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Follow-on Activity
The Initiating Process Group
Purpose: Use this follow-on activity to help you memorize the processes of the Initiating Process Group for exam pu
Instructions for use: To use the table, enter each Initiating process in the corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do
Project management processes
Knowledge Area Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group
Project Integration Develop Project

Develop Project Charter
Management Management Plan
Plan Scope Management
Collect Requirements
Project Scope Management
Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule
Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Project Time Management
Estimate Activity
Resources
Estimate Activity
Durations
Develop Schedule
Plan Cost Management
Project Cost Management Estimate Costs
Determine Budget
Project Quality Management Plan Quality Management
Project Human Resource Plan Human Resource

Management Management
Project Communications Plan Communications

Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk

Project Risk Management Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk

Analysis
Plan Risk Responses

Project Procurement Plan Procurement
Project Stakeholder Plan Stakeholder
Identify Stakeholders
Table 3-1; PMBOK® Guide - Fifth Edition
Course: Project Management Process Groups (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

Topic: Initiating Processes
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f the Initiating Process Group for exam purposes.
corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do this from memory. You can print this document, or recreate the table in a word proces
ct management processes
Monitoring & Controlling

Executing Process Group Closing Process Group
Process Group
Monitor and Control

Project Work
Direct and Manage Project Close Project or Phase
Work
Perform Integrated Change
Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Perform Quality Assurance Control Quality

Acquire Project Team
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team

Manage Communications Control Communications
Control Risks
Conduct Procurements Control Procurements Close Procurements
Manage Stakeholder Control Stakeholder

Engagement Engagement
ate the table in a word processing or spreadsheet application to complete this activity.
Follow-on Activity
The Planning Process Group
Purpose: Use this follow-on activity to help you memorize the processes of the Planning Process Group for exam pur
Instructions for use: To use the table, enter each Planning process in the corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do t


Project Scope Develop Scope
Management
Create WBS
Plan Schedule
Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Acitvity Durations

Develop Schedule
Project Cost Management Estimate Cost
Determine Budge
Project Quality Plan Quality Management
Management

Project Communications Plan Communication

Identify Risk
Project Risk Management Management
Analysis
Plan Risk Responses

Topic: Planning Processes

of the Planning Process Group for exam purposes.
corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do this from memory. Dashes have been added as a hint as to how many processes go in
ect management processes
Executing Process Group Monitoring & Controlling Closing Process Group

Process Group
Monitor and Control

Project Work
Work
Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs


Manage Project Team
Control Risks
Conduct Procurements Control Procurements Close Procurements

to how many processes go in each cell. You can print this document, or recreate the table in a word processing or spreadsheet
processing or spreadsheet application to complete this activity.
Follow-on Activity
The Executing Process Group
Purpose: Use this follow-on activity to help you memorize the processes of the Executing Process Group for exam pu
Instructions for use: To use the table, enter each Executing process in the corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do

Project Scope
Management
Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Project Cost Management

Determine Budget
Management


Identify Risks

Analysis
Project Risk Management

Analysis
Plan Risk Responses


Topic: Executing Processes

of the Executing Process Group for exam purposes.
e corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do this from memory. You can print this document, or recreate the table in a word proc
Executing Process Group Monitoring & Controlling Closing Process Group

Process Group
Monitor and Control

Project Work
Work
Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Control Costs
Control Quality
-
-
- Control Communications
Control Risks
- Control Procurements Close Procurements
Control Stakeholder
- Engagement
reate the table in a word processing or spreadsheet application to complete this activity.
Follow-on Activity
The Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Purpose: Use this follow-on activity to help you memorize the processes of the Monitoring and Controlling Process G
Instructions for use: To use the table, enter each Monitoring and Controlling process in the corresponding Knowled
Monitoring
Initiating Planning Executing Closing
Knowledge & Controlling
Process Process Process Process
Area Process
Group Group Group Group
Group
Develop -
Project Develop Direct and
Project Close Project
Integration Project Management Manage or Phase
Management Charter Project Work
Plan -
Plan Scope -
Management
Collect
Project Requirement -
Scope s
Management
Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan
Schedule
Management
Define
Activities
Project Time -
Management
Sequence
Activities
Project Time -
Management
Estimate
Activity
Resources
Estimate
Activity
Durations
Develop
Schedule
Plan Cost
Management
Project Cost
Estimate -
Management
Costs
Determine
Budget
Project Plan Quality Perform

Quality Management Quality -
Management Assurance
Acquire
Project Team
Project Plan Human Develop

Human Resource
Resource Management Project Team
Management
Manage
Project Team
Project Plan
Communicati Communicati Manage
Communicati -
ons ons
Management Management ons
Plan Risk
Management
Identify Risks
Perform
Qualitative
Project Risk Risk Analysis -
Management
Perform
Quantitative
Risk Analysis
Plan Risk
Responses
Project Plan Conduct Close

