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📘 Project Management Terms and Concepts

This is not just a glossary — it’s your complete toolkit! 🚀

It includes everything you need to pass the PMP exam on your first attempt. Understand key concepts, decode tricky terms, and speak the language of real project leaders.

Each term is explained in simple, clear words — no jargon, no confusion.

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PMBOK 7

General Organization

  1. Strategic Plan
  2. Organizational Structures
  3. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
  4. Project Management Office (PMO)
  5. Organization Project Management (OPM)
  6. A Project Benefits Management Plan (PBMP)
  7. Business Case (Video Explanation)
  8. EEF vs OPA
  9. MBO (MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES)
  10. Tailoring
  11. What is Business Value
  12. Cost Benefit Analysis
  13. ADKAR – A Change Management Framework
  14. Negotiation; A job well done
  15. Project Compliance
  16. Payback Period, Sunk Cost and Opportunity Cost
✅ PMP Exam Preparation Checklist
📘 1. Understand the Exam Structure
☑ Domains: People (42%), Process (50%), Business (8%)
☑ Question types: Multiple choice, multiple response, matching, hotspot, fill-in-the-blank
🧾 2. Check Eligibility
☑ 35 contact hours of project management education
☑ Experience: 36 months (with bachelor’s) or 60 months (with diploma)
📚 3. Study Materials
☑ PMBOK® Guide (latest edition)
☑ Agile Practice Guide
☑ Process Groups Practice Guide
☑ Exam Content Outline (ECO)
☑ Good PMP prep book (e.g., Rita Mulcahy’s)
📝 4. Choose Study Approach
☑ Get trained by certified training provider

☑ Join a study group or online community
☑ Create a 6–12 week study plan
🎯 5. Focus Areas
☑ Agile and Hybrid concepts
☑ Predictive project management
☑ Leadership, communication, stakeholder engagement
☑ Risk, quality, procurement, schedule, scope, cost
🧠 6. Practice & Review
☑ Take 4–5 full-length mock exams
☑ Analyze weak areas
☑ Use flashcards and summary notes
🖊️ 7. Application & Exam
☑ Create PMI.org account and apply
☑ Submit application and get approval
☑ Schedule the exam (center or online)
☑ Take a rest day before the exam
Flash Cards 
(Identify and fill your knowledge Gaps
Process Groups Game 
(First Step into your ITTO Journey)
Project Management Flows ;
Understand the Big Picture)
Earn Your PDUs 
(Renew your Certification)
Exam Content Outline Game 
(Begin your Journey here)

PMI Guides (Read twice)

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