Difficult to distinguish and give correct answer sometimes. can someone suggest an easy way? give a solution?

Pradeepta kumar Guin Bhubaneswar, Or, India

How to answer correctly questions related to input ,output, tools& techniques etc related to process group? It is many times difficult to distinguish the differences . Also difficult to distinguish between OPAs and EEFs many times.

Posted: Oct 9, 2024 1:32 PM

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Viraj Dua Project Management| Elevated Services Inc Toronto, ONTARIO, Canada

If you are asking from the examination point of view then let me assure you that you do not need to learn them at all. There's no chance that PMI will gauge a candidate on his ability to mug up something. Focus more on Integration processes and their ITTO and try to develop understanding of unique one from other process. Again, no need to mug them all.

EEFs is the environment in which company operates that may limit or enhance its ability to execute a project. OPA's are kind of intellectual property of organization acquired over the years from earlier experiences.

Posted: Oct 9, 2024 2:36 PM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Pradeepta -

One trick I learnt along the line regarding OPAs vs EEFs is that OPAs are frequently (but not always) things you can print or touch whereas EEFs tend to be intangible factors.

And as Viraj has indicated, don't try to memorize ITTO info. Out of the thousands of ITTO's, there is a fraction which are important to be aware of, and that too, only from an application/scenario perspective. Most self-study guides and quality prep courses will highlight those for you.

Kiron

Posted: Oct 9, 2024 4:35 PM

Pavan Maddi

Community Champion

Buona Vista, Singapore

Practice distinguishing by testing yourself with example scenarios (add more and more in your notes) to reinforce these differences.

1.⁠ ⁠Initiating: Inputs = project charter, outputs = project scope statement
2.⁠ ⁠Planning: Inputs = scope statement, outputs = project management plan
3.⁠ ⁠Executing: Inputs = project plan, outputs = project deliverables
4.⁠ ⁠Monitoring & Control: Inputs = project performance data, outputs = change requests
5.⁠ ⁠Closing: Inputs = project deliverables, outputs = final project report

For OPAs vs EEFs:

•⁠ ⁠OPAs are internal organizational assets (e.g., policies, procedures, knowledge base, templates, lessons learned documents)
•⁠ ⁠EEFs are external environmental factors (e.g., market conditions, government regulations, technology advancements)

Posted: Oct 10, 2024 6:54 PM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

I was part of the group that created and review exam questions from long time until PMBOK version 6. I do not have information about version 7 exams. If you are talking about PMP exam take into account that questions are situational questions. The key is to understand some kind of dynamic in the whole "meta process". To do that, the key source is the exam content outline document. Remember input-output etc will not help you to pass the exam.

Posted: Oct 11, 2024 7:24 AM

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