
Unfortunately, the correct answer here (as it is for most PMP specific questions) is "read the PMBOK". Put another way, it didn't make a lot of sense to me when it was introduced, but is much more useful now that I've made it all the way through and have a better perspective of the whole.ĭoes anyone know where I can find more explanation on the reasoning behind the sequence? It leads off every chapter and many of the exercises deal specifically with the process chart and relating that particular chapters info to the process chart. How far along are you? I recently finished the Rita book, and felt that the order as well as the impact of the whole Process Chart is hammered on throughout. is it simply that it is explained better in later chapters, so just memorize for now and understand later? Develop the final PM plan & Performance Measurements.Go back - iteration - Memorize this first.Perform Risk Identification, Risk Analysis & Risk Planning - Memorize this.Plan Communication - Tightly bound to 16.Roles & Responsibilities - Memorize this.Process Improvement Plan - I percevie this as tightly bound to #14.Quality/Standards/Process/Metrics - Memorize this, but remember that now that you have a fairly clear picture of What is to be done, and WHo is to do it, it is time to decide how it will be judged.Estimate resource requirements - Just convince yourself that it is tightly bound to WBS.Network Diagram - very tightly bound to the previous 2.Activity List - tightly bound to the previous.WBS & Dictionary - Break down the scope into capabilities, deliverables and tasks.Determine team - what kind of people do you need?.Determine what to purchase - what will you build, what will you buy?.Create Scope Statement - Transform requirements into scope.Finalize requirements - If you don't know what you're building you'll fail.Plan the plan - nothing should come before this.The tasks flow naturally.Īs far as I'm concerned 19-25 are rote memorization with a little dash of logic. If you can group anything into "before six" "Between six and 19" and "after 19" you're halfway there.ġ-6 and 6-13 are fairely logical. IMHO the first five are kind of obvious.įirst, memorize # 6 and #19. There is some logic underlying the order. (I won't provide the URL here because I don't know the current state of the copyright issues associated with the game.) I played the process order game over and over until I could reliably order the process. Like you, I prefer to understand rather than to memorize.
