PMP Exam Cram™ 2, Second Edition

Chapter 1. Project Management Framework Fundamentals

Terms you’ll need to understand:

✓	Functional organization
✓	Matrix organization
✓	Portfolio
✓	Program
✓	Project
✓	Project knowledge area
✓	Project life cycle
✓	Project management
✓	Project management office (PMO)
✓	Project manager
✓	Project process groups
✓	Project risk
✓	Projectized organization
✓	Stakeholder
✓	Triple constraint

Techniques and concepts you’ll need to master:

✓	Project management framework
✓	Differences between projects and operational activities
✓	Project management interaction with general management
✓	Project characteristics throughout the life cycle
✓	Stakeholder responsibilities
✓	Triple constraint interactions and dependencies

This chapter introduces the basic terminology and topics the PMBOK covers and provides ...