What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introduction to the PMP® exam, provides an overview of the process in terms of applying for and sitting the exam, as well as useful information and answers to common questions.
Chapter 2, Introduction to Project Management, provides an overview of project management best practices and terminology.
Chapter 3, Pre-Project Initiation, provides an overview of project selection techniques and how organizations determine which projects to charter.
Chapter 4, Charters and Stakeholders, explains how the proper kick-off of a project begins with a project charter and the identification of stakeholders. This chapter will review the best practices for both.
Chapter 5, Introduction to Agile Considerations, goes through everything you need to know about Agile project management.
Chapter 6, Creating and Leading a Team, focuses on the people side of project management and best practices to reward, recognize, and build an effective team of individuals.
Chapter 7, Scope Management, focuses on collecting requirements, creating a scope baseline, and gaining formal acceptance of the deliverables.
Chapter 8, Schedule and Cost Management, includes the best practices of breaking requirements to the activity level, sequencing, estimating, and creating a schedule and baseline. Many techniques are covered, overlapping with cost estimating and budgeting to produce a cost baseline.
Chapter 9, Quality Management, offers a review of planning for quality requirements, managing the execution of the process to produce deliverables within specifications, and controlling defects through quality control.
Chapter 10, Resources and Communication Management, explains how effective resource management and communication is an integral piece of project management. This chapter will cover the best practices in each area.
Chapter 11, Risk Management, explains how any moment during a project may entail risk, and so planning for risk and analyzing and creating responses to risk will allow better management of threats and opportunities.
Chapter 12, Procurement Management, focuses on best practices for agreements and contracts, including the project manager's responsibilities in procurement management.
Chapter 13, Stakeholder Engagement, reviews best practices for stakeholder engagement, given that keeping your stakeholders happy and informed is a large part of what project managers do.
Chapter 14, Integration Management, puts everything covered thus far into a project management plan that will be executed, and includes formal change control best practices as well as closing out the project or phase.
Chapter 15, Next Steps and Study Tips, is designed to help you prepare for your studying and plan for exam day, as well as tips and tricks to help you pass the exam first time.
Chapter 16, Final Exam, puts all of your knowledge to the test as you take the final exam. The higher your score, the closer you are to passing the PMP® exam!