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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

Controlling resources

As you execute project work, you will know how well your plans are working. For instance, whether you have acquired and utilized your physical resources effectively and whether those resources were correct and were at the right place at the right time throughout the project. As you review the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of this process, be aware that the majority of questions will overlap with procurement, materials, and requirements along with the team utilization of them. At the same time, you will need to consider dealing with risk and the possible need for more or different resources than originally planned for. Let's take a look at the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the control of resources:

Inputs

  • Project management plan
  • Resource management plan
  • Project documents
  • Issue log
  • Lessons learned register
  • Physical resources assignments
  • Project schedule
  • Resource breakdown structure
  • Resource...