One of the most discussed tables in the Project Management Institute's (PMI), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK Fifth Edition is the "Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas Mapping" matrix, found in Table 3-1 on page 61. This table maps the 47 project management processes to their corresponding Knowledge Area, as well as to their corresponding Process Group...

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You are managing the construction of your company's new office building. Your project sponsor approaches you and asks you to email him a project document that you presented to senior management during your last project status meeting. He tells you that he has forgotten the name of the document you mentioned during your presentation. However, he said that it contained a textual description of each of the project requirements, the rationale for their inclusion, respective owner, source, priority, and the current status. Which project document is your project sponsor requesting?

A) The Requirements Management Plan    
B) The Requirements Traceability Matrix    
C) The Work Breakdown Structure    
D) The Resource Breakdown Structure

Hint: The project sponsor is referring to a document you presented to senior management during your last status meeting.

This week's featured lessons learned comes to us courtesy of Sarma Vadlamani.

In this lesson learned Sarma Vadlamani will share with us the keys that made her passed the PMP exam:

* Purchased PM Preparation Guide - Rita Mulcahy and studied 7 of 10 knowledge areas. The study material was good and in depth. However, it did not help in providing clarity for examination

* Purchased PM PrepCast online material in August. Since I am a visual leaner, it helped me immensely. However, it was not enough.

* Purchased, Andy Groves guide to pass the examination in first attempt. I was able to make connections with the PMBOK guide and conceptualize the processes and process groups...

The PMP Exam is not an easy exam. You have to find the correct answer to 200 multiple choice questions within 4 hours. That's just 1.2 minutes for each. And sometimes it looks like more than one of them are correct. In this free episode of The PM PrepCastTM we discuss 2 concepts and 4 techniques of how to approach questions and finding the "best" answer. This episode is a good example of a series of episodes in which we discuss study tips and tricks. We empower you...

Written by project management expert Kim Heldman, PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide (Disclosure: Compensated Affiliate) is an excellent book that will guide project managers on their way to the PMP Exam. It provides comprehensive coverage of the exam objectives, essential PMP topics, concepts, and key terms...