nora colliton mba, pmp, pmi-acp, csm february 21, 2018
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Nora CollitonMBA, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSMFebruary 21, 2018
Goals of PresentationApproach of PresentationReminder on Nomenclature6th Edition by the NumbersGeneral ChangesRole of the Project ManagerDetailed Changes in Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
In Closing
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Exam Candidates – identify what’s new or changed, impact on exam
Current PMPs – share what’s new and impact on how we run our projects
Agile (Scrum) observations and the PMBOK® Guide in practice
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Aligned knowledge areas under project management process groups: Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing
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Process Groups (5) (Initiating, Planning,
Executing, Monitoring & Controlling and Closing)
◦ Knowledge Areas (10) (Integration, Scope,
Schedule, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communications, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholder)
Processes (e.g., under Integration Management: Develop Project
Charter, Develop Project Management Plan, Direct and Manage Project Work, Manage Project Knowledge, Monitor and Control Project Work, and Close Project)
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978 pages vs. 616 pages for 5th edition (362 difference)
1 new chapter
49 processes vs. 47 in 5th edition
3 new processes added, 2 integrated/removed◦ Manage project knowledge, Execute risk response, Control
resources◦ Closure Procurement and Estimate activities resources
2 knowledge area name changes; 6 process name changes
Agile Practice Guide is 183 pages
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Role of project manager today
Tailoring
“Align[ment] with other PMI foundational standards” and Standard for Business Analysis
Agile, adaptive, and hybrid environments
Knowledge areas include trends and emerging practices
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Spheres of influence◦ Project
◦ Organization
◦ Industry
◦ Professional discipline
◦ Other disciplines
Talent Triangle – skills needed◦ Technical
◦ Leadership
◦ Strategic
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Project Integration ManagementDevelop Project Charter
o PM Info systems
o Visual tools vs. written plans
o Virtual and mobile teams
o Expanded role of PM – business case
Project Stakeholder ManagementIdentify Stakeholder
o Capturing value and benefits to stakeholder – e.g., value to product owner
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Project Integration ManagementDevelop Project Chartero Not necessarily called “Charter”, but Kick Off
presentation deck with all elements, including resources
o Use of technology
o May or may not know methodology to use
Project Stakeholder ManagementIdentify Stakeholdero Virtual and global teams
o Identify core team vs. other stakeholders
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Integration ManagementDevelop Project Management Plan
Scope ManagementGeneral Changeso Coordination with Standard for Business Analysis for
alignment
o Capturing value and benefits to stakeholder – e.g., value to product owner
o Agile: tools and on-going scope development
Plan Scope ManagementCollect RequirementsDefine ScopeCreate WBS
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Schedule ManagementGeneral Changes
o Renamed from “Time Management”
oMoved “Estimate Activity Resources” moved to Resource Management
o Select scheduling method – critical path vs. agile approach
Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Duration
Develop Schedule
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Cost Management General Changeso Expansion of EVM to include earned schedule (ES),
replacing schedule variance measures used in traditional EVM
o Agile: costing when scope not fully defined
Cost ManagementEstimate CostsDetermine Budget
Quality ManagementGeneral Changes
o Acknowledged tools listed in PMBOK® Guide not actually widely used
Quality Management
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Resource Management General Change
o Changed from “Human Resource Management” to “Resource Management” to include all resources
Plan Resource Management
Estimate Activity Resources – moved here from Schedule Management
Communications ManagementGeneral Change
o Clarified act of communicating vs. artifacts of communication
Plan Communication Management
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Risk Management General Changeso Emphasis on overall risks integrated throughout
project
oMoved from “control” to “monitor”
Plan Risk ManagementIdentify RisksPerform Qualitative Risk AnalysisPerform Quantitative Risk AnalysisPlan Risk Response – added “Escalate” as risk
response strategy, along with avoid, transfer, mitigate or accept
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Procurement ManagementGeneral Changeso Global perspective
o Acknowledgement of PM’s role within organization in procurement process
Plan Procurement Management
Stakeholder Management Plan Stakeholder Engagement – output is
Stakeholder Engagement Plan
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Release Planning – Sprint ZeroScope, Quality, Risk, Procurement
o Theme level; some story level
o Product owner priority
o Team sizing, if possible
Timeline
oHigh degree of uncertainty;
o Based on velocity, if available, or estimates
Costs - based on resource use based on velocity
Stakeholder and Communication
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Sprint Planning: 4 – 8 hrs at the beginningScope, Quality, Risk, Procurement
o User story-level pulled into Sprint
o Product owner priority
oDefinition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
Timeline – limited to defined sprint timeline
Costs – limited to defined sprint costs
Stakeholder and Communication
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Integration Management Direct and Manage Project Work Manage Project Knowledge – new process; manage explicit
and tacit knowledge to reuse existing knowledge and create new knowledge Inputs: Project Management Plan – all components
Project document
Deliverables
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
T&T: Expert judgment
Knowledge Management
Information Management
Interpersonal and team skills
Outputs:Lessons Learned Register
Project Management Plan updates
Organizational process assets updates
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Quality ManagementManage Quality
Renamed from “Perform Quality Assurance”
Resource ManagementGeneral Changes
Removed “project” in front of each process as may need to work with resources outside of the project
Acquire Resources
Develop Team
Manage Team
Communications ManagementManage Communications
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Risk Management Implement Risk Responses – new process; ensures agreed-
upon risk responses are executed as planned
Inputs: Project Management Plan – risk management plan
Project document – lesson learned, risk register & report
Organizational process assets
T&T: Expert judgment
Interpersonal and team skills
Project management information system
Outputs:Change requests
Project documents updates
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Procurement ManagementConduct Procurements
Stakeholder ManagementManage Stakeholder Engagement
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General Reminder;Moved from “Control” to “Monitor”
Integration ManagementMonitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Scope ManagementValidate Scope
Control Scope
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Schedule ManagementControl Schedule
Cost ManagementControl Costs
Quality ManagementControl Quality
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Control Resources– new process, replacing Estimates Activity Resources; verifies that project deliverables and work meet requirements by key stakeholders for final acceptance
Inputs: Project Management Plan – resource management plan
Project documentsWork performance dataAgreementsOrganizational process assets
T&T: Data analysis
Problem solvingInterpersonal and team skillsProject management information systems
Outputs: Work performance information
Change requestsProject management plan updatesProject document updates
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Communications ManagementMonitor Communications
Risk ManagementMonitor Risks
Procurement ManagementControl Procurements
Stakeholder ManagementMonitor Stakeholder Engagement
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Combine Process Groups
Sprint LevelUse Case level
Cost, timeline, budget, quality for defined weeks
Release LevelProduct/Functional level
Product/Project Budget
Re-estimating based on previous and upcoming sprints
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Integration ManagementClose Project or Phase
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Sprint LevelRetrospective 4 hrs – 1 day
Cost, timeline, budget, quality for defined weeks
Release LevelProduct/Functional level
Product/Project Budget
Reporting based on release
Project/Program LevelProcurement
Budget
Others
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Reflect current and trending situations for the Project Manager
Exams changesPMP exam changing in March 2018.
PMP Study Group planned starting in April running until June/July timeframe.
Exam based on the Exam Content Outlines (ECOs) and Agile/hybrid content included in ECOs
PMI-ACP also changing in March 2018 to make terminology consistent with the Agile Practice Guide
CAPM exam changing in May 2018 based on
PMBOK® Guide changes
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