Ellie N.Director of Project Management / PMO | CDPBrighton, Ma, United States
Hi fellow PMs!
I am preparing for PMP based on PMBOK 5 and was wondering if anyone had any tips for mastering the 100's of ITTOs for all 47 processes?
I realize that just memorizing them is futile, rather the better approach is to understand their flow/interrelationships and identify patterns. For example, EEF's/OPA's are inputs to many processes while Project Management Plan updates and Project document updates are outputs.
I've started an Excel doc to track all ITTOs based on Process, Group and Knowledge area to eventually seek out these patterns. I have many weeks & hours of study still ahead and am curious if anyone has a list of such patterns that they've already developed? I would love to not recreate the wheel if possible, and start by focusing on high level patterns and then dig deeper from there.
Out of the 600+ ITTOs, there's roughly one hundred that I'd consider to be "key". Most PMP Prep Courses will highlight those for you, but my suggestion would be to avoid memorizing the obvious or logical ones and focus on learning those which are not obvious.
There are also some rules of thumb that you can use to help learn such as when you have work performance data as an input you will often have work performance information as an output.
Kiron
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1 reply by Ellie N.
Nov 14, 2017 10:20 AM
Ellie N.
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hi Kiron,
Yes, that is exactly what I am looking for (work performance example). I am looking for more such patterns / rules of thumb.
Thanks!
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Abigail HutchingsSenior Manager, Agile Transformation| RyderTamarac, Fl, United States
I had an excel doc that had all ITTO's listed and able to sort. By sorting different ways that really helped me to see the patterns and it helped bring to light what I needed to study more. I also created my own blank excel ITTO charts: 1 for each- processes, inputs & outputs. This helped me to quiz myself. I could take them anywhere; and when I had time I would fill in anything I remembered. Doing this over and over helped me a lot. I sent you a connection request and can email you whatever I have, if you'd like to see if it would be helpful to you.
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1 reply by Ellie N.
Nov 14, 2017 10:19 AM
Ellie N.
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That would be awesome, thank you!
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
I had put together a spreadsheet during my studies. There may be some abbreviations to accommodate, but otherwise, should either suffice or provide a base to start with. I had organized and sized them to be used like flash cards.
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1 reply by Ellie N.
Nov 14, 2017 10:20 AM
Ellie N.
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Excellent, thank you!
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Ellie N.Director of Project Management / PMO | CDPBrighton, Ma, United States
Nov 14, 2017 10:05 AM
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I had an excel doc that had all ITTO's listed and able to sort. By sorting different ways that really helped me to see the patterns and it helped bring to light what I needed to study more. I also created my own blank excel ITTO charts: 1 for each- processes, inputs & outputs. This helped me to quiz myself. I could take them anywhere; and when I had time I would fill in anything I remembered. Doing this over and over helped me a lot. I sent you a connection request and can email you whatever I have, if you'd like to see if it would be helpful to you.
That would be awesome, thank you! Saving Changes...
Ellie N.Director of Project Management / PMO | CDPBrighton, Ma, United States
Nov 14, 2017 9:46 AM
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Ellie -
Out of the 600+ ITTOs, there's roughly one hundred that I'd consider to be "key". Most PMP Prep Courses will highlight those for you, but my suggestion would be to avoid memorizing the obvious or logical ones and focus on learning those which are not obvious.
There are also some rules of thumb that you can use to help learn such as when you have work performance data as an input you will often have work performance information as an output.
Kiron
hi Kiron,
Yes, that is exactly what I am looking for (work performance example). I am looking for more such patterns / rules of thumb.
Thanks!
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Nov 14, 2017 10:45 AM
Kiron Bondale
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Ellie -
here are a couple more:
1. Expert judgment & meetings go together like peanut butter & chocolate
2. With the monitoring & controlling processes, you are always comparing one or more plan inputs with one or more actual inputs. Change requests are hence a frequent output of these processes.
3. When it comes to the Plan knowledge area Management processes, focus on the few outputs which are not self-evident. An example of this is Plan Quality Management...
Kiron
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Ellie N.Director of Project Management / PMO | CDPBrighton, Ma, United States
Nov 14, 2017 10:15 AM
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I had put together a spreadsheet during my studies. There may be some abbreviations to accommodate, but otherwise, should either suffice or provide a base to start with. I had organized and sized them to be used like flash cards.
I think we all agreed that no way and no need to memorize ITTO's, what i actually prefer is to make ur own notes on each of them the way u UNDERSTAND it, highlight those keywords that are represnting any of the ITTO's, its also important to note the differences between them, and to focus on the most commonly used T&T's ..
and keep in mind that everyone has his/her own way to read, to understand and finally to PASS...
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Yes, that is exactly what I am looking for (work performance example). I am looking for more such patterns / rules of thumb.
Thanks!
Ellie -
here are a couple more:
1. Expert judgment & meetings go together like peanut butter & chocolate
2. With the monitoring & controlling processes, you are always comparing one or more plan inputs with one or more actual inputs. Change requests are hence a frequent output of these processes.
3. When it comes to the Plan knowledge area Management processes, focus on the few outputs which are not self-evident. An example of this is Plan Quality Management...
Memorizing does not work. You must understand each process and be able to analyze its relation to others. In that way, you can easily guess what are the ITTO for each process. It needs your logic and reasoning. However, PMBOK is a reference and it is not supposed to memorize all its content. you should understand and refer if needed.
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Ellie N.Director of Project Management / PMO | CDPBrighton, Ma, United States
Thanks everyone for your advice. I completely agree and plan to learn and understand them (not memorize) in a way that makes sense, but still find it helpful for some general guidelines and patterns such as the ones provided by Kiron. There is so much to learn and remember that every bit helps :) Saving Changes...
