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In project risk management, actions are required to be planned should identified risks actually occur. There are two major types of planning: Contingency Plan and Fallback Plan — both the Contingency Plan and the Fallback Plan are developed in advance during Plan Risk Responses process. This post will expound on the...

Nominal Group Technique and Brainstorming are two Group Creativity Techniques named as PMBOK® Guide ITTOs. These two are indeed quite similar as they both include the generation of ideas / requirements e.g. in identifying project requirements. Yet, there are some major differences between Nominal Group Technique and Brainstorming that Aspirants should understand in order...

Both Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF) and Organization Process Assets (OPA) are two of the core inputs to most project management processes as described in the PMBOK® Guide. However, many Aspirants find it hard to distinguish between these two. Though I have yet to encounter a real PMP® Exam question to ask the...

One of the most fundamental concept for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam is the definition of a “Project” as the knowledge around the PMP® Exam is built upon the correct definition of projects. Yet, in our daily life, “Project” and “Operation” is often confused. This article will help Aspirants to...

Abhishek Bhati passed the exam in first try with 400 hours of preparation. Below is his detailed account of his Lessons Learned from his exam Journey. Abhishek Bhati Passed the New PMP® Exam Below is the sharing by Abhishek who have recently passed the new exam: I would like to share...

In Project Communication Management, the Project Manager is responsible for communicating matters related to the project to all the related project stakeholders based on the Project Communication Plan by using various communication methods, namely Push Communication, Pull Communication and Interactive Communication. Of these three communication methods, Pull and Push Communication methods are...

In Project Risk Management, the Project Manager is required to carry out both Qualitative Risk Analysis and Quantitative Risk Analysis. While these two analysis processes are used in risk rating of all identified and significant risks, the PMBOK® Guide has listed Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis as two...

In Project Resource Management, there are two processes related to Human Resources, namely, Develop Team and Manage Team. These two are somewhat confusing as they both are related to the management of the project team in our everyday language. Develop Team vs Manage Team Develop Team: Develop Team is a...

One of the vital element for project management success is to control changes as in the Perform Integrated Change Control process, otherwise scope creep and missed requirements may result. Change management in projects involve Change Control and Configuration Control. These two terms are often used interchangeably in daily work, however, PMBOK® Guide has...

The PMBOK® Guide mentions three roles carrying project management responsibilities, namely Project Manager, Project Expeditor and Project Coordinator. While every Aspirant should be quite familiar with the role of Project Manager (after all, many of the Aspirants are Project Managers themselves), the role of Project Expeditor and Project Coordinator may...

With the success of the PMI Talent Management Conference 2015, PMI is going to provide yet another FREE opportunity for certification holders to earn PDU for re-certification for PMI members. The PMI Talent Management Conference 2016 would be held on 6 December 2016. All PMI members can register and attend the conference online for...

In everyday terms, both project requirements and project scope are usually used interchangeably to refer to what needs to be done for the project. However, these two terms are not identical and should be studied in more details in order to really understand their definitions from the view of PMI....

Similar to the article discussing the differences and similarities between Project Statement of Work and Business Case, this article will discuss the differences and similarities between Project Statement of Work and Project Charter. In short, the Project Statement of Work is an input used to create the Project Charter and both of them...

Both Project Statement of Work and Business Case are key inputs for the development of Project Charter and they contains vital information to assist the senior management, project sponsor and project manager to determine whether the project is feasible in terms of expected results yet the exact information contained in...

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters and sometimes syllables … ~ Wikipedia Important PMP® Abbreviations / Acronyms In the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and the PMP®...