PMdistilled e-Guide

1 - A Systems Approach to Project Management 

1. Three types of Project Management 

2. Project Management Principles 

3. Systems Approach to Project Management 

   1. Introduction to Systems approach to Project Management 

   2. Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF)

   3. Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

   4. Organizational structures 

   5. Project Management Office (PMO)

   6. A System for Value Delivery 

      1. Organizational goals & Strategies 

      2. Portfolio Management 

      3. Projects, Sub-projects, Programs & Operations 

   7. Project selection ratios 

      1. Time Value of Money 

      2. Compounding 

      3. Project selection ratios 

   8. Stakeholder management 

      1. Stakeholder identification 

      2. Stakeholder Analysis,  Classification & Manageent Strategies 

      3. Stakeholder Engagement Monitoring & Control 

2 - Project Initiation & Planning 

Initiate Project / Phase 

1. Project Charter & Stakeholder Register

Project Planning 

1. Plan Financial Management 

2. Integrate & Align Project Plans 

3. Plan sourcing strategy

4. Plan scope management

5. Elicit and Analyze requirements

6. Define Scope 

7. Develop scope structure

8. Plan Schedule Management 

9. Develop Schedule 

10. Plan Financial Management

11. Estimate Costs 

12. Develop Budget 

13. Plan Stakeholder Engagement 

14. Plan Communications management

15. Plan Resource Management

16. Estimate Resources

17. Plan Risk Management 

18. Identify Risks

19. Perform Risk Analysis 

20. Plan Risk Responses 

3 - Project Execution 

1. Manage Project Execution

2. Manage Quality Assurance

3. Manage Project Knowledge 

4. Manage Stakeholder Engagement 

5. Manage Communications 

6. Acquire Resources 

7. Lead the team

8. Implement Risk Responses 

4 - Monitoring & Controlling, Closing 

1. Monitor and Control Project Performance

2. Assess and Implement Changes 

3. Monitor and Control Scope 

4. Validate Scope 

5. Monitor and Control Schedule 

6. Monitor and Control Finances 

7. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement 

8. Monitor Communications

9. Monitor & Control Resourcing

10. Monitor Risks 

Closing 

1. Close the project / phase 

5. Agile Project Management 

1. Agile family 

2. When to use Agile?

3. Iterative & Incremental

4. Why Scrum is most popular among the agile frameworks?

5. Scrum Ceremonies

   1. Sprint planning meeting

   2. Daily Scrum

   3. Sprint Review

   4. Sprint Retrospective

6. Scrum Roles 

   1. Product Owner

   2. Scrum Master 

   3. Development team 

7. Scrum Artifacts 

   1. Product backlog

   2. Sprint backlog

   3. Product increment 

8. Additional Agile Concepts

   1. Agile Chartering

   2. Organizational Change Management

   3. Agile Estimation

   4. User Stories

   5. Story Points 

   6. Velocity & Average Velocity

   7. Roadmap Planning

   8. Release Planning

   9. Process Tailoring

   10. Hybrid Project Management 

6. Ai - In Projects 

1. Artificial Intelligence - Ai 

   1. Machine Learning (ML)

   2. Deep Learning (DL)

   3. Generative AI - Gen AI 

   4. Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)

   5. AI Use Cases in Project Management 

7. General Tools & Techniques 

1. RACI Chart 

2. Cashflow Analysis 

3. POwer - Interest Grid 

4. Stakeholder engagement metrics 

5. 'S' Curve 

8. Project Management Tools 

9. About PMP Certification 

10. Sample tests