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This Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam is a globally
recognized certification offered by the Project Management Institute
(PMI) that validates a project manager's skills in leading teams, managing
processes, and aligning projects with business goals. This exam is
designed for experienced professionals and covers predictive (waterfall),
agile, and hybrid methodologies.
Exam Content Domains (2025/2026)
This PMP exam is divided into three key domains, as outlined in the PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO):
1. People (42%): Focuses on leading teams, managing conflict, supporting team
performance, empowering team members, and mentoring.
2. Process (50%): Covers the technical aspects of managing projects, including
methodologies (agile/waterfall/hybrid), scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk
management.
3. Business Environment (8%): Focuses on compliance, delivering organizational value, and
supporting organizational change.
Terms in this set (312)
,80/20 ruleA general guideline with many applications; in
terms of controlling processes, it contends that a
relatively large number of problems or defects, typically
80%, are commonly due to a relatively small number of
causes, typically 20%.
AB testingA marketing approach used to determine user
preferences by showing different sets of users similar
services with one independent variable.
AC* The realized cost incurred for the work performed (Actual Cost) on an activity during a specific
time period.
acceptA strategy for managing negative risks or
opportunities that involves acknowledging a risk and
not taking any action until the risk occurs.
acceptance criteria A set of conditions that is required to be met before
deliverables are accepted.
,active listeningA communication technique that involves
acknowledging what you hear, and clarifying the
message to confirm that what you heard matches the
message that the sender intended.
activity attributes*Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be
included within the activity list.
activity dependencyA logical relationship that exists between two
project activities. The relationship indicates whether the
start of an activity is contingent upon an event or input
from outside the activity.
activity duration estimates*The quantitative assessments of the likely number of time periods that
are required to complete an activity.
activity list*A documented tabulation of schedule activities that
shows the activity description, activity identifier, and a
sufficiently detailed scope-of-work description so
project team members understand what work is to be
performed.
activity*A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project.
administrative closureInvolves verifying and documenting project results to formalize project or
phase completion.
, Affinity diagram* A technique that allows large numbers of ideas to be
classified into groups for review and analysis.
agile life cycles*A project life cycle that is iterative or incremental.
Also referred to as change- driven or adaptive, they
work well in environments with high levels of change
and ongoing stakeholder involvement in a project.
Agile project management A project management methodology that uses an
iterative and incremental approach that focuses on
customer value and team empowerment. In agile project
management, the product is developed in iterations by
small and integrated teams.
Agile release planning A process in which you determine the number of
iterations or Sprints that are needed to complete each
release, the features that each iteration will contain, and
the target dates of each release