Why to take the PMPexam?
The PMPtest ensures that those who get this certification are highly qualified because there is always a need for qualified project managers.This test examines the three key characteristics of project managers, and a project manager should be knowledgeable in the following abilities:
To lead a team effectively, a project manager must be able to communicate with them To do this, they must have excellent soft skills
In addition to finishing the work, they must be able to comprehend new knowledge that their team has provided them and articulate their point of view Additionally, they need to comprehend the technical aspects of the project they are working on
The above performance domains are listed as follows in the PMPexam content outline:
● People (42%)
● Process (50%)
● Business Environment (8%)
The three domains are further divided into tasks and each task has enablers
Below are the tasks:
Domain I
Task 1
People (42%)
Control conflict
● Explain the origins and phases of the conflict
● Identify and analyze the conflict's setting
● Determine, suggest, and resolve the best course of action for resolving disputes
Task 2 Head a group
● Clarify your vision and mission.
● Encourage inclusiveness and diversity (e.g., behaviour types, thought process)
● Recognize and value servant leadership (e g , relate the tenets of servant leadership to the team)
● Choose a suitable leadership stance (e g , directive, collaborative)
● Motivate, inspire, and persuade teammates and stakeholders (e g , team contract, social contract, reward system)
● Analyze the impact of stakeholders and team members
● Differentiate between different approaches to leading diverse team members and stakeholders
Task 3 Bolster group performance
● Evaluate each team member's performance in relation to the KPIs.
● Encourage and acknowledge the progress of team members
● Select the best feedback strategy. Check for performance gains
Task 4 Include team members and stakeholders.
● Make use of the team's strengths
● encourage teamwork responsibility
● Examine the evidence of task accountability
● Decide on the level or levels of decision-making authority and assign it
Task 5
Ensure that the team's stakeholders receive the required training.
● Identify the components of training and abilities that are required
● Depending on your needs, choose a training programme
● Resource allocation for training
● Assessment of training outcomes
Task 6 Assemble a team
● Review the skills of the stakeholders
● Analyze the project's resource requirements
● Review team capabilities frequently and improve them to meet project objectives
● Maintain cooperation and knowledge exchange
Task 7
Task 8
Task 9
Team impediments, hurdles, and blocks should be addressed and removed.
● Identify the biggest stumbling blocks, challenges, and barriers the team faces
● Identify the team's biggest obstacles, difficulties, and barriers
● Use the network to implement ideas and remove team barriers, hurdles, and blockages
● To ensure that team barriers, difficulties, and blockages are being addressed, do frequent reevaluations
Project contract discussions
● Examine the guidelines for the negotiations to reach a conclusion.
● Set tasks in order of importance and decide on your main objective (s)
● Check to see if the objectives of the project agreement are being met.
● Take part in negotiations for agreements Set up a negotiation strategy
Work together with key stakeholders
● Analyze the requirements for stakeholder engagement
Task 10
● Improve the fit between project goals, stakeholder needs, and expectations
● To achieve project goals, cultivate stakeholder trust and use their support.
Increase cooperation
● Dissect the circumstances to find the confusion's origin
● To arrive at a decision, consult all relevant parties
● Ensure the parties' agreement's final result Look into possible misunderstandings
Task 11 Activate and assist virtual teams
● The requirements of the virtual team members (e g , environment, geography, culture, global, etc )
● Look into ways to encourage participation from virtual team members, such as communication tools and colocation.
● Implement strategies to engage remote team members
● Evaluate the effectiveness of virtual team member involvement on a regular basis.
Task 12 Establish team guidelines
● Organizational principles should be shared with the team and external stakeholders
● Create an atmosphere that encourages adherence to the rules
● Control and correct infringements of the ground rules
Task 13
Mentoring pertinent parties
● Set aside time for mentorship
● Recognize mentoring opportunities and seize them
Task 14 Enhance group performance by utilising emotional intelligence
● Determine behaviour using personality markers
● Examine personality traits and make adjustments for the emotional requirements of the main project stakeholders
Domain II Process—50%
Task 1
Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value
● Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally
● Examine the business value throughout the project
● Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the minimum viable product
Task 2 Manage communications
● Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders
● Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all stakeholders
● Communicate project information and updates effectively
● Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received
Task 3 Assess and manage risks
● Determine risk management options Iteratively assess and prioritize risks
Task 4 Activate stakeholders.
