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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

Identifying the stakeholder's process

Much like it sounds, this process is designed to not only identify who is involved in the project and to what level – it is also about gathering information on their interests, involvement, interdependencies, and influences, and then analyzing and documenting all the relevant information. This includes any relevant information that can hinder or impact project success. Sounds exhausting, right? That is why, once you have your process flow down early on, it is easier to perform as needed throughout the project. In Chapter 3, Pre-Project Initiation, we reviewed several key stakeholders, including the PMO, CCB, and the sponsor, but there could be many more players in the game to identify. Since this is an iterative process, it's easy to see that, during planning, execution, and monitoring and controlling, you will be vigilant (yes, vigilant) with communications management and stakeholder engagement. This is why some of the inputs...