodically throughout the project as needed
• This process was in Time management
• This process is closely coordinated with other processes such as Estimate Costs
process
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Estimate Activity Resource
PMIS
EEF
Meeting
OPAs
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Acquire Resources
• The process of obtaining team resources and the type and quantities of materials ,
equipment and supplies necessary to perform project work
• This process is performed periodically throughout the project as needed
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Acquire Resources
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Acquire Resources
▪ Negotiating:
Resources may be acquired through negotiation.
Resource can also be acquired from outside the organization from
external vendors, suppliers, contractors…
▪ Virtual team:
Teams that don’t meet face to face. In the big projects, you can
reach out to the whole world to find the best team members
▪ Hallo Effect:
Something to be aware of when dealing with team members.
Exple: you are a great programmer, therfore, we will make you a PM, and expect
you to be great at that as well
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Develop Team
• The process of improving competencies, team member interactions and the overall
team environment to enhance project performance
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Develop Team
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Develop Team
High performance can be achieved by :
• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing
• Adjourning
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Manage Team
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Manage Team
OPAs
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