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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

Planning for quality management

One of the main things to keep in mind regarding the knowledge area of quality management is that it is a cycle, rather than a straight line from the beginning to the end of a project. Quality is continuous and iterative, from the first planning meeting to the final verification from the customer that the result is fit for use. Then you can go through the Validate Scope process, get formal approval of the result, and close out the project. Quality is always considered. I want you to imagine the face of a clock:

  • Noon is the plan quality management process. Planning is where we put together the quality management plan, which describes how and what we will do to accomplish the result to specifications and with as few defects as possible. We will do this by considering requirements, risks, stakeholders, and the scope of work while defining our process for creating and maintaining quality. Then we will move clockwise to 12:30 during project execution...