PEI PMA Grade 3 study plan

Decompose a self-chosen 3-month project into a WBS with at least 30 work packages and assign each package to a control account.

Sequence 15 activities into a precedence diagram, identify the critical path, and calculate total float for every non-critical path.

Classify each dependency as mandatory, discretionary, external, or internal, and write one sentence explaining the schedule consequence of removing a discretionary dependency.

Compare crashing and fast-tracking on a 2-week schedule slip, quantifying the added cost, added risk, and quality impact of each option.

Estimate the cost of the Week 1 WBS using analogous, parametric, and bottom-up methods, then reconcile the three results in a variance note.

Build a time-phased budget that separately labels contingency reserve and management reserve, and state the authority required to release each.

Calculate PV, EV, AC, SV, CV, SPI, CPI, EAC, ETC, and VAC for a two-period scenario, then interpret each result in plain language.

Map decision rights for sponsor, steering committee, PMO, and project manager on a RACI chart for the same scenario.

Compare predictive, iterative, and hybrid delivery on scope-change control, cost-baseline stability, and stage-gate frequency.

Apply a four-step ethical decision framework to two scenarios: a supplier offering a personal gift and a sponsor requesting an unlogged scope reduction.

Draft a stage-gate checklist with entry and exit criteria that distinguishes governance approval from day-to-day management.

Re-forecast the Week 2 EVM scenario after a 10% scope increase and document the baseline change request with schedule, cost, and risk impacts.

Build a risk register with 15 risks, score each on probability and impact, and plot them on a 5x5 matrix.

Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on the top five risks, including expected monetary value for two of them.

Select avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept, or escalate responses for each top risk, and define a measurable trigger for each response.

Differentiate quality assurance from quality control and draft a 12-item quality checklist for one project deliverable.

Compare fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, and time-and-materials contracts, then select one for a well-defined scope and justify the choice in five sentences.

Draft a procurement statement of work and a weighted source-selection matrix with at least five criteria.

Plot eight stakeholders on a power/interest grid and assign an engagement level to each.

Build a communication plan that specifies audience, message, channel, frequency, and owner for each stakeholder group.

Diagnose forming, storming, norming, and performing behaviors from three written team scenarios, then prescribe one leadership action for each.

Construct a RACI for a 10-person cross-functional team and resolve two accountability conflicts by changing role assignments.

Design an interest-based negotiation approach for a schedule dispute between two functional managers, naming each side's underlying interest.

Create a feedback and recognition cadence for a six-week remote team, including frequency, format, and owner.

Update the stakeholder engagement plan for a resistant regulator by defining the specific influence, impact, and desired engagement shift.

Build a health, safety, and environment risk assessment for a site-based activity using the hierarchy of controls.

Map ten regulatory obligations to project milestones and flag the two with the longest approval lead times.

Apply sustainability criteria such as energy use, waste, and lifecycle cost to a procurement decision, then document the trade-off against lowest initial price.

Complete a 100-question timed mock exam across all five domains, then classify every miss by domain, topic, and root cause.

Rebuild the two weakest topics through a one-page teach-back that explains the concept, a worked example, and a common trap.

Reproduce a 30-item formula and definition sheet from memory, covering EVM, EMV, PERT, float, reserves, and contract types.

Respond to a 20-minute ethics and governance scenario aloud, then score the response against a six-point rubric covering stakeholders, facts, options, decision, action, and disclosure.