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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 the project schedule

Let's take a look at the project schedule management road you have traveled thus far:

  • First, you created an activity list and milestones by decomposing the workpackages in your WBS.
  • Then, you sequenced activities based on their dependencies and relationships.
  • After that, you estimated your resources and durations, taking into consideration dates and effort, lead and lag time, and the estimates for the duration of your activities.
  • You will also be keeping a close eye on your schedule for risk, and also attempt to put some time and/or money in reserves for those risks that can be overcome with time or money.
  • Now, we have a schedule. What we don't have is a finish date, a total duration, and the answer to the question of how long the project will take. That brings us to schedule creation. There are several techniques we will go through, and I'm sure you have noticed that time management takes a lot of time to review...