ABSTRACT
Appendix X3 PMBOK® Guide also should be reviewed along with six other publications it mentions:
◾ Essential People Skills for Project Managers by Ginger Levin and Steven Flannes
◾ Organizing Projects for Success, vol. 1 of The Human Aspects of Project Management by Vijay K. Verma
◾ Human Factors in Project Management (Revised Edition) by Paul C. Dinsmore
◾ Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager, vol. 2 of The Human Aspects of Project Management by Vijay K. Verma
◾ Managing the Project Team, vol. 3 of The Human Aspects of Project Management by Vijay K. Verma
◾ Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
In contrast to other areas of the PMBOK® Guide in which commonly known terms are used, some terminology developed for Project Human Resource Management appears to be peculiar to PMI®. (In fact, much of the terminology has been used in project management literature for many years, but that literature has not always been widely disseminated.) For example, in the area of project organizational structures, some experts with years of experience in the field have not encountered such terms or concepts as project expeditor or weak matrix. Accordingly, committing to memory PMI®’s definition and classification of the following subject areas is imperative:
◾ Project organizational structures ◾ Stages of team development ◾ Decision-making guidelines ◾ Influencing guidelines ◾ Negotiation skills ◾ Conflict management concepts
In spite of the unfamiliarity of some of the terminology, most exam takers do not find the human resource questions on the exam difficult.
