1. 05/19/08 PM Boot Camp I International Sign Association Risk/Regulatory Compliance Department Las Vegas Division

2. 05/19/08 PMBOK Guide Project Management Institute (PMI) published first Project Management Body of Knowledge in 1987 Project Management Institute (PMI) published first Project Management Body of Knowledge in 1987 Purpose was to document and standardize generally accepted project management information and practices Purpose was to document and standardize generally accepted project management information and practices PMBOK Guide Third Edition- internationally recognized standard (IEEE Std 1490-2003) PMBOK Guide Third Edition- internationally recognized standard (IEEE Std 1490-2003) Provides fundamentals of PM as they apply to projects in construction, software, engineering, etc. Provides fundamentals of PM as they apply to projects in construction, software, engineering, etc.

3. 05/19/08 PMBOK Five Process Group Initiating Planning Executing Controlling and Monitoring Closing

4. 05/19/08 PMBOK Nine Knowledge Areas Project Integration Management Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Scope Management Project Time Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Cost Management Project Quality Management Project Quality Management Project Human Resources Management Project Human Resources Management Project Communications Management Project Communications Management Project Risk Management Project Risk Management Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management

5. 05/19/08 Project Schedule and Critical Path Project Network Diagram “Any schematic display of the logical relationships of project activities. Always drawn form left to right to reflect project chronology.” Dependencies between project tasks

6. 05/19/08 Project Schedule and Critical Path Critical Path Definition “The sequence of activities that must be completed on schedule for the entire project to be completed on schedule. This is the longest duration path through the work plan. If an activity on the critical path is delayed by one day, then entire project will be delayed by one day (unless another activity on the critical path can be accelerated by one day).”

7. 05/19/08 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) “A work breakdown structure is a results orientated family tree that captures all the work of a project in an organized way”