Study Notes for PMP and CAPM

Notes on important project management topics for the PMP and CAPM exams

Candidates taking any project management certification exam can benefit from a high-level understanding of these topics.

  1. Accuracy vs Precision
  2. Aggressive Transparency
  3. Ambiguity vs Uncertainty
  4. Attribute Sampling vs Variable Sampling
  5. Backlog
  6. Burndown and Burnup Charts
  7. Cadence and Timeboxing
  8. Common Cause vs Special Cause Variations
  9. Communication Channels
  10. Configuration Management System
  11. Conflict Management
  12. Contract Types
  13. Control Charts
  14. Cost Budget and Reserves
  15. Crashing vs Fast Tracking
  16. Critical Path Method
  17. Cumulative Flow Diagram
  18. Daily Standup
  19. Definition of Done
  20. Delegation
  21. Development Approach
  22. Direct Costs vs Indirect Costs
  23. Diversity and Inclusion
  24. Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
  25. Earned Schedule
  26. Earned Value Management
  27. Emotional Intelligence
  28. Estimation in Project Management
  29. Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
  30. Explicit vs Tacit Knowledge
  31. Fail Fast/Learn Quickly Mindset
  32. Fist of Five
  33. Focus Groups vs Facilitated Workshops
  34. Frequent Reviews
  35. Gold Plating
  36. Ideal Time
  37. Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
  38. Information Radiators
  39. Inspect and Adapt
  40. Interpersonal and Team Skills
  41. Ken Blanchard's Situational Leadership II Model
  42. Knowledge vs Information
  43. Lean vs Six Sigma
  44. Lessons Learned Management
  45. Meeting Management Techniques
  46. MoSCoW Technique
  47. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
  48. Negotiation
  49. Non-Functional Requirements in Agile
  50. Organizational Theories
  51. OSCAR Coaching and Mentoring Model
  52. Osmotic Communication
  53. Personas
  54. PMI-isms
  55. Product Quality vs Project Quality
  56. Progressive Elaboration
  57. Project Selection Methods
  58. Quality vs Grade
  59. Requirement Types
  60. Requirements vs Scope
  61. Resource Calendar vs Resource Histogram
  62. Retrospective
  63. Risk Management Terms
  64. Risk Response Strategies
  65. Risk vs Issue
  66. Roles and Responsibilities
  67. Rolling Wave Planning
  68. Rule of Seven - Control Charts
  69. Scope Creep
  70. Scope Creep vs Gold Plating
  71. Sensitivity Analysis and Tornado Diagram
  72. Servant Leadership
  73. Shu Ha Ri Model
  74. Stakeholder Classification
  75. Story Point
  76. T-Shaped and I-Shaped Individuals
  77. Triple Constraints
  78. Tuckman Ladder
  79. User Story
  80. Velocity
  81. Verification vs Validation
  82. Vision and Mission Statement
Last updated: June 03, 2024