PMP - Project Management Best Practices

“I am definitely going to take a course on time management… just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.” – Louis E. Boone

Aspirants of PMP exam must cement their understanding of some of the key terms and concepts, before working on individual processes covered in each knowledge area. By doing so, they will be able to reduce the time required to understand the processes and prepare well for the exam.

In this article, we will make an attempt to understand some of the key terms and concepts in Project Time Management knowledge area.

Conflict management, problem solving and decision making are topics that are generally considered to be distinct, but are actually interconnected such that they are used together to come up with the most feasible solution.

To come to the best possible outcome of a problem on the basis of sufficient information, certain problem solving steps need to be used. Some of these are as follows:

The Project Management Professional certification, or the PMP certification, is probably not the first certification that comes to mind to advance or start a career in software engineering. Many engineers are constantly learning new languages and technologies in a very dynamic field, so certification in project management is not on many radars. However, project management is growing in other fields than in tech, and project managers are in high demand.

PMP is the gold standard and most reputed project management certification in the world. Currently I am working as a project manager and the knowledge gained during PMP preparation has helped me a lot in my professional work. How did PMP helped me ? The answer is as follows:

Quesiton 1: Individuals make good decisions much quicker than teams do.
A. True
B. False

Quesiton 2: Teams make the best decisions when

A. Leaders are autocratic
B. Team members who don’t know anything keep quiet
C. Decisions are made by consensus
D. Team members listen carefully