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Analytical skills

 Benefit analysis techniques

 Elements of a project charter

 Estimation tools and techniques

 Strategic management

 Change management planning

 Cost management planning- including project budgeting tools and techniques

 Communications planning

 Contract types and selection criteria

 Estimation tools and techniques

 Human resource planning

 Lean and efficiency principles

 Procurement planning

 Quality management planning

 Requirements gathering techniques (e.g.- planning sessions- brainstorming- and focus groups)

 Regulatory and environmental impacts assessment planning

 Risk management planning

 Scope deconstruction (e.g.- WBS- Scope backlog) tools and techniques

 Scope management planning

 Stakeholder management planning

 Time management planning- including scheduling tools and techniques

 Workflow diagramming techniques



Continuous improvement processes

 Contract management techniques

 Elements of a statement of work

 Interdependencies among project elements

 Project budgeting tools and techniques

 Quality standard tools

 Vendor management techniques



Performance measurement and tracking techniques (e.g.- EV- CPM- PERT- Trend Analysis)

 Process analysis techniques (e.g.- LEAN- Kanban- Six Sigma)

 Project control limits (e.g.- thresholds- tolerance)

 Project finance principles

 Project monitoring tools and techniques

 Project quality best practices and standards (e.g.- ISO- BS- CMMI- IEEE)

 Quality measurement tools (e.g.- statistical sampling- control charts- flowcharting- inspection- assessment)

 Risk identification and analysis techniques

 Risk response techniques

 Quality validation and verification techniques



Archiving practices and statutes

 Compliance (statute/organization)

 Contract closure requirements

 Close-out procedures

 Feedback techniques

 Performance measurement techniques (KPI and key success factors)

 Project review techniques

 Transition planning technique



Active listening

 Applicable laws and regulations

 Benefits realization

 Brainstorming techniques

 Business acumen

 Change management techniques

 Coaching- mentoring- training- and motivational techniques

 Communication channels- tools- techniques- and methods

 Configuration management

 Conflict resolution

 Customer satisfaction metrics

 Data gathering techniques

 Decision making

 Delegation techniques

 Diversity and cultural sensitivity

 Emotional intelligence

 Expert judgment technique

 Facilitation

 Generational sensitivity and diversity

 Information management tools- techniques- and methods

 Interpersonal skills

 Knowledge management

 Leadership tools- techniques- and skills

 Lessons learned management techniques

 Meeting management techniques

 Negotiating and influencing techniques and skills Organizational and operational awareness

 Peer-review processes

 Presentation tools and techniques

 Prioritization/time management

 Problem-solving tools and techniques

 Project finance principles

 Quality assurance and control techniques

 Relationship management

 Risk assessment techniques

 Situational awareness

 Stakeholder management techniques

 Team-building techniques

 Virtual/remote team management



Marking

1. Initiating 13%

2. Planning 24%

3. Executing 31%

4. Monitoring and Controlling 25%

5. Closing 7%

Total Number of Scored Questions 175

Total Number of Unscored (Pretest) Questions 25

Total Number of Questions 200

Exam Code: PMP
Exam Name: Project management professional 2026 (PMP)
Exam Questions: 180 ~ 185 (Scored 175 questions)
Time Allotted: 230 ~ 240 min

Domain I People 42%

Task 1 Manage conflict

• Interpret the source and stage of the conflict
• Analyze the context for the conflict
• Evaluate/recommend/reconcile the appropriate conflict resolution solution

Task 2 Lead a team

• Set a clear vision and mission
• Support the team’s varied experiences and perceptions
• Value servant leadership (e.g., relate the tenets of servant leadership to the team)
• Determine an appropriate leadership style (e.g., directive, collaborative)
• Inspire, motivate, and influence team members/stakeholders (e.g., team contract,
social contract, reward system)
• Analyze team members and stakeholders’ influence
• Distinguish various options to lead various team members and stakeholders

Task 3 Support team performance

• Appraise team member performance against key performance indicators
• Support and recognize team member growth and development
• Determine appropriate feedback approach
• Verify performance improvements

Task 4 Empower team members and stakeholders

• Organize around team strengths
• Support team task accountability
• Evaluate demonstration of task accountability
• Determine and bestow level(s) of decision-making authority

Task 5 Ensure team members/stakeholders are adequately trained

• Determine required competencies and elements of training
• Determine training options based on training needs
• Allocate resources for training
• Measure training outcomes

Task 6 Build a team

• Appraise stakeholder skills
• Deduce project resource requirements
• Continuously assess and refresh team skills to meet project needs
• Maintain team and knowledge transfer

Task 7 Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team

• Determine critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
• Prioritize critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
• Use network to implement solutions to remove impediments, obstacles, and
blockers for the team
• Re-assess continually to ensure impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
are being addressed

Task 8 Negotiate project agreements

• Analyze the bounds of the negotiations for agreement
• Assess priorities and determine ultimate objective(s)
• Verify objective(s) of the project agreement is met
• Participate in agreement negotiations
• Determine a negotiation strategy

