David Geoffrey Litten

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All The Vital
Formulas,
Summaries, and
Charts You Need To
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PMP Knowledge Areas.



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Common Terms.




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Enterprise Environmental Factors.







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Organizational Process Assets.

Common Inputs




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Common Tools.

Common Outputs.



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Change Control.



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Project Management Plan.

Common Project Documents.


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Processes Summary.


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Organizational Structures.




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Business Case investment methods.
Simple Cash Flow.


Simple Payback.



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Return On Investment (ROI).

Cost Benefit Analysis.


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Project Selection definitions.



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Role Summaries.



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Forms of Power.

Conflict Management.


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Leadership Styles.

Team Development.



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Communications Channels.

Earned Value.



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Quality Management.



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All statistic equations in the PMP exam are based on a normal distribution.
For a normal distribution:
68.3% of the data points fall within one standard deviation
95.5% of the data points fall within two standard deviations
99.7% of the data points fall within three standard deviations

For a normal curve and a cumulative distribution:
0.15% of the data points fall between 0 and -3 from the mean
2.25% of the data points fall between 0 and -2 from the mean
16% of the data points fall between 0 and -1 from the mean
84% of the data points fall between 0 and +1 from the mean
97.75% of the data points fall between 0 and +2 from the mean
99.85% of the data points fall between 0 and +3 from the mean

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Cause and effect diagram. Defines the inputs to a process or a product in order to identify
potential causes of defects.



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Run chart. Show trends in the variation of a process over time.



Scatter diagram. Shows the relationship between two variables.



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Control Chart. A graphic display of process data over time and against established control limits



Flowcharting. Shows the inputs, process actions, and outputs of one or more processes within
a system.


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Pareto Chart. A histogram, ordered by frequency of occurrence, that shows how multiple
results were generated by each identified cause. 80/20 Rule = Paretos Law 20% of causes
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Expected Monetary Value: EMV = Probability X Impact (Cost)
Present Value: PV = FV / ((1+r) to the power of n) (FV is future value)


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Risk Threat Responses.

Risk Responses for Opportunities.




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Risk Responses for both Threats and opportunities.






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Risk Probability and Impact Analysis.



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Fixed Price Contracts.

Cost Reimbursable.

Time and Materials.



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Contract Characteristics.




Contract Advantages and Disadvantages.


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Procurement Exam Tips.




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Critical Path Method.





Network Diagram forward and backward pass calculations.





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Total float and Free Float.






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Bottom-up estimating.
This is the most accurate method, and is used when significant detail is known, but it is the
most time-consuming and expensive form of estimating.



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Analogous (Top Down) estimating.
Compares the current project with past similar projects, it is not very accurate, but easy to use
and quick.


Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): -50% to +100%
Budgetary: -10% to +25%
Definitive: -5% to + 10%
Parametric estimating.
A simple to use method for estimates that are quantitatively based, such as cost per square
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Three point estimating.
Takes the estimate uncertainty into consideration and weights the most likely estimate higher
than the others.


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Professional Responsibility Tips.



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How Did You Do?
These condensed facts and figures have been designed easy summaries of the main PMBOK Syllabus, I
hope you found them helpful on your path to become a Project Management Professional!
Regards

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