Introduction
Project
Project Management
The PMBOK Guide
Program, Portfolio, and Operations
Project Stakeholders
Role and Responsibilities of the Project Manager
Project Management Data and Information

Project Environment
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Management Elements
Governance Framework
Organizational Structure Types
Project Management Office (PMO)
Project Influences

Development Approach and Life Cycle
Project Phase and Life Cycle
Development Approach
Predictive (Waterfall) Development Approach
Adaptive (Agile) Development Approach
Hybrid Development Approach

Project Management Processes
Tailoring Project Management Processes
Pre-Initiating: How Projects Are Initiated
Initiating Process Group
Planning Process Group
Executing Process Group
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Closing Process Group
Project Management Processes

Leadership
PMI Talent Triangle
The 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
Conflict Management
Diversity and Inclusion
Emotional Intelligence or EQ
Meeting Management Techniques
Negotiation
Tuckman Ladder
Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

Models, Methods, and Artifacts
Project Management Models
Project Management Methods
Project Management Artifacts

PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
PM Mindset

PM Fundamentals

Project Management Glossary

Validation

Definition of Validation

The assurance that a product, service, or result meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders. It checks whether the right product (or deliverable) was built. It is usually an external process and involves customer acceptance.

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