Task 9 Collaborate with stakeholders

• Evaluate engagement needs for stakeholders
• Optimize alignment between stakeholder needs, expectations, and project
objectives
• Build trust and influence stakeholders to accomplish project objectives

Task 10 Build shared understanding

• Break down situation to identify the root cause of a misunderstanding
• Survey all necessary parties to reach consensus
• Support outcome of parties' agreement
• Investigate potential misunderstandings

Task 11 Engage and support virtual teams

• Examine virtual team member needs (e.g., environment, geography, culture,
global, etc.)
• Investigate alternatives (e.g., communication tools, colocation) for virtual team
member engagement
• Implement options for virtual team member engagement
• Continually evaluate effectiveness of virtual team member engagement

Task 12 Define team ground rules

• Communicate organizational principles with team and external stakeholders
• Establish an environment that fosters adherence to the ground rules
• Manage and rectify ground rule violations

Task 13 Mentor relevant stakeholders

• Allocate the time to mentoring
• Recognize and act on mentoring opportunities

Task 14 Promote team performance through the application of emotional intelligence

• Assess behavior through the use of personality indicators
• Analyze personality indicators and adjust to the emotional needs of key project
stakeholders

Domain II Process 50%

Task 1

Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value
• Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally
• Examine the business value throughout the project
• Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the minimum
viable product

Task 2

Manage communications
• Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders
• Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all
stakeholders
• Communicate project information and updates effectively
• Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received

Task 3

Assess and manage risks
• Determine risk management options
• Iteratively assess and prioritize risks

Task 4

Engage stakeholders
• Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact)
• Categorize stakeholders
• Engage stakeholders by category
• Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement

Task 5

Plan and manage budget and resources
• Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned
from past projects
• Anticipate future budget challenges
• Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as
necessary
• Plan and manage resources

Task 6

Plan and manage schedule
• Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies, story points)
• Utilize benchmarks and historical data
• Prepare schedule based on methodology
• Measure ongoing progress based on methodology
• Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology
• Coordinate with other projects and other operations

Task 7

Plan and manage quality of products/deliverables
• Determine quality standard required for project deliverables
• Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps
• Continually survey project deliverable quality

Task 8

Plan and manage scope
• Determine and prioritize requirements
• Break down scope (e.g., WBS, backlog)
• Monitor and validate scope

Task 9

Integrate project planning activities
• Consolidate the project/phase plans
• Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business
value
• Analyze the data collected
• Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions
• Determine critical information requirements

Task 10 Manage project changes

• Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management
practices)
• Determine strategy to handle change
• Execute change management strategy according to the methodology
• Determine a change response to move the project forward

Task 11 Plan and manage procurement

• Define resource requirements and needs
• Communicate resource requirements
• Manage suppliers/contracts
• Plan and manage procurement strategy
• Develop a delivery solution

Task 12 Manage project artifacts

• Determine the requirements (what, when, where, who, etc.) for managing the
project artifacts
• Validate that the project information is kept up to date (i.e., version control) and
accessible to all stakeholders
• Continually assess the effectiveness of the management of the project artifacts

Task 13 Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices

• Assess project needs, complexity, and magnitude
• Recommend project execution strategy (e.g., contracting, finance)
• Recommend a project methodology/approach (i.e., predictive, agile, hybrid)
• Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle (e.g., lessons
learned, stakeholder engagement, risk)

Task 14 Establish project governance structure

• Determine appropriate governance for a project (e.g., replicate organizational
governance)
• Define escalation paths and thresholds
Task 15 Manage project issues
• Recognize when a risk becomes an issue
• Attack the issue with the optimal action to achieve project success
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the approach to resolve the issues

Task 16 Ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity

• Discuss project responsibilities within team
• Outline expectations for working environment
• Confirm approach for knowledge transfers

Task 17 Plan and manage project/phase closure or transitions

• Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase
• Validate readiness for transition (e.g., to operations team or next phase)
• Conclude activities to close out project or phase (e.g., final lessons learned,
retrospective, procurement, financials, resources)

Domain III BusinessEnvironment 8%

Task 1

Plan and manage project compliance
• Confirm project compliance requirements (e.g., security, health and safety,
regulatory compliance)
• Classify compliance categories
• Determine potential threats to compliance
• Use methods to support compliance
• Analyze the consequences of noncompliance
• Determine necessary approach and action to address compliance needs (e.g.,
risk, legal)
• Measure the extent to which the project is in compliance

Task 2

Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value
• Investigate that benefits are identified
• Document agreement on ownership for ongoing benefit realization
• Verify measurement system is in place to track benefits
• Evaluate delivery options to demonstrate value
• Appraise stakeholders of value gain progress

Task 3

Evaluate and address external business environment changes for impact on
scope
• Survey changes to external business environment (e.g., regulations, technology,
geopolitical, market)
• Assess and prioritize impact on project scope/backlog based on changes in
external business environment
• Recommend options for scope/backlog changes (e.g., schedule, cost changes)
• Continually review external business environment for impacts on project
scope/backlog

Task 4

Support organizational change
• Assess organizational culture
• Evaluate impact of organizational change to project and determine required
actions
• Evaluate impact of the project to the organization and determine required actions