Устанавливаем Java SE 8 Update 66 (JDK)

The "Next Steps" button leads to the Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation home.

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Устанавливаем Java SE 8 Update 65 (JRE)

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Устанавливаем Oracle Database 11g Express Edition

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Procurement Management - Notes on PMBOK4 terminology

contract == agreement, understanding. subcontract, purchase order
seller == contractor, subcontractor, vendor, service provider, supplier
buyer == client, customer, prime contractor, contractor, acquiring organization, government agency, service requestor, purchaser

Seller's "evolution": bidder -> selected source -> contracted supplier/vendor

bid, tender, quotation ==> price
proposal ==> other considerations than price (tech. capability, for ex.)

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Preparation for the PMP Exam: Earned Value Management (EVM) formulas

EV -- Earned Value
PV -- Planned Value
AC -- Actual Cost

BAC -- Budget At Completion (sum of all PVs)

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Articles for PMP Exam Preparation - from Wikipedia and other sources

Affinity diagram

Agile software development

Arbitration, Breach of contract, Letter of intent, No-bid contract, Request for proposal, Request for information, Invitation for bid

Conflict Management in Projects
* Mediation - Confrontation
* Arbitration - Forcing (an option: forcing to initial solution, then mediation)
* Control - Smoothing (humour and time-outs)
* Acceptance - Active acceptance
* Elimination

Control Chart

Critical Chain Project Management, Critical path method, Float, Resource leveling

Employee benefit: fringes vs perks

Fixed Costs vs Variable Costs vs Sunk Costs
Dicrect Costs vs Indirect Costs

Real World Project Management: Estimating Your Project Costs
* -25% .. +75% - ballpark estimate (aka ROM)
* -10% .. +25% - budget estimate (aka top-down estimate) - most often based on analogous estimating
* -5% .. +10% - definitive estimate (aka bottom-up estimate) - requires WBS

NPV, IRR

GERT (uses feedback loops); PERT

Gold plating (*)

Journey to Abilene (aka Abilene paradox)

Kick-off meeting

Motivation Theories
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
Herzberg's Two-factor theory: hygiene factors vs motivational agents
Halo effect
Expectancy theory
McClelland's Theory of Needs (aka "three needs theory", aka "learned needs theory"): most of needs can be classed as either achievement, affiliation, or power.

Payback period

Performance bond -- гарантия выполнения контракта

PDM vs ADM

PTA == ((Ceiling_Price - Target_Price) / Buyer's_Share_Ratio) + Target_Cost;
Target_Price == Target_Cost + Target_Seller's_Profit

Retainage - portion of a contract's final payment withheld by a principal (client or owner) until the project is complete in all respects, functioning satisfactorily according to the contract terms, and all mechanic's liens have either been released or have expired.

Project Management: triple constraint
Statistics
SWOT analysis

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Kur Latvijā var iegūt PMP sertifikātu?

• BDA
• PV1, PMP® eksāmena sagatavošanas kurss (56 PDU)
• Latvikon
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Preparation Course
• New Horizons
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Preparation Course
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification: Fourth Edition

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Top 20 Brainbench Certifications of 2012

К сожалению, не совсем понятно, по какому принципу составлялся топ (по тому, сколько человек пытались сдать, сколько сдали и т.д.), но так или иначе - вот он:
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RFP vs. RFB vs. RFQ vs. RFI

RFB: (Request for Bid) Commonly used when deliverables are commodities for which there are clear specifications and when price will be the primary determining factor.
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