The Prep Arcade

The PMP^® Arcade

Aligned to the PMBOK® Guide, Eighth Edition · PMP® and PMBOK® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

GAME 1 Business Environment & Strategy Value delivery and when value is realized, organizational structures, strategic alignment, governance thresholds, EEFs, and strategy vs. tactics vs. operations. 10 questions · Play → GAME 2 Development Approaches & Ways of Working Predictive, iterative, incremental, and agile approaches; VUCA; risk, agility, and resilience; management vs. leadership vs. governance; team norms and tailoring. 10 questions · Play → GAME 3 Culture, Change & Governance in Action Organizational culture, transformation and change management, phase-gate reviews, tolerances and escalation, compliance and audits, and financial measures. 13 questions · Play → GAME 4 Stakeholders & Team Charter Stakeholder identification and analysis, engagement vs. communication plans, conflicts of interest, team charters, shared vision, and scheduling around constraints. 10 questions · Play → GAME 5 Scope Planning & the WBS Requirements gathering, scope statement vs. WBS, scope baseline, WBS dictionary, rolling wave planning, and the theme–epic–story–task hierarchy. 11 questions · Play → GAME 6 Planning the Project Six planning areas you can mix and match: fundamentals, scope, schedule, cost and finance, resources, and risk. 60 questions · Play → GAME 7 Leading the Project Team Team development and turnover, conflict resolution, motivation and empowerment, decision-making approaches, and situational leadership. 10 questions · Play → GAME 8 Executing the Project Driving execution toward the value proposition, coordinating resources and stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and risk responses. 10 questions · Play → GAME 9 Monitoring & Controlling Tracking, measuring, and regulating performance, variance and trend analysis, forecasts, corrective actions, and stable vs. fast-changing projects. 10 questions · Play → GAME 10 Closing the Project Formally closing projects, phases, and contracts, early termination, verifying outputs, outcomes, and benefits, and transitioning to operations. 10 questions · Play →

The PgMP^® Arcade

Aligned to The Standard for Program Management, Fifth Edition · PgMP® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

GAME 1 Strategic Program Alignment Business case, charter, and roadmap; ROM estimates and ROI; feasibility vs. readiness vs. alignment; the benefits chain; and integration opportunities. 10 questions · Play → GAME 2 Program Life Cycle Management Program definition vs. delivery; the program WBS and PMIS; component authorization, issues, and change control; performance analysis; and the closure sequence. 10 questions · Play → GAME 3 Benefits Management: Choosing the Artifact Pick the right benefits artifact for the moment — Register vs. Management Plan vs. Business Case vs. Roadmap — across planning, review, transition, and closeout. 10 questions · Play → GAME 4 Benefits Management: Realization & Sustainment Register vs. realization plan, sustainment and transition plans, measuring intangible benefits, benefit risk and variance, synergies, and intended-vs-realized. 16 questions · Play → GAME 5 Stakeholder Engagement Engagement assessment matrix, salience model, and the continuum of engagement; the stakeholder register; tailored communications; and turning resistance into support. 10 questions · Play → GAME 6 Governance Escalation thresholds and decision rights; phase-gate reviews; nesting program governance in enterprise governance; KPIs and the PMIS; and applying lessons learned. 10 questions · Play →

The PfMP^® Arcade

Aligned to The Standard for Portfolio Management and the PfMP® ECO · PfMP® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

GAME 1 Strategic Alignment Evaluating strategic goals, ranking priorities and the prioritization model, scenarios and ENPV, strategic change, the roadmap, and the EEF/OPA/PPA and measures foundations. 10 questions · Play → GAME 2 Governance The governance model and decision rights, portfolio management standards and stage gates, defining processes, the portfolio management plan, and obtaining approval for portfolio decisions. 10 questions · Play → GAME 3 Portfolio Performance Initiating and authorizing the portfolio, performance metrics and reporting, monitoring and issues, balancing and optimizing capacity, the roadmap, and measuring aggregated value. 10 questions · Play → GAME 4 Portfolio Risk Management Acceptable risk (appetite, tolerance, capacity), the risk management plan, dependency analysis, the risk register, shared ownership of risks, and the portfolio management reserve. 9 questions · Play → GAME 5 Communications Management Stakeholder analysis and the register, the communication strategy and plan, engaging stakeholders and turning resistance into support, and keeping communication accurate and current. 9 questions · Play →

ITIL^® IDOL

Aligned with ITIL® v5 · ITIL® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited.

GAME 1 Can You Rock the Stage? Key concepts: services, digital products, outputs vs. outcomes, value, service interactions, relationships, consumer roles, and service level metrics. 15 questions · Play → GAME 2 The Encore! Service relationships and the ITIL Value System: organizations and roles, the service journey, warranty, sustainability, SLAs, and the five VS components. 15 questions · Play → GAME 3 The Main Event! Governance and the 7 Guiding Principles: the EDM cycle, governing bodies, focus on value, iterating with feedback, simplicity, and optimize before automate. 15 questions · Play → GAME 4 The Full Tour! The value chain and all 8 lifecycle activities from Discover to Support, plus continuous integration and delivery and the 34 management practices. 15 questions · Play → GAME 5 The Remix! Value streams (core vs. enabling, mapping, management) and all 7 steps of the Continual Improvement Model, from vision to keeping improvements relevant. 15 questions · Play → GAME 6 Grand Finale! The Four Dimensions, AI and data governance, PESTLE, complexity thinking, and how ITIL works with DevOps and PRINCE2. 15 questions · Play →

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