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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

By : J. Ashley Hunt
Book Image

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

Spot check exercise

Okay: before we go any further, I want to circle back and make sure everyone is ready to move on to the next section. Grab a pen or sheet of paper. Here is the setup: jot down at least three aspects of a project, program, and portfolio. Don't peek at the answers but keep in mind there isn't any right or wrong way to jot these down. Your answer may look similar or not. As long as you don't swap out one answer for projects and put it into programs, your take on the information can be presented in any way you like. My answers are just a way for you to keep a few things you'll need to know in mind:

Spot check exercise answers

How did you do? The correct answers are listed in the following table:

Tip

The updated PMP® exam is 50% Waterfall and 50% Agile, so you'll need to be proficient in both to pass your exam.

Now that you know the definition of a project, we can take a look...