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Don't be surprised by the number of quality-related questions on the exam. This is a helpful overview of the quality gurus and programs on which key concepts are based.

Knowledge Management examines how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. The Internet gives us an overwhelming amount of information on a daily basis — and the volume of information available is growing rapidly! One of the biggest challenges for individuals and organizations involved in project management is to make the best use of this knowledge and information so they can operate more efficiently, improve decision making, and sustain a competitive advantage.

In this series, we are looking at six things that can trip up project managers. We’ve covered the hazards of overcommitting, how to provide feedback, the importance of taking responsibility, staying focused, and what leading from the front can actually look like. Finally, we’ll take a look at handling team input.

You are the project manager on a construction project where you are deliberating between renting, leasing or purchasing a large piece of equipment. Equipment pricing: Rent at a cost of $2,500 per day; Lease for a 60 day period at $2,500 per day, with a 10% discount; Purchase at a price of $100,000. By looking at your project schedule, you have estimated that you will use the equipment about 50 to 60 days. Based only on price, which decision would you recommend?

This paper proposes a unifying model for project plans that allows projects of all types to be described at a high level, in a common language, regardless of the type of analysis used to develop the plan.

Examine some of the major tools listed in the PMBOK® Guide, find out how and where they're used, and see what it will take you, the project manager (PM), to learn how to use the tools.

Learn how to better manage global teams.

Learn how a project manager working in a functional or matrix organizational structure can get team members to perform.

Gain a basic overview of the basic techniques and best practices for evaluating programs, prioritizing objectives or discovering problem areas when creating products and providing services.

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