● Examine the players (e g , power interest grid, influence, impact)
● Sort stakeholders by kind
● Stakeholder participation by category
● Create a stakeholder engagement strategy, put it into action, and then evaluate it
Task 5 Set up and oversee the budget and resources
● Calculate the necessary funds depending on the project's scope and the lessons you've learnt from previous endeavours
● Consider upcoming budgetary difficulties
● Track budget variances and collaborate with the governance process to make required adjustments
● Plan and control resource usage
Task 6
Organize your schedule
● Project job estimates (milestones, dependencies, story points)
● Use benchmarks and historical information Establish a schedule based on the methodology.
● Based on approach, assess ongoing development.
● According to methodology, adjust the schedule as necessary.
● Coordinate with other initiatives and activities
Task 7 Plan and oversee product/deliverable quality
● Establish the quality standards necessary for the project's deliverables
● Provide suggestions for enhancements based on quality gaps
● Continually evaluate the standard of project deliverables
Task 8
Schedule and control scope
● Establishing and ranking priorities
● Limit the scope (e.g., WBS, backlog)
● Observe and confirm the scope
Task 9 Including project planning processes
● The project/phase plans should be combined
● Determine the linkages, gaps, and ongoing commercial value of the aggregated project plans
● Analyze the information gathered
● Gather information and assess it to decide on a project
● Identify the necessary important information
Task 10
Control project alterations
● Recognize and accept that change is necessary (e.g., follow change management practices)
● Make a plan for dealing with change
● Adopt and implement a methodology-based change management plan
Task 11
Task 12
Task 13
● Choose a change strategy to advance the project
Manage and plan the procurement
● Establish resource needs and requirements
● Communicate the need for resources Control vendors and contracts
● Organize and oversee your buying strategy Create a delivery strategy
Organize the project artefacts
● Establish the requirements for managing the project artefacts (what, when, where, who, etc )
● Verify that all stakeholders may access and maintain the most recent version of the project information (using version control).
● Continually evaluate the success of the project artefact management
Select acceptable project methodologies, approaches, and methods.
● Analyze the needs, difficulty, and size of the project
● Provide project execution advice (e g , contracting, finance)
● Offer a project approach or technique (i e , predictive, agile, hybrid)
● Utilize incremental, iterative techniques all the way through the project life cycle (e g , lessons learned, stakeholder engagement, risk)
Task 14 Construct a project governance framework
● Identify the project's proper governance structure (e.g., replicate organisational governance)
● Establish the escalation pathways and thresholds
Task 15
Organize project problems
● Determine when a danger becomes
a problem
● To ensure project success, approach the problem with the best course of action
● Work together with key stakeholders to decide how to handle the problem
Task 16 To maintain project continuity, ensure knowledge transfer.
● Discuss project duties among the team and specify the conditions of the workplace
● Verify the method for knowledge transfers
Task 17 Prepare for and oversee project/phase completion or transitions
● Identify the requirements for concluding the project or phase successfully.
● Verify your preparation for the change (e.g., to operations team or next phase)
● Complete project or phase-closing tasks (e.g., final lessons learned, retrospective, procurement, financials, resources)
Domain III
Business Environment 8%
Task 1 Prepare for and oversee project compliance
● Verify the requirements for project compliance (e g , security, health and safety, regulatory compliance)
● Sort compliance-related categories
● Identify any possible barriers to compliance
● Employ strategies to encourage compliance
● Consider the effects of noncompliance. Determine the best course of action to take to fulfil your compliance needs (e.g., risk, legal) Determine the degree to which the project complies.
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Assessing and delivering the project's value and benefits
● Look into whether there are any benefits Document the ownership agreement for continuing benefit realisation
● Make sure a mechanism is in place for measuring results and benefits
● Assess delivery choices to show value
● Evaluate stakeholders' value gains and development
Assessing the impact of changes to the external business environment on the scope
● Changes in the survey's referenced business environment (e.g., regulations, technology, geopolitical, market)
● Based on changes in the external business environment, evaluate and prioritise the impact on the project scope and backlog.
● Offer suggestions for scope and backlog modifications (e.g., schedule, cost changes) Review the external business environment on a regular basis for effects on the project scope and backlog.
Assistance with organizational change
● Analyze the culture of the organization
● Analyze the effects of organizational change on the project and decide the necessary next steps
● Analyze the project's effects on the organization and decide what needs to be done
