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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

Key concepts for quality management

The goal of any project is to complete the deliverables as stated by the requirements and to make sure that they function the way they are supposed to. If your result is a bicycle, it could meet all the scope requirements and be the best-looking bicycle on the road. However, if the chain falls off and the brakes don't work, then it's just a large sculpture; isn't it? Failure to meet quality requirements can have serious negative consequences for any or all of the project stakeholders. According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9000 series), the definition of quality is "the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements." The project manager and team's job is to determine which requirements for both quality and grade are necessary.

Quality versus grade

Grade is a category assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different...