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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

Stakeholder register

The right way to engage your stakeholders is to do the best you can to determine their expectations (this week) and then work to meet those expectations. That is akin to having a bunch of preschoolers on a playground and trying to get them to come inside after recess. This isn't the easiest task in the world. The stakeholder register can help here. The register is the main output of the identify stakeholders process and is a very handy document to have, especially for large projects where you have people you have never worked with before or who have a different role in the current project. Mostly, you will be documenting the identification information, how you assessed their requirements thus far, and their influence and impact, as well as the classification based on the model you choose to use from the tools and techniques.

To put together an effective stakeholder register, it's best to actually talk to the individual and ask probing questions. Some...