Studying for PMP

Mark Davidson Land Manager| Diamond Head Resources, LLC Denver, Co, United States

Hello,

I am having difficulties understanding the flow of the 5 process groups, 10 knowledge areas, and 49 processes. I know this sounds like a pretty broad questions as the PMBOK is basically all of this in a nut-shull. BUT, I am having a hard time understanding the ITTO's specifically related to all of this.

I can't seem to memorize the graphs and charts to understand how all of the processes flow together and work off each other.

Can somebody help me with a good tool or source to better wrap my head around this?

I understand the big picture of each KA and concepts involved and key terms and such.

I guess you could say my studying in these areas is at a 'high-level' and I can't seem to dissect the process like I want.

Hope this makes sense - thanks for any help/input!

Posted: Apr 21, 2020 1:40 PM

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Nellaiappan L Sr. Technical Project Manager| Macrosoft Inc Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Apr 23, 2020 11:37 AM

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Thank you! I will look into him. Page 25 is a good broad starting point for 5 Process Groups 10 Knowledge Areas which I think I understand decently. It's when it decomposes it down in all of the processes in that chart where I kind of start to lose it. A lot of very detailed information! Hard to wrap my head around all of the critical points.

I'll keep plugging away and hopefully it will click one of these days!

One Question in specific I do have:

Does Project Integration Management come first and then Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, etc. or does it all happen together when the Project Management Plan is laid out? I have noticed that each KA has their own specific plan as well (subsidiary plans) to the PM Plan...

Hope this makes sense.

Hi Mark, I would recommend, not to read Project Integration Management completely at first. Read Develop Project Charter and Develop Project Management Plan process. After that, jump on to 5th Chapter. Moving from 5th chapter, you can follow that order of all chapters and then finally come back to Integration Management. The Integration management is a generic process to accommodate all the activities happened in the project.

If you had hard time in going chapter basis, another suggestion would be by Process group wise. Do read all the processes belongs to Initation first across the chapter, then move on to Planning process group and move on to other process group. This will be easy for your understand the flow.

If you feel the PMBOK is very dry to read (obviously you have to read it atleast twice) a good start will be with Head First PMP book which will be very user friendly.

From my perspective, Rita's PMP preparation is completely different and if you start following Rita, it will be difficult to match with PMBOK. Rita book is purely for cracking for exam and not the applying knowledge (from my point of view).

Hope this helps

Posted: Apr 23, 2020 12:32 PM

Win Myat Aung Senior Project Manager| None Yangon, Hlaing Township, Myanmar

Apr 23, 2020 11:37 AM

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Dear Mark,

My advice:

1) Look into Table 1-4, page 25 first. It is better to check 5 process groups one by one vertically.
2) Then go to Figure 4-1 through Figure 13-1. Concentrate on inputs and from where they come referring Table 1-4. Take note of each outputs.

To the best of my knowledge,
developing project management plan is a concurrent planning of other (component) management plans in planning stage with priorities on
Communication management plan
Quality management plan &
Steakholder management plan
since those are most interrelated with other management plans.

Hope this explains your query.

Posted: Apr 24, 2020 11:58 AM

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