PMdistilled e-guide Index

1 - A Systems Approach to Project Management 

1. Three types of Project Management 

2. Project Management Principles 

3. Projects, Sub-Projects, Programs & Operations 

4. Portfolio Management 

5. 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 

   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 

Other topics 

EPC Flow 

5. Agile Project Management 

1. Agile family 

2. Agile manifesto & agile principles 

3. When to use Agile?

4. Iterative & Incremental

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

6. Scrum Overview 

7. Scrum Roles

8. Scrum Events

9.  Scrum Artifacts 

10. Additional Agile Concepts

    1. Agile Chartering

    2. Organizational Change Management

       1. ADKAR Model 

       2. Kotters 8 step Model 

       3. McKINSEY 7 S Framework 

       4. Lewins Change Model 

    3. Agile Estimation using planning poker 

    4. User Stories

    5. Story Points 

    6. Velocity & Average Velocity

    7. Roadmap Planning

    8. Release Planning

    9. Monitoring & Controlling Agile Projects 

    10. Process Tailoring

    11. 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 

6. Lewin's change model & force field analysis 

7. Situational Leadership

8. Project Management Tools 

9. About PMP Certification 

10. Sample tests