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PM Fundamentals

Overview
Project
Project Management
Program, Portfolio, Operations
Project Stakeholders
Role of the Project Manager

Project Environment

Overview
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Management Elements
Governance Frameworks
Organizational Structure Types
Project Management Office (PMO)

Development Approach and Life Cycle

Overview
Project Phase and Life Cycle
Development Approach
Predictive Development Approach
Adaptive Development Approach
Hybrid Development Approach

Project Management Processes

Overview
Tailoring
Pre-Initiating
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

Overview
PMI Talent Triangle
Powers of the Project Manager
Management vs Leadership
Leadership Styles
Situational Leadership
Servant Leadership
Organizational Theories
Delegation
Vision and Mission Statement

Interpersonal and Team Skills

Overview
Conflict Management
Diversity and Inclusion
Emotional Intelligence
Meeting Management Techniques
Negotiation
Tuckman Ladder
Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

Models, Methods, Artifacts

Overview
Models
Methods
Artifacts

Ethics and Professional Conduct

Copyright Notice

Sunk Cost

Definition of Sunk Cost

The sum that has already been spent on a project and cannot be recovered.

Last updated: May 20, 2025

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