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In project management, a schedule consists of a list of a project's tasks with intended start and finish dates. Tasks are the lowest element in a schedule; they are not further subdivided. Those items are estimated in terms of resource requirements, budget and duration, linked by dependencies and scheduled. Project Scheduling helps identify all of the tasks that are required to complete a project on time. It adds dependencies between tasks so that if one task slips, the tasks related to it slip...

You are managing a complex project and some of the project work needs to be outsourced. You have prepared a Procurement Scope of Work document and you are about to advertise the job to obtain vendor proposals. However, you need to have a benchmark document against which you can later compare the vendor proposals. Your primary focus for this activity is to have control over the quoted prices. You will also need this document later to compare whether or not your vendors properly understood the scope of work.

Which technique should you use to develop this control document?

A. Expert Judgment
B. Independent Estimates
C. Internet Search
D. Procurement Negotiations

Hint: You need to have an estimate created for the work to serve as a benchmark against which to compare vendor proposals.

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This week's featured lessons learned comes to us courtesy of Jeremy Papp. In this lesson learned Jeremy Papp shared his thoughts about the PMP exam which he successfully passed last May 13th, 2014. Here's what he say about this experience...

Suffice it to say, deciding to get my PMP certification was the first step. Becoming serious, setting a date and holding myself accountable to it by telling others I was doing so was the biggest motivator...