Below you will find dozens of key concepts in project management, direct from the Project Management Body of Knowledge. No matter what your role or project methodology, you will come across these key concepts in your career, and understanding them will help you find success!
01 – Tools for Project Integration Management
- The Business Case
- Project Return Forecasting with FV, NPV and IRR
- Baselined Documents
- Change Requests
- The Project Management Information System
- The Issue Log
- The Configuration Management Plan
- What is the Final Report?
02 – Tools for Project Scope Management
- The Requirements Management Plan (or Business Analysis Plan)
- Prototyping
- Voting
- Product or Solution Analysis
- The Project Scope Statement
- The Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Validate Scope versus Control Quality
- Decomposition
03 – Tools for Project Schedule Management
- Project Variance Analysis (CPI and SPI)
- The Critical Path and Float
- Project Schedule Compression Techniques
- Rolling Wave Planning
- The Schedule Performance Index
- The Precedence Diagramming Method
- Calculating Float with Forward and Backward Pass
- Lead Time and Lag Time (Project Schedule)
04 – Tools for Project Cost Management
- Management Reserves versus Contingency Reserves
- Earned Value Analysis
- Cost Forecasting Techniques with Estimate at Completion (EAC)
- Project Cost Estimates
- Cost Forecasting with ETC, VAC, TCPI
05 – Project Quality Management
06 – Project Resource Management
- The Resource Assignment Matrix
- The Team Charter
- Virtual Teams and Communication Technologies
- Communication Models in your Project
- Conflict Management
- Tuckman’s Ladder
07 – Project Risk Management
- Risk Categories and Identifying Risks During your Project
- SWOT Analysis
- Strategies for Threats and Strategies for Opportunities
- The Probability and Impact Matrix
- Decision Tree Analysis
- Qualitative Risk Analysis versus Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Reserve Analysis and Burndown Charts
08 – Project Procurement Management
- Types of Contracts in your Project and Procurement
- Advertising versus Bidder Conferences
- Claims Administration
09 – Project Stakeholder Management
- The Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
- Communication Skills
- Power and Influence Models for Stakeholder Engagement
- Interpersonal and Team Skills
– David McLachlan
heyya mate,
I saw ’52 downloadable templates’ in the description of one of your numerous youtube videos for PM and now I can’t find it again… Was I mistaken? if not, do you mind sharing the link? Thank you!
Cheers
Josh
Sure thing! The YouTube playlist is here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEWFSKHjyrwydP0YBztsIdu47Csvp5KXf
And if you want them all ready-made and ready to use, they are here: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1199800561/50-project-management-templates-in-excel
Kind regards – David