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Change in Project Management Exam Approach and Exam Centers

PMP Exam to Focus on Three Domains
and Agile from December 2019

Project Management - August 12, 2019
Come December 16, 2019, those taking the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification course, will face a totally different exam pattern. The Professional Management Institute...
Project Schedule Management- How to Plan, Develop, Maintain, and Control

Project Schedule Management - How to Plan, Develop, Maintain, and Control?

Project Management - March 14, 2019
In every organization, projects are an essential method to build value. Running an organization with a lack of ideas and no proper schedules planned for projects would lead to failure....
Estimate Activity Durations in Project Management

Understanding Estimate Activity Durations in Project Management

Project Management - October 09, 2018
Is estimating project durations hard? Why? For many project management teams, it is a complex task to analyze or predict how long it takes to complete a project. Missing the deadlines...
Estimate Activity Resources

Estimate Activity Resources in Project Management

Project Management - October 01, 2018
In the present technically determined world, organizations big or small embrace projects that should be performed and delivered under specific requirements. Resources are one such...
Dependency Determination in Project Management

Dependency Determination in Project Management and its Types

Project Management - September 21, 2018
Defining Dependency Determination Dependencies in project management are well-defined as connections among the projects that decide the sequence in which project management activities...
How to Maintain the Schedule of the Projects once Initiated?

How to Maintain the Schedule of the Projects once Initiated?

Project Management - September 17, 2018
A well-crafted project plan is the pride of project management. But in the post-waterfall era of agile-everything, the humble project plan has got itself a bit of a bad reputation. So...
Resource Optimization Techniques in Project Management

Resource Optimization Techniques in Project Management

Project Management - September 07, 2018
In today’s technology-driven world, by standardizing your resource management processes, you can improve visibility and control, which in turn can lead to significant benefits for any...
Difference between Critical Path and Critical Chain Method

Critical Path & Critical Chain Method: Definition, Difference & Methodology

Project Management - August 29, 2018
Critical chain as a new approach is gaining popularity and poses challenges to the traditional method that uses the critical path. The project management takes increasing importance...
How to Develop a Schedule in a Project?

How to Develop a Schedule in a Project?

Project Management - August 25, 2018
Today, project management has become one of the most challenging fields of work. Project Management in every aspect has advanced its importance. While handling projects have become the...
Precedence Diagramming Method

What is Precedence Diagramming Method in Project Management?

Project Management - August 20, 2018
With many complex responsibilities involved in handling a project, Project Management as a task has become even more challenging. With tools to assist that helps accomplish the project...
Leads and Lags in Project

Leads and Lags in Project: How to Apply?

Project Management - August 06, 2018
Over the decades, there have been substantial technological advancements because of which the market requests and business needs have expanded. Projects are initiated as per the request...
How to Control a Schedule in a Project?

How to Control a Schedule in a Project?

Project Management - July 31, 2018
In today's competitive workplace, competent project managers are critical to the bottom line. Businesses have become more ambitious, where the need for project management best practices...
Defining Sequence Activities in a Project

Defining Sequence Activities in a Project

Project Management - July 26, 2018
A project manager is liable for the complete development of the project. By incorporating planning and aligning the objectives of the project, the process functions smoothly....
Defining Activities in a Project

Defining Activities in a Project

Project Management - July 23, 2018
Project management dates back to the 19th century. Today every organization has realized the benefits of organizing the tasks in the project. Project managers have started identifying...
How to Plan Schedule Management for a Project?

How to Plan Schedule Management for a Project?

Project Management - July 20, 2018
Chaos is what will happen when there is no proper project schedule management. How would it be when you do not know what resources to utilize? When should the resources get implemented...
What is Project Scope Management?

What is Project Scope Management?

Project Management - July 10, 2018
Project Scope Management - Definition The Project Scope Management is the process to ensure that a particular project includes all the work relevant/appropriate to achieve the project's...
What is Requirements Traceability Matrix

What is Requirements Traceability Matrix?

