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Recurring Themes-PMI-isms to Know for the
PMP Exam
1
coined to refer to the items PMI
stresses on the exam that most
project
managers do not know. PMI-isms are not stressed
and sometimes not even
mentioned in the
PMBOK
Guide!
Those
who write questions on the exam know
what most
project managers
do wrong. This knowledge helps them to write
questions that weed
out
those who should not be PMPs.
Understanding PMI-isms will help you
pick the best answer from what seems like
more
than one correct
answer. Some of the topics are listed only here
and others are
summarized
here and described more fully later in
the book. Review this list again just before you
take
the exam and make sure
you understand all these PMI-isms.
1.
There is a basic
assumption that you have records (historical
information) for all
previous projects
that include what the work packages were, how much
each work
package cost, and what risks
were uncovered. These are now referred to in the
PMBOK
Guide
as
part of organizational process assets. You are
probably laughing because
you do not
have such information. You may even be saying,
For
the exam, assume that
you have them for all projects and that you create
them for
existing projects.
Organizational process assets are an input to
almost every project
management
process.
一个基本的假设是:所有以往的项目都有相关的记录(历史信息),
包括工作包
的内容,
成本及未涵盖的风险。
即在
PMBOK
中提到的组织过程资产。
< br>你可能会
觉得可笑,因为你没有这些信息。你可能会说:那真是个好主意!对考试
而言,
假设你拥有所有项目的历史信息,
并且你为正在进行的项
目创建这些信息。
组织
过程资产几乎是每一个项目管理过程的输
入。
为何
PMI
如此强调组织过程资产?因为他们对项目经理,项目团队,执行组织,
甚至是客户,都是极其珍贵的
(
黄金般
)
。
2.
Project cost and schedule
cannot be finalized without completing risk
management.
没有完成风险管理,项目成本和进度就不能最后达成。
3. PMI stresses the fact
that a project manager must work within the
existing systems
and
culture
of a company. They call these enterprise
environmental factors and they are
inputs to many processes.
PM
I
强调:
项目经理必须在公司既定的系统和文化下开展工作,<
/p>
他们称之为事业
环境因素,是很多过程的输入。
< br>
4. The word
PMBOK
Guide.
There
are work packages,
activities
and/or schedule activities.
PMBOK
中并没有使用“任务”这个词,而是用了工作包,活动或计划活动。
5. The term Gantt
chart is not used, only bar chart.
干特图没有使用,而是用了横道图。
6. You must understand the process of
project management; e.g., what to do first,
second, etc., and why! See Rita's
Process Chart and Rita's Process Game in the
Project
Management Processes chapter. <
/p>
你必须明白项目管理过程:如,首先做什么,其次等;为什么要这样做!
< br>
7. A project manager's
job is to focus on preventing problenls, not to
deal with them.
What do you spend time
doing every day? If you spend all your time
dealing with
problems, you are not a
great project manager. You should have planned the
project to
address the problems or to
prevent the problems you knew would be coming.
项目经理的工作集中在阻止问题的发生,
而不是问题发生后再处理。<
/p>
你每天时间
花在哪里了?如果你所有时间都在处理问题,
你就不是一个好的项目经理。
你应
该做好计划,
识别问题或者阻止可能发生的问题。
8. Percent complete is an almost
meaningless number. Project managers should not
spend
time collecting
useless information. It is better to control the
project and know the
status through
other actions.
完成的百分比几乎是个毫无意义的数字。
项目经理不应该把时间花在收集毫无用
途的信息,最好通过其他方式了解项目
状态和监控项目。
9. A
great project manager does not hold meetings where
you go around the room
asking
all attendees to report. Such meetings
are generally, but not always, a waste of time,
as such information can be collected
through other means. There are more important
topics for team meetings.
一个
好的项目经理不会举行这样的会议,
让所有与会者报告状态。
这
样的会议通
常是,但不总是,浪费时间。因为这些信息可以通过其他方式收集。在团队会
议
上有其他更重要的议题。
lo. A project manager has authority and
power. She can say
the
project to the benefit of the customer.
项目经理拥有权利和权力。她可以说:
NO!
