PMP Certification Exam Training

Interpret the source and stage of the conflict

Analyze the context for the conflict

Evaluate/recommend/reconcile the appropriate conflict resolution solution

Set a clear vision and mission

Support diversity and inclusion (e.g., behavior types, thought process)

Value servant leadership (e.g., relate the tenets of servant leadership to the team)

Determine an appropriate leadership style (e.g., directive, collaborative)

Inspire, motivate, and influence team members/stakeholders (e.g., team contract, social contract, reward system)

Analyze team members and stakeholders’ influence

Distinguish various options to lead various team members and stakeholders

Appraise team member performance against key performance indicators

Support and recognize team member growth and development

Determine appropriate feedback approach

Verify performance improvements

Organize around team strengths

Support team task accountability

Evaluate demonstration of task accountability

Determine and bestow level(s) of decision-making authority

Determine required competencies and elements of training

Determine training options based on training needs

Allocate resources for training

Measure training outcomes

Appraise stakeholder skills

Deduce project resource requirements

Continuously assess and refresh team skills to meet project needs

Maintain team and knowledge transfer

Determine critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team

Prioritize critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team

Use network to implement solutions to remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team

Re-assess continually to ensure impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team are being addressed

Analyze the bounds of the negotiations for agreement

Assess priorities and determine ultimate objective(s)

Verify objective(s) of the project agreement is met

Participate in agreement negotiations

Determine a negotiation strategy

Evaluate engagement needs for stakeholders

Optimize alignment between stakeholder needs, expectations, and project

objectives

Build trust and influence stakeholders to accomplish project objectives

Break down situation to identify the root cause of a misunderstanding

Survey all necessary parties to reach consensus

Support outcome of parties' agreement

Investigate potential misunderstandings

Examine virtual team member needs (e.g., environment, geography,

culture,global, etc.)

Investigate alternatives (e.g., communication tools, colocation) for virtual team member engagement

Implement options for virtual team member engagement

Continually evaluate effectiveness of virtual team member engagement

Communicate organizational principles with team and external stakeholders

Establish an environment that fosters adherence to the ground rules

Manage and rectify ground rule violations

Allocate the time to mentoring

Recognize and act on mentoring opportunities

Assess behavior through the use of personality indicators

Analyze personality indicators and adjust to the emotional needs of key project stakeholders

Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value

Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally

Examine the business value throughout the project

Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the mini mum viable product

Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders

Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of

detail for all stakeholders

Communicate project information and updates effectively

Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received

Determine risk management options

Iteratively assess and prioritize risks

Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact)

Categorize stakeholders

Engage stakeholders by category

Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement

Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned from past projects

Anticipate future budget challenges

Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as necessary

Plan and manage resource

Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies, story points)

Utilize benchmarks and historical data

Prepare schedule based on methodology

Measure ongoing progress based on methodology

Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology

Coordinate with other projects and other operations

Determine quality standard required for project deliverables

Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps

Continually survey project deliverable quality

Determine and prioritize requirements

Break down scope (e.g., WBS, backlog)

Monitor and validate scope

Consolidate the project/phase plans

Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business value

Analyze the data collected

Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions

Determine critical information requirements

Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management practices)

Determine strategy to handle change

Execute change management strategy according to the methodology

Execute change management strategy according to the methodology

Determine a change response to move the project forward

Define resource requirements and needs

Communicate resource requirements

Manage suppliers/contracts

Plan and manage procurement strategy

Develop a delivery solution

Determine the requirements (what, when, where, who, etc.) for managing the project artifacts

Validate that the project information is kept up to date (i.e., version control) and accessible to all stakeholders

Continually assess the effectiveness of the management of the project artifacts

Assess project needs, complexity, and magnitude

Recommend project execution strategy (e.g., contracting, finance)

Recommend a project methodology/approach (i.e., predictive, agile,hybrid)

Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle (e.g.,lessons learned, stakeholder engagement, risk)

Determine appropriate governance for a project (e.g., replicate organizational governance)

Define escalation paths and thresholds

Recognize when a risk becomes an issue

Attack the issue with the optimal action to achieve project success

Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the approach to resolve the issuesy

Discuss project responsibilities within team

Outline expectations for working environment

Confirm approach for knowledge transfers

Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase

Validate readiness for transition (e.g., to operations team or next phase)

Conclude activities to close out project or phase (e.g., final lessons learned,retrospective, procurement, financials, resources)

Confirm project compliance requirements (e.g., security, health and safety,regulatory compliance)

Classify compliance categories

Determine potential threats to compliance

Use methods to support compliance

Analyze the consequences of noncompliance

Determine necessary approach and action to address compliance needs(e.g.,risk, legal)

Measure the extent to which the project is in compliance

Investigate that benefits are identified

Document agreement on ownership for ongoing benefit realization

Verify measurement system is in place to track benefits

Evaluate delivery options to demonstrate value

Appraise stakeholders of value gain progress

Survey changes to external business environment (e.g., regulations, tech nology, geopolitical, market)

Assess and prioritize impact on project scope/backlog based on changes in external business environment

Recommend options for scope/backlog changes (e.g., schedule, cost changes)

Continually review external business environment for impacts on project scope/backlog

Assess organizational culture

Evaluate impact of organizational change to project and determine required actions

Evaluate impact of the project to the organization and determine required actions