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The following links are posted for the use of students and prospective students of our PMP® prep course. References in red indicate the course segment(s) to which the material pertains.
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PMP® Examination Content The percentage of questions on the various exam topics.
Certification Prerequisites and Process Summarizes how to become and stay certified as a Project Management Professional.
PMP Credentials Handbook A copy of PMI's pdf PMP certification handbook.
TheTest User Guide A Microsoft Word document to download and print.
MEMS and Nanotechnology Clearinghouse 1 A link to the site by this name. This is representative of emerging technologies as discussed in course segment 1. New technologies continue to be the source of thousands - probably millions - of new projects.
The Semantic Web 1 A link to an article by Tim Berners-Lee describing his vision of the semantic web, another emerging technology.
PMBOK® Guide 3rd Edition Overview 2 A matrix of PMBOK® Guide processes by the five process group and nine knowledge areas.
Blank Process Matrix 2 A blank matrix (MS Word document) for use by students to help memorize the process matrix.
Stakeholder Analysis 3 A link to a Management Sciences for Health web site that contains a generic tutorial on stakeholder analysis. Our analysis in organizational and communications planning have more specific purposes.
A Brainstorming Tutorial 4 Brainstorming is a component of many project management processes, and is involved in Value Engineering and other tools introduced in Segment 5.
Edward de Bono on Lateral Thinking 4 Lateral thinking falls within the Tools & Techniques 'Alternative Identification' category, which applies to more than one PMBOK® Guide process.
Popular 'Lateral Thinking' Puzzles 4 These are for entertainment, not education.
What is Systems Engineering? 4 Used by permission of Frank Dean of Sandia National Labortories and Terry Bahill of Arizona University .
Value Engineering 4 The value engineering process as described by the US Federal Highway Administration.
Value Analysis 4 A paper describing the value analysis process, by Dr. Theodore C. Fowler, a Fellow of the Society of Value Engineers. Written in response to a request from NASA.
Functional Analysis 4 From Wikipedia.
Point of Total Assumption 5 We have been informed that the PMP® exam now contains questions on Point of Total Assumption, which is a term defined in the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulations related to fixed-price incentive contracts. We will add this material to TheCourse segment 5. This is a pdf version.
Point of Total Assumption 5 PowerPoint version of the material discussed above.
Critical Chain 6 This promotional material by Sciforma Corporation provides a good description of critical chain project planning and tracking.
Monte Carlo Definitions 6 From Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms.
Force Field analysis 7 By Accel-Team.com, a knowledge based organization based on the West Coast of Cumbria, in the UK.
Afffinity Diagram 7 Discussion of affinity diagrams, from The Quality Tools Cookbook.
Nominal Group Technique 7 Discussion of nominal group technique, courtesy University of Missouri.
Matrix Diagram 7 Discussion of matrix diagram, from NASA.
Prioritization Matrix 7 Discussion of prioritization matrix, from Arizona State University.
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program 7 A link to the National Institute of Standards & Technology page describing the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987.
PokaYoke 7 John Grout's collection of everyday examples.
Capability Maturity Model 7 The SEI 'ladder' of growth in software development organizations.
The Taguchi methods 7 A paper describing the Taguchi methods.
Kaizen 7 The definition, by Masaaki.
Kaizen Institute 7 Kaizen Institute was founded by Masaaki Imai, one of the modern gurus of quality and source of the term Kaizen.
International Organization for Standardization 7 ISO is the source of some "13,000 international standards for business, government and society."
Six Sigma 7 The goal of six sigma (six standard deviations) is 3.4 defects per million (or 2 per billion, depending on the spokesperson). One can be certified as a green belt or black belt Six Sigma professional.
A Total Quality Management (TQM) Model 7 Consultant Larry Green presents his approach to TQM.
Total Quality Management Sites 7 From Professor Bill Lindsay of Northern Kentucky University, a number of links to sites purported to be TQM oriented, but which seem to be subsumed by Six Sigma.
Utility Theory: Pro, Con & Indifferent 8 Definition, discussion and debunking.
SWOT Analysis: 8 From Mind Tools.
Dr. David T. Hulett on Cost Risk Analysis 8 A link to a very well-written and well-presented paper on Dr. Hulett's web site.
Root Cause 8 A tutorial on understanding and constructing an Ishikawa 'fishbone' diagram.
Sample Process Flow Chart 8 An illustration of a simple process flow chart.
Sample Influence Diagram 8 An illustration of a simple influence diagram.
Monte Carlo Illustration 8 referencing PMBOK® Guide Figure 11-13.
Dr. Tuckman's Hypothesis: Atherton J S (2003) 10 Learning and Teaching: Group Development [On-line] UK: Available: Accessed: 26 June 2004. Another view of Tuckman's hypotheses.
Earned Value Management noteboard 11For the serious practitioner of earned value management. Professional project managers exchange questions and information on this board.
Scatter Diagrams: A Tutorial 12 From Clemson University, by permission.
PMI Member Ethical Standards 16 from PMI.
PMP Code of Conduct 16 from PMI.
NASA 100 Lessons Learned 16 Lessons Learned as compiled by Jerry Madden, former Associate Director of the Flight Projects Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
New NASA Lessons Learned 16 A scientific study of the problems of digital engineering for space flight systems, with a view to their practical solution.
If you need . . . 
The links below are to project management related organizations introduced in course segment 1.
