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1. A guide to passing PMP® exam! series..
Introduction to Project
Management
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2. What is a Project?
• A Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken
to create a unique Product, Service or Result.
• Characteristics of Project
– Definitive start and end date
– Result in some specific benefits
– Progressively elaborated (which is to say, they are
produced in an iterative fashion).

3. Oldest Project – built 4500 yrs ago!

4. PMBOK® in a nutshell
• Processes - are activities conducted by project
manager to manage various aspects of project
• Process Groups - a way of grouping processes
specific to each logical phase of a project, such as
Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and
Controlling, and Closing.
• Knowledge Areas - a way of grouping these same
processes based on the knowledge required to
carry them out, such as Cost management,
Human Resources management, and
Communications management.

5. Stages of Project

6. Anatomy of a Process

7. ITTOs of a process
ITTOs = Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs

8. Process Groups explained

9. The 6 Project Constraints

10. Project Manager needs…
Project manager primarily needs to have the
following -
• Knowledge (PMBOK® is a great source)
– What do you know about your job...
• Performance (application of knowledge)
– How do you put that knowledge to use...
• Personal skills (aka soft-skills)
– How do you deal with people involved while doing
it...

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