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PMP Tools and Techniques

The Project Management Institute (PMI) recommends an array of tools and techniques for project management in its PMBOK Guide. It is advised that you know the basics of all the tools including where they are used. I have made it as brief as it can be possible so that you can find it easier to refer to and memorize.

 Kailash B, MBA, PMP®

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7 Types of PMP Tools

  1. Communication Skills Tools

  2. Data Analysis Tools

  3. Data Gathering Tools

  4. Data Representation Tools

  5. Decision Making Tools

  6. Interpersonal & Team Skills Tools

  7. General Project Management Tools

PMP Tools & Techniques

  1. Communication competence

  2. Feedback

  3. Nonverbal

  4. Presentations

  5. Alternatives analysis

  6. Assessment of other risk parameters

  7. Assumption and constraint analysis

  8. Cost of quality

  9. Cost-benefit analysis

  10. Decision tree analysis

  11. Document analysis

  12. Earned Value Analysis

  13. Influence diagrams

  14. Iteration burn down chart

  15. Make-or-buy analysis

  16. Performance reviews

  17. Process analysis

  18. Proposal evaluation

  19. Regression analysis

  20. Reserve analysis

  21. Risk data quality assessment

  22. Risk probability and impact assessment

  23. Root cause analysis

  24. SWOT analysis

  25. Sensitivity analysis

  26. Stakeholder analysis

  27. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

  28. Technical performance analysis

  29. Trend analysis

  30. Variance analysis

  31. What-if scenario analysis

  32. Simulation

  33. Benchmarking

  34. Brainstorming

  35. Check sheets

  36. Checklists

  37. Focus groups

  38. Interviews

  39. Market research

  40. Questionnaires and surveys

  41. Statistical sampling

  42. Affinity diagrams

  43. Cause-and-effect diagrams

  44. Control charts

  45. Flowcharts

  46. Hierarchical charts

  47. Histogram

  48. Logical data model

  49. Matrix diagrams

  50. Mind mapping

  51. Probability and impact matrix

  52. Responsibility assignment matrix

  53. Scatter diagrams

  54. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

  55. Stakeholder mapping

  56. Text-oriented formats

  57. Autocratic decisionmaking

  58. Multicriteria decision analysis

  59. Prioritization/ranking

  60. Voting

  61. Active listening

  62. Communication styles assessment

  63. Conflict management

  64. Cultural awareness

  65. Emotional intelligence

  66. Facilitation

  67. Influencing

  68. Leadership

  69. Meeting management

  70. Motivation

  71. Negotiation

  72. Networking

  73. Nominal group technique

  74. Observation/conversation

  75. Political awareness

  76. Team building

  77. Advertising

  78. Agile release planning

  79. Alternatives analysis

  80. Analogous estimating

  81. Audits

  82. Bidder conferences

  83. Bottom-up estimating

  84. Change control tools

  85. Claims administration

  86. Colocation

  87. Communication methods

  88. Communication models

  89. Communication requirements analysis

  90. Communication skills

  91. Communication technology

  92. Context diagram

  93. Contingent response strategies

  94. Cost aggregation

  95. Critical path method

  96. Decomposition

  97. Dependency determination and integration

  98. Design for X

  99. Expert judgment

  100. Financing

  101. Funding limit reconciliation

  102. Ground rules

  103. Historical information review

  104. Individual and team assessments

  105. Information management

  106. Inspection

  107. Knowledge management

  108. Leads and lags

  109. Meetings

  110. Organizational theory

  111. Parametric estimating

  112. Pre-assignment

  113. Precedence diagramming method

  114. Problem solving

  115. Product analysis

  116. Project management information system

  117. Project reporting

  118. Prompt lists

  119. Prototypes

  120. Quality improvement methods

  121. Recognition and rewards

  122. Representations of uncertainty

  123. Resource optimization

  124. Risk categorization

  125. Rolling wave planning

  126. Schedule compression

  127. Schedule network analysis

  128. Source selection analysis

  129. Strategies for opportunities

  130. Strategies for overall project risk

  131. Strategies for threats

  132. Test and inspection planning

  133. Testing/product evaluations

  134. Three-point estimating

  135. To-complete performance index (TCPI)

  136. Training

  137. Virtual teams

Related Posts:

  1. Decision Making – PMP Tools
  2. Data Representation – PMP Tools
  3. Data Gathering – PMP Tools
  4. Data Analysis – PMP Tools
  5. Communication Skills – PMP Tools
  6. Interpersonal & Team Skills – PMP Tools
  7. General Project Management PMP Tools
  8. PMP Knowledge Areas
  9. PROBLEM SOLVING – PMP Tools and Techniques
  10. MIND MAPPING – PMP Tools and Techniques
  11. DECOMPOSITION – PMP Tools and Techniques
  12. ANALOGOUS ESTIMATING – PMP Tools and Techniques

Kailash B is a project management expert. He is passionate about helping people to excel in project and product management, become PMP certified, and progress in their management careers.

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