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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

Acquiring resources, developing, and managing a team

One thing you will notice is that a lot of the content for these processes has been or will be covered in other chapters. Specifically, in Chapter 6, Creating and Leading a Team, you reviewed ways to overcome conflict and how to reward, recognize, and motivate your team. This section is mostly a reminder of the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the Resource management planning section and a closer view of material and equipment acquisition. Let's start with acquiring resources.

Acquiring resources

This section is another of those "easier said than done" sections, and it is also exactly what it sounds like, that is, the acquisition of resources. Previously, I mentioned that acquiring resources is necessary due to the need to bring in the remaining resources (such as people, equipment, and materials) that have been borrowed or acquired from other functional teams, or even externally via procurement....