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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

By : J. Ashley Hunt
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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

By: J. Ashley Hunt

Overview of this book

One of the five most prestigious certifications in the world, the PMP® exam is said to be the most difficult non-technical certification exam. With this exam guide, you'll be able to address the challenges in learning advanced project management concepts. This PMP study guide covers all of the 10 project management knowledge areas, 5 process groups, 49 processes, and aspects of the Agile Practice Guide that you need to tailor your projects. With this book, you will understand the best practices found in the sixth edition of the PMBOK® Guide and the newly updated exam content outline. Throughout the book, you'll learn exam objectives in the form of a project for better understanding and effective implementation of real-world project management tasks, helping you to not only prepare for the exam but also implement project management best practices. Finally, you'll get to grips with the entire application and testing processes in PMP® and discover numerous tips and techniques for passing the exam on your first attempt. By the end of this PMP® exam prep book, you'll have a solid understanding of everything you need to pass the PMP® certification exam, and be able to use this handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide to overcome challenges in project management.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to Project Management and People
8
Section 2: Project Management Processes
17
Section 3: Revision
19
Chapter 16: Final Exam

Developing a schedule management plan

Like any other management plan, the schedule management plan is a how-to guide. While this plan helps you get your schedule priorities in order, it may be a plan that you wouldn't use in the real world because those who do schedule, schedule and don't need a plan to tell them how to do it. They already understand how to put together a schedule baseline and the rules of the organization. But what if you are new to scheduling? What if your customer needs more clarity on how the schedules will be created and updated? Now, it may be realistic to at least get everyone on the same page about the rules and how changes will be managed.

The high-level overview of what may be included in the schedule management plan allows for several schedule management best practices to be addressed in one place.

Schedule management plan considerations

Take a look at the following questions. If you can answer them clearly and with purpose, you probably...