Procurement Procurement Procurement - Procurement
Management Management s s
Project Plan Manage

Stakeholder Identify Stakeholder Stakeholder -
Management Stakeholders Management Engagement

Topic: Monitoring and Controlling Processes

ng and Controlling Process Group for exam purposes.
the corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do this from memory. You can print this document, or recreate the table in a word pr
reate the table in a word processing or spreadsheet application to complete this activity.
Follow-on Activity
The Closing Process Group
Purpose: Use this follow-on activity to help you memorize the processes of the Closing Process Group for exam purp
Instructions for use: To use the table, enter each Closing process in the corresponding Knowledge Area. Try to do th

Project Scope
Management
Define Scope
Create WBS
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Develop Schedule

Determine Budget
Management


Identify Risks

Analysis

Analysis
Plan Risk Responses


Topic: Closing Processes

the Closing Process Group for exam purposes.
responding Knowledge Area. Try to do this from memory. You can print this document, or recreate the table in a word processin
Monitoring & Controlling

Executing Process Group Closing Process Group
Process Group
Monitor and Control

Project Work
Direct and Manage Project -
Work
Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Control Costs

Manage Project Team

Control Risks
Conduct Procurements Control Procurements -

e table in a word processing or spreadsheet application to complete this activity.
Knowledge Area
Process Groups Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group

Develop Charter
Project Scope Collect Requirements

Management
Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule
Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Project Time
Management Estimate Activity
Resources
Estimate Activity
Durations
Develop Schedule
Project Cost Estimate Costs

Management
Determine Budget
Management


Identify Risks

Project Risk Analysis
Management

Analysis
Plan Risk Responses


Executing Process Group Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
Monitor and Control Project Work

Direct and Manage Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Manage Project Team
Control Risks
Conduct Procurements Control Procurements
Manage Stakeholder Engagement Control Stakeholder Engagement

Closing Process Group
Close Project or Phase

Close Procurements
Parametic estimating
Parametric estimating requires that you use this equation to calculate duration estimates for activities:
(Quantity of work × Productivity rate) ÷ Number of resources used
Three-point estimating
You use three-point estimating to get a duration estimate that reflects the risks and opportunities that may affect th
To calculate the three-point estimate using beta distribution, you
1. Add the weights assigned to each estimate. Typically the total is 6, since the most likely estimate gets a weight
2. Add each weighted duration for the total and divide the total weighted duration by the total weight.
The other formula commonly used for three-point estimating is the triangular distribution formula, where:
Duration = (tO+tM+tP) / 3
Course: Estimating Activity Resources and Durations (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)
Topic: Using Parametric and Three-point Estimating
s for activities:
ortunities that may affect the completion of the work activity. There are two formulas commonly used in three-point estimating
kely estimate gets a weight of 4 plus a weight of 1 for the optimistic and for the pessimistic estimates.
the total weight.
on formula, where:
ed in three-point estimating. One is the beta distribution formula, based on the traditional PERT technique.
Budget at completion (BAC) None
Planned value (PV) BAC × (time passed ÷ total schedule time)
Earned value (EV) BAC × (work completed ÷ total work required)
Schedule variance (SV) SV = EV – PV
Cost variance (CV) CV = EV – AC
Schedule performance index (SPI) SPI = EV ÷ PV
Cost performance index (CPI) CPI = EV ÷ AC
Course: Controlling Project Costs (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

Topic: Earned Value Management
The total authorized budget for the project.
The budgeted amounts assigned to work scheduled to BCWS
have been completed.
The value of completed work, expressed in terms of the BCWP
budget assigned to that work.
The difference between the budgeted value a project

has earned through completed work and the planned
value of this work. This value indicates whether project
work is proceeding as planned in the schedule.
actual cost (AC) = ACWP
The difference between earned value and actual costs,
which indicates cost performance.
The ratio between earned value and planned value,
which represents schedule performance. An SPI of 1
indicates the project is on schedule. A value greater
than 1 indicates it is ahead of schedule, and a value less
than 1 indicates it is behind schedule.
The ratio between earned value and actual costs, which

represents cost performance. A CPI value greater than 1
indicates better performance than expected, whereas a
value less than 1 indicates poor performance.
Formula
EAC = AC + bottom-up ETC
EAC = AC + BAC - EV
EAC = BAC ÷ cumulative CPI
EAC = AC + [(BAC – EV) ÷ (cumulative CPI × cumulative SPI)]

ETC = EAC - AC
Course: Controlling Project Costs (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