Project Management - July 06, 2018
As projects often have a lot of requirements, Project Managers need to have a proper and adequate system/process in place to trace all of the requirements that they have met and still...
How to define the Scope of a Project?

How to define the Scope of a Project?

Project Management - July 05, 2018
The process of collect requirements identifies all the essential requirements, but one can’t assure that all the requirements are mentioned or included in the project. But, the Define...
How to create a Work Breakdown Structure?

How to create a Work Breakdown Structure?

Project Management - July 04, 2018
Today, project managers are more frequently finding high value in the creation of work breakdown structures (WBS) as they begin the process of project management. Project success may be...
How to create a Scope Management Plan?

How to create a Scope Management Plan?

Project Management - July 03, 2018
One of the main reasons why a project fails is primarily because of the scope issues. It's imperative that all projects need a scope management plan. In the absence of a scope management...
How to Control Scope in a Project?

How to Control Scope in a Project?

Project Management - July 02, 2018
The Control Scope is a process which is probably one of the most crucial in maintaining the scope baseline and changes the scope baseline whenever necessary. The project managers will...
How to Collect Requirements to meet Project Objectives?

How to Collect Requirements to meet Project Objectives?

Project Management - June 30, 2018
Requirements can be classified into various types, like business requirements, solution requirements, stakeholders’ requirements, transition requirements, quality requirements, etc....
How does one Validate Scope in a Project?

How does one Validate Scope in a Project?

Project Management - June 29, 2018
The core feature of the project management process is to accomplish the project deliverables. These project deliverables must be formally accepted by the stakeholders. To ensure that the...
Group Creativity and Group Decision Making Techniques - Explained!

Group Creativity and Group Decision Making Techniques - Explained!

Project Management - June 28, 2018
Project managers have to deal with different types of people in any activities and it is the role of the project manager to initiate communication to get ideas from his or her team...
Monitoring and Controlling of Project Work throughout its life cycle

Monitoring and Controlling of Project Work throughout its life cycle

Project Management - June 26, 2018
As evident from the title itself, it’s a process that tracks the actual project performance with the planned project management activities. Manage, and Control process is a control...
What is Project Integration Management?

What is Project Integration Management?

Project Management - June 25, 2018
Currently, every organization is implementing the latest and effective project management methodologies to ensure that their projects and processes are managed consistently across the...
What is Directing and Managing Project Work

What is Directing and Managing Project Work?

Project Management - June 23, 2018
Directing and Managing Execution process is a method used to perform a project work that defines the project management plan. In general, after initiating a project, it involves various...
How to Perform Integrated Change Control in Project Management?

How to Perform Integrated Change Control in Project Management?

Project Management - June 22, 2018
Perform Integrated Change Control Process is an important process that is executed under the Integration Management Knowledge area and Monitoring and Controlling Process group. The...
How to Close a Project

How to Close a Project?

Project Management - June 21, 2018
Many times, the process of project closing is overlooked. To many, successful project delivery is defined by the completion of deliverables as per the objectives of time and cost. Many...
How do you Develop a Project Charter?

How do you Develop a Project Charter?

Project Management - June 20, 2018
Before even thinking on how to create a Project Charter, one should always start preparing a Project Statement of Work (A written description of the project's product, service, or...
Developing Project Management Plan - Explained

Developing Project Management Plan - Explained

Project Management - June 15, 2018
Without a proper PMP (Project Management Plan) in place, the clients will be exposed to chaotic management, facing unclear objectives, lacking proper resources and depending on...
Importance of Project Management Information System

Importance of Project Management Information System

Project Management - June 13, 2018
Right from the initiation stage to the closing stage, there's a lot of data being collected, analyzed and transformed. With the implementation of various processes in the project life...
Project Management Process Groups - Explained!

Project Management Process Groups - Explained!

Project Management - May 15, 2018
Project Management 5 Basic Process Groups There are two main categories in the realm of project management, which are to be skillfully mastered to succeed: Knowledge Areas and Process...
The 10 PMBOK Knowledge Areas - A Brief Introduction

The 10 PMBOK® Knowledge Areas - A Brief Introduction

Project Management - April 13, 2018
Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas are the core technical subject matters of the project management profession, and these processes along with their individual inputs,...
Different Types of Project Phases Explained!

