PKMC Module III study plan

Define the five process groups and map each of the ten knowledge areas to them from memory on a blank grid

Distinguish project, program, portfolio, and operations, and classify six short scenarios you write yourself

Describe the predictive, iterative, and hybrid life cycles and state which project traits favor each

Sketch the project life cycle showing phase gates, cost and staffing curves, and risk and stakeholder influence curves

Explain how the project charter authorizes the project and how the project management plan integrates subsidiary plans

Translate a one-paragraph product description into a scope statement with in-scope, out-of-scope, and acceptance criteria

Decompose a small deliverable into a work breakdown structure with at least three levels and a WBS dictionary entry per work package

Apply the 100 percent rule and test your WBS for missing or overlapping scope

Sequence WBS activities into a network diagram and identify the critical path by hand

Compute early start, early finish, late start, late finish, and total float for a 15-activity network

Build a schedule using three-point estimating and explain when analogous, parametric, and bottom-up estimates apply

Compress a schedule by crashing and fast-tracking, and state the cost and risk trade-offs of each

Estimate costs for your WBS work packages using at least two techniques and reconcile the difference

Assemble a cost baseline with contingency and management reserves and explain who controls each

Calculate planned value, earned value, and actual cost for a four-period project and derive cost and schedule variances and indices

Interpret a CPI or SPI reading and forecast estimate at completion using both the typical and atypical variance formulas

Distinguish quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control, and assign each to a process group

Select cost of quality categories for eight sample defects and prevention activities

Build a risk register with at least eight risks, probability and impact scores, and a response strategy for each

Describe the seven-step risk process and distinguish risk responses from issue management and escalation

Compare fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, and time-and-materials contracts and match each to three buying scenarios

Identify the procurement documents and selection criteria used for a competitive bid

Classify ten stakeholders by power and interest and draft an engagement strategy for the top three

Convert stakeholder needs into prioritized, testable requirements with acceptance criteria

Draft a communication management plan specifying audience, format, frequency, and owner for each report

Apply a conflict-resolution mode to four team scenarios and justify each choice

Describe the stages of team development and name one leadership action appropriate to each

Walk a change request through the integrated change control process, including impact analysis and approval authority

Execute closure activities including final product transition, lessons learned, and resource release

Recompute earned value metrics on a practice set and explain each variance in plain language

Complete a 60-question timed mixed-domain practice set and log every miss by domain

Re-study the two weakest domains and re-test the missed concepts until you can explain them aloud