PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Third Edition (Certification Press)
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Planning for Communication
| q | Communication centers on who needs what and on when and how you are going to give it to them. |
| q | Communication requirements are set by stakeholders. |
| q | Communication planning is accomplished early in the planning processes. |
| q | Communications are linked to the organizational structure of the performing organization. |
| q | Constraints and assumptions can affect the communications planning. |
Communications Management Plan
| q | Provides instructions on how to gather and disseminate project information. |
| q | Provides instructions on the communications methods, such as hard copies, reports, and e-mail. |
| q | Includes a schedule of expected communications, such as reports and meetings. |
| q | Provides a method to access needed information between regularly scheduled communications. |
Performance Reporting
| q | Status reporting provides current information on the project. |
| q | Progress reporting provides information on what the team has accomplished—and may include information on what is yet to be accomplished. |
| q | Forecasting provides information on how the remainder of the project or phase is expected to go. |
| q | Variance analysis examines the reason why cost, schedule, scope, quality, and other factors may vary from what was planned. |
| q | Trend analysis is the study of trends over time to reveal patterns and expectations of future results. |
| q | Earned value analysis is a series of formulas that reveal and predict project performance. |
| q | Change requests may stem from performance reports. |
Administrative Closure
| q | Administrative closure is the formal documentation, organization, and archival aspects of a project or phase acceptance. |
| q | Administrative closure should also happen when the project is terminated. |
| q | The project archives include the complete index of all project records, documents, product specifications, and any relevant documents. The project archives will serve as historical information for future projects. |
| q | The project team and the project manager complete the Lessons Learned documents throughout the project phases. |
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