9-11 Study Group Meeting

Raj and Debra met at Starbucks. The Study Guide went into more detail on several topics barely mentioned in the PMBOK.

The next meeting scheduled to be Sunday, September 19th at 9 am. We continue going through the PMBOK chapters using Kim Heldman's PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide.

Covered Today:
Heldman Chapter 7: Creating the Project Plan
PMBOK Chapter 6.4—Schedule Development
PMBOK Chapter 6.5—Schedule Control
PMBOK Chapter 7—Project Cost Management

Main Learning Points

• Calculate Critical Path
• Define Critical Path Task
  
• Describe and Calculate PERT Duration Estimates
• Name Duration Compression Techniques
• Describe Cost Baseline
  

Heldman Chapter 8: Developing the Project Team
PMBOK Chapter 4.2—Project Plan Execution
PMBOK Chapter 9.3—Team Development
PMBOK Chapter 10.1—Communications Planning
PMBOK Chapter 10.12—Information Distribution

Main Learning Points

• Project Plan Execution
  
• Four Stages of Group Formation
• Maslow's Highest Level of Motivation
• Five Levels of Power
• Differentiate between Senders and Receivers of Information
• Five Styles of Conflict Resolution
  

To Be Covered Sunday:
Heldman Chapter 9: Measuring and Controlling Project Performance
PMBOK Chapter 8.2—Quality Assurance
PMBOK Chapter 10.3—Performance Reporting
PMBOK Chapters 12.2 to 12.5—Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration

To Learn

• Difference between the Solicitation process and Source Selection process
  
• Tools and Techniques of the Source Selection process
• Purpose of the Quality Assurance process
• Distinguish between Seller Invoices, Payment Systems and Payment Requests
• Purpose of the Scope Verification process
• Purpose of the Performance Reporting process
  

Heldman Chapter 10: Controlling Change
PMBOK Chapter 4.3—Integrated Change Control
PMBOK Chapter 5.5—Scope Change Control
PMBOK Chapter 6.5—Schedule Control
PMBOK Chapter 7.4—Cost Control
PMBOK Chapter 8.3—Quality Control
PMBOK Chapter 11.6—Risk Monitoring and Control

To Learn

• Integrated scope change Control Processes
• Purpose of a change control system
• Describe a CCB
• Define configuration management
• Name the tools and techniques of Quality Control