Topic: Forecasting
65000 - 58000
7000
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When it is used
When you want to forecast EAC based on the project manager's bottom-up ETC.
When variances are not expected to occur for the remainder of the project, so the
costs of future work are estimated to be the same as the budgeted costs.
When you want to take the cost performance of a project into account and assume
its current cost performance level won't change for the remainder of the project.
When you want to take both the schedule and cost performance of the project into
account, and the project schedule is a factor likely to impact the ETC.
When you want to forecast EAC based on the project manager's bottom-up ETC.
When variances are not expected to occur for the remainder of the project, so the
costs of future work are estimated to be the same as the budgeted costs.
When you want to take the cost performance of a project into account and assume
its current cost performance level won't change for the remainder of the project.
When you want to take both the schedule and cost performance of the project into
account, and the project schedule is a factor likely to impact the ETC.
.97*1.23
1.2
The ETC is calculated by subtracting the actual cost (AC) from the estimate at completion:
ETC = EAC - AC
You can easily calculate the AC by summing up the four monthly costs listed in the example. The result is $15,000 +
You must now calculate the EAC. To do this, use the following formula:
EAC = budgeted at completion (BAC) / cumulative cost performance index (CPI)
You know the BAC is $392,000. In order to calculate the cumulative CPI, you must divide the cumulative earned valu
Since you now know the EAC and the AC, you can finally calculate the ETC:
ETC = $421,505 - $192,250 = $229,255

ple. The result is $15,000 + $60,500 + $67,000 + $49,750 = $192,250.
the cumulative earned value (EV) by the cumulative AC. The cumulative CPI is $179,150 / $192,250 = 0.93. Therefore, the EAC i
= 0.93. Therefore, the EAC is $392,000 / 0.93 = $421,505.
Calculate Communication Channels
Suppose you are working to create an appropriate approach to project communications and you know you have 20
n(n - 1) / 2
= 20 (20 - 1) / 2
= 20 (19) / 2
190
Topic: Perform a Communications Requirements Analysis
and you know you have 20 stakeholders.
Forward pass
Early start date + Duration - 1 = Early finish date
The early start date of an activity should fall on the next working day after the early finish date of the previous activ
Backward pass
Late finish date - Duration + 1 = Late start date
The late finish date of an activity should fall on the working day before the late start date of the following activity.
Float
h date of the previous activity.
e of the following activity.

Knowledge Areas
Process Groups Initiating Process Group
Project Integration Management Develop Charter
Project Scope Management
Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management

Project Procurement Management

Project Stakeholder Management Identify Stakeholders
Planning Process Group Executing Process Group
Direct and Manage Project
Develop Project Management Plan Work
Define Scope
Create WBS
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Develop Schedule
Estimate Costs
Determine Budget Perform Quality Assurance
Plan Quality Management

Plan Human Resource Management
Manage Project Team
Plan Communications Management Manage Communications

Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Procurement Management Conduct Procurements

Manage Stakeholder
Plan Stakeholder Management Engagement
Monitoring & Controlling Process Group Closing Process Group
Monitor and Control Project Work Close Project or Phase
Perform Integrated Change Control
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Control Quality
Control Communications
Control Risks
Control Risks
Control Procurements Close Procurements

Control Stakeholder Engagement

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Project management processes

Knowledge Area Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group

Project Integration Develop Project

Plan Scope Management

Project Cost Management Estimate Costs

Project Human Resource Plan Human Resource

Project Communications Plan Communications

Perform Qualitative Risk

Perform Quantitative Risk

Plan Risk Responses

Table 3-1; PMBOK® Guide - Fifth Edition

Course: Project Management Process Groups (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

© 2013 SkillSoft Ireland Limited

Monitoring & Controlling

Monitor and Control

Perform Quality Assurance Control Quality

Develop Project Team

Manage Project Team

Conduct Procurements Control Procurements Close Procurements

Manage Stakeholder Control Stakeholder

Project management processes

Knowledge Area Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group

Project Integration Develop Project

Plan Scope Management

Estimate Acitvity Durations

Project Human Resource Plan Human Resource

Project Communications Plan Communication

Table 3-1; PMBOK® Guide - Fifth Edition

Course: Project Management Process Groups (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

© 2013 SkillSoft Ireland Limited

ect management processes

Executing Process Group Monitoring & Controlling Closing Process Group

Monitor and Control

Perform Quality Assurance Control Quality

Develop Project Team

Conduct Procurements Control Procurements Close Procurements

Manage Stakeholder Control Stakeholder

Project management processes

Knowledge Area Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group

Project Integration Develop Project

Plan Scope Management

Estimate Activity Durations

Project Cost Management

Project Human Resource Plan Human Resource

Project Communications Plan Communications

Perform Qualitative Risk

Perform Quantitative Risk

Plan Risk Responses

Table 3-1; PMBOK® Guide - Fifth Edition

Course: Project Management Process Groups (PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition)

© 2013 SkillSoft Ireland Limited

ect management processes

Executing Process Group Monitoring & Controlling Closing Process Group

Monitor and Control

- Control Procurements Close Procurements

Project management processes

Project Plan Quality Perform

Project Plan Human Develop