Poster 12 · Models, Methods & Artifacts
PMBOK® Guide — 7th Edition · Section 4
Memory Hooks
Mnemonics and analogies to lock the Section 4 catalog into memory.
The master analogy — a workshop
Think of a craftsperson’s workshop: models are the blueprints on the wall (how things work), methods are the power tools (how you make things), and artifacts are the parts and finished pieces on the bench (what you produce and hand over). You don’t use every tool on every job — you pick what fits.
M-M-A
The three families
Model · Method · Artifact = think, do, show.
Explains · Achieves · Records
FSNPA
Tuckman Ladder
“Few Silly Nerds Play Around.”
Forming · Storming · Norming · Performing · Adjourning
ADKAR
Change (individual)
Five sequential steps.
Awareness · Desire · Knowledge · Ability · Reinforcement
4 C’s
Cynefin domains
Plus “disordered” in the centre.
Clear · Complicated · Complex · Chaotic
PLU
Salience model
Stakeholder classification.
Power · Legitimacy · Urgency
DCSD
Situational Leadership II
Style follows competence + commitment.
Directing · Coaching · Supporting · Delegating
IPECC
Process Groups
The PMBOK process view.
Initiating · Planning · Executing · Controlling · Closing
EOPRR
Bridges Transition
The human response to change.
Ending → Neutral Zone → New Beginning
FP / CR / T&M
Contract types
Where the cost risk sits.
Fixed-price → seller risk; Cost-reimbursable → buyer risk