Leadership Skills In order to be an effective project manager, we have to be able to manage and lead. So we need to have some good insight, some good understanding of leadership skills. So leadership skills, we’re talking about having a vision, being optimistic and positive, seeking collaboration, managing relationships and conflict. Of course we’re communicating effectively, active and listening, being asking and listening to feedback, giving credit to people where credits do, and then being action and results oriented. So leadership skills, we’re talking about the ability to get…

Section Overview: Role of the Project Manager Look where you are already. You’re ready to go into Section Nine, the role of the project manager. That is fantastic. Good job. Well, in this section, we’re going to talk about you, the project manager. Everybody else talks about you. Why shouldn’t I? Well, we’re really going to talk about the role of a project manager. So what is a project manager? How do you influence people where you work? What about the competencies that you need and the management competencies and…

Section Overview: Review the PMP Exam Domains Welcome to this section where we’re going to talk about the PMP exam domains. This is a really important section because I’m going to cover exactly what you’re tested on. A lot of people miss this. That PMI tells us what the exam will test you on. There’s an assumption that it’s only the Pmbok. That’s not true. There are specific things from the Pinbock, but there are topics that are broader than just the Pinbock guide. So we’re going to look at…

Section Overview: Related Areas of Project Management In this section, we’re going to discuss the related areas of project management. We know that projects aren’t the only entity, the only structure that can happen within our organization. We’re going to nail down those other areas that affect project management that you’ll need to know for your exam, but also AV in your organization. So we want to have a really clear understanding here and look at these different terms. And so if you know the terms, that will help us…

Considering the Cost of Quality Let’s talk about the cost of quality. It’s not cheap to get quality into your project. Quality takes time. It takes having the right tools and equipment, the right materials. So there’s a cost associated with that. There are two terms that we need to know when it comes to the cost of quality. We have the cost of conformance to requirements and we have the cost of non conformance to requirements. The cost of conformance to requirements, sometimes just called the cost of quality,…

Section Overview: Project Quality Management Welcome to section 14 on Project Quality Management in the Pinback Guide. This is chapter eight on Project Quality management. So we’re going to discuss here what is quality, what does it mean to manage a project and have quality in that project project, we’ll look at considerations for adaptive environments, some key concepts you need to know for quality. We’re going to look at the cost of quality or the cost of poor quality. So some differences there and characteristics there you need to…

Section Overview: Project Management Processes Groups and Knowledge Areas Welcome back. In this section we’re going to look at the project management components, the different parts of a project, so things that we didn’t know as a project manager and as a PMP candidate. In this section, we’re going to look at the different components of project management and how they work together. Very important that we don’t need to just have these silos of project management, but it’s integrated that they work together. So that’s one of the things…

Organizational Structure Types Every organization is a little different from every other organization. Just as no two projects are like no two organizations are identical. However, there are some generally accepted characteristics that describe the structure of an organization. So in this lecture we’re going to look at these different organizational structures. It’s really we’re talking about how the organization is built. This influences the amount of power that you have as a project manager. So it’s important to recognize these for your exam because you may get an exam…

Processes, Policies, and Procedures There are three things that can affect your project in your organization that’s your policies, the processes, and the procedures. So these are unique to each organization. So policies, processes, and procedures. Let’s take a look at how these affect the different areas from initiation all the way to closing of our project. First off, internal processes for project management, this is unique to your organization. So how do you manage the project? How is your project structured? What’s the framework of your project? Hopefully it’s…

Section Overview: Project Environments In this section, we’re going to discuss a very important exam topic. We’ve already talked a little bit about it in previous sections, but now we’re going to get into the very specifics. But what is the topic? Project environments. Remember the environment that you operate in as a project manager fact how you get to manage that project. So we need to look at the project environments. So some new terms for you. We’re going to look at enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets….