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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

Estimating durations

Estimating durations is more of an art form than a science. Some people are good at it and others, well, not so much. Most estimates are either too much or not enough, and that is because time is a concept. You will have the over (achiever) estimates and the under (always late) estimates. Perfect timing is tough to attain, so we have to use a multitude of different techniques to get a duration estimate that is realistic for each activity. Permit me a sidebar here though because dates, duration, and effort are three different things that affect your project schedule equally. These concepts and sequencing activities can drive a project manager to hurling their computer out a window. Let's start with dates.

Dates

We all use calendars – they are how we maintain our day-to-day lives. A calendar shows the dates and the days and anything that is scheduled for us to do. Most organizations run on a Monday through Friday schedule. I say most because that...