Different Types of Project Phases Explained!

Project Management - March 02, 2018
A project phase is a collection of logically related project activities that concludes when one or all objectives of the project are achieved. A project could be divided into any number...
An in-depth overview of project management processes

An Overview of Project Management Processes

Project Management - March 01, 2018
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to plan activities to meet the project requirements. It requires efficient and proper management of the...
What is Project Life Cycle and its Main Characteristics?

What is Project Life Cycle and its Main Characteristics?

Project Management - February 27, 2018
A project life cycle is the sequence of phases that a project goes through from its initiation to its closure. The number and sequence of the cycle are determined by the management and...
The Concept of Business Value Explained

The Concept of Business Value Explained

Project Management - February 26, 2018
The business value is the standard value measure used in business valuation. PMBOK® defines business value as the entire value of the business; the total sum of all tangible and...
What is a project team and who all are involved?

What is a Project Team and who all are Involved?

Project Management - February 20, 2018
The project team includes the project manager and the group of individuals who work together on a project to achieve its objectives. It consists of the project manager, project...
Why is project governance critical to project success?

Why is Project Governance Critical to Project Success?

Project Management - February 16, 2018
Project governance is an oversight function aligned with the organization’s governance model, and that encompasses the project life cycle. It provides the project manager and team with...
What is a Project-Based Organization?

What is a Project-Based Organization?

Project Management - February 15, 2018
According to PMBOK®, Project-based organizations (PBOs) refer to various organizational forms that create temporary systems for carrying out their work. Businesses that need and expect...
Why is PMO more critical than ever for Enterprises

Why is PMO more critical than ever for Enterprises?

Project Management - February 12, 2018
A project management office (PMO) is a management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and...
In-depth overview of Project, Program, and Portfolio Management

In-depth overview of Project, Program, and Portfolio Management

Project Management - February 09, 2018
With the growing competition and struggle to be the best in the market, no one can afford to make an error when it comes to clients and their needs. But unfortunately, most of the...
Who are Project Stakeholders and Why are they Important for a Project?

Who are Project Stakeholders and Why are they Important for a Project?

Project Management - February 05, 2018
A stakeholder is an individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project. Stakeholders...
How Project Management is influenced within an Organization?

How Project Management is influenced within an Organization?

Project Management - February 02, 2018
A project is an important undertaking in any organization, and the success of the organization depends on its individual projects. The point to be considered here is that while project’s...
A Comprehensive Understanding of the Role of a Project Manager

A Comprehensive Understanding of the Role of a Project Manager

Project Management - January 30, 2018
According to PMBOK®, the project manager is the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives. He is...
How are Operations Management and Project Management interconnected

How are Operations Management and Project Management interconnected?

Project Management - January 30, 2018
Operations management and Project management are easily confused terms. They share some characteristics and some differences as well. Operations Management: Operations management is...
What's the Purpose of PMBOK Guide and What's New in 6th Edition?

What's New in the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition?

Project Management - January 24, 2018
The Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK® Guide) serves as a recognized standard for the profession of project management. A standard is a formal document that defines...
The relationship between Portfolios, Programs, and Projects -Explained!

The Relationship Between Portfolios, Programs, and Projects -Explained!

Project Management - January 12, 2018
A portfolio, program, and project- however similar they may sound, their meaning and usage is quite different. Let’s take a glance at them one-by-one. Project According to PMBOK®...
What is Project Management?

What is Project Management?

Project Management - January 12, 2018
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. The process of project management as per the...
What is a Project?

What is a Project?

Project Management - December 18, 2017
A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. It can also be called as a task or set of tasks undertaken to build a product or make a...
5 Reasons Why You Need a PMP Certification

5 Reasons Why You Need a PMP® Certification

Project Management - November 02, 2017
PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification displays your knowledge, skills and experience in project management to lead and direct projects. It provides a great...
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