Poster 11 · Models, Methods & Artifacts
PMBOK® Guide — 7th Edition · Section 4
Revision Sheet
Layered recall for the whole of Section 4 — from a 60-second refresh to a 30-minute deep review.
60 secCore idea
- Model = thinking strategy; Method = means to an outcome; Artifact = template/document/output.
- All three are tailored to context (links to §3).
- Lists are samples, not exhaustive or prescriptive.
- §4.3/4.5/4.7 map each to the domains where it’s most useful.
5 minThe families
- Model groups (6): situational leadership, communication, motivation, change, complexity, team development (+ other).
- Method groups: data gathering & analysis, estimating, meetings & events, other.
- Artifact groups (9): strategy, logs & registers, plans, hierarchy charts, baselines, visual data, reports, agreements, other.
- Marquee models: Situational Leadership II, Tuckman, Cynefin, ADKAR, Salience.
30 minDetail
- Change: Managing Change (formulate/plan/implement/transition/sustain), ADKAR, Kotter 8-step, Satir, Bridges (ending/neutral/new beginning).
- Complexity: Cynefin (clear/complicated/complex/chaotic/disordered), Stacey (requirements × technology uncertainty).
- Estimating (9): affinity, analogous, function point, multipoint, parametric, relative, single-point, story point, wideband Delphi.
- Baselines (5): budget, milestone schedule, performance measurement baseline, project schedule, scope.
- Contracts: fixed-price (FFP/FPIF/FP-EPA), cost-reimbursable (CPAF/CPFF/CPIF), T&M, IDIQ.
Certification quick-fire
Model vs method?
Model explains; method does.
Cynefin complex?
Probe–sense–respond; emergent practice.
Salience variables?
Power, legitimacy, urgency.
Cost-reimbursable when?
Scope unclear / likely to change.