< br>控制项目使之有利于客户的利益。
11. The project must be completed on
time and on budget and meet any other project
objectives; otherwise it is the project
manager's fault.
项目经理必须在项目预算内按时完成项目,
并且满足其它项目目标,
否则,
就是
项目经理的失误。
12. Delays must be made up by adjusting
future work.
延迟必须通过调整未来的工作来弥补。
13. Know the following
about the project management plan:
The
project management plan is approved by all
parties, is realistic and everyone
believes it can be achieved.
The project is managed to the project
management plan.
A project management
plan is not a bar chart, nor is a WBS created in a
bar chart or
a list in a bar chart.
Make sure you know what actions it
takes to create a real project management plan.
Most project managers have never
developed a project management plan that
contains all the items in the
PMBOK
Guide's definition of a
project management
plan. Make sure you
are familiar with what goes into a project
management plan
and what each component
includes.
对项目管理计划,需了解以下几点:
<
/p>
项目管理计划是由各方同意的,是现实的,并且每个人都相信是可以实现的。
根据项目管理计划来管理项目。
项目管理计划不是横道图,也不是横道图中的
wbs
和清单。
务必知道必须采取什么活动来创建一个现实的项目管理计划。
多数项目经理从来没有开发过一个包括了
PMBOK
提到的所有子项的项目管理
计划。务必熟悉项目管理计划包括的所有内容,
和各个组建包括什么。
14.
If at all possible, all the work and all the
stakeholders are identified before the
project begins.
应尽可能地在项目开始之前识别所有的工作和所有项目干系人。
15. Stakeholders are
involved in the project and may help identify and
manage risks.
They
are
involved in team building and their needs are
taken into account while planning
the
project and in the communications management plan.
项目干系人要加入项目当中,
可以帮助识别和管理风险。
他们团队建设有关,
在
项目计划和沟通管理计
划中要考虑它们的需要。
16.
Many people fail the exam because their vision of
what a project manager is and
what
he should do is different from that
outlined in the
PMBOK
Guide.
They often do not
exercise the power
and perform the activities described in the
PMBOK
Guide. Others
fail the exam because they think the
project manager is supposed to plan the project
on
his own and TELL everyone
what to do.
很多人不能通过考试,是因为他们对项目经理的看法和项目经
理应该做什么与
PMBOK
列出的不同。
他们经常不执行书上描述的哪些权力和活动。
另外一些则
是
他们认为项目经理应该自己计划,然后告诉别人做什么。
17. All roles and responsibilities must
be CLEARLY assigned to specific individuals
on
the project. Such
responsibilities may include things like attending
meetings, as well
as
project
work. In my studies, lack of clear assignment is
the number one complaint of
team
members. This is therefore worth thinking about a
little more.
所有的角色和职责都应该很清晰的指派到项目中的个人。<
/p>
这些职责可能包括:
参
加会议和项目工作
。
在我的研究当中,
缺少清晰的指派是造成团队成员最多的抱<
/p>
怨。因此,这值得多考虑一些。
18. The work breakdown structure (WBS)
is the foundation of all project planning
and
should be used on every
project.
WBS
是所有项目计划的基础,每个项目都
应该使用
wbs.
19. You
cannot get something for nothing. A change in
scope MUST be evaluated for
impact to
time, cost, quality, risk and customer
satisfaction. Project managers must
have enough data about their projects
to do this analysis. Do you?
你不会无缘无故的获得
一些东西。
一个范围的变更必须评估它对时间,
成本,
质
量,
风险和客户满意度的影响。
项目经理必须有足够的的数据来做这些分析,
不
是吗
?
20. Project
managers can save the universe, are
very
skilled (a
21. PMI does not approve of gold
plating (adding extra functionality).
PMI
不同意镀金。
22. The definition of
meeting
考试中的启动会议可能跟你实际举
行的启动会议不一样。
23.
The project manager must be proactive. Correct
answers indicate that the project
manager must find problems early, look
for changes, prevent problems, etc.
项目经
理必须积极主动。
正确的答案指明项目经理必须尽早发现问题,
寻找变更,
阻止问题等。