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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

Spot check

Answer the following questions to the best of your ability:

  1. How well do you plan for project communications?
  2. Do you have a formal plan, or do you know your team and stakeholders well enough that you can forgo the planning?
  3. Has not having a plan for communications ever backfired?
  4. Have you ever had a project miscommunication that led to a significant problem?
  5. What would you include or remove from your plan based on the recommendations found in the PMBOK® Guide – 6th edition?

You can see that there are a lot of considerations for the human side of project management, and it's an important aspect. Without a motivated team who has the skills to achieve the goals of the project and without proper communication up, down, or even sideways, the entire project could fail. It doesn't matter how good your schedules, budgets, or scope of work are.

Moving on to the execution of project work, the managing communications process is...