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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

Identify risks process

This process, while pretty self-explanatory, will consume the bulk of your risk management discussions. Due to the iterative nature of this process and others for the management of risk, it's crucial to have a good handle on the project scope, schedule, costs, and who the stakeholders are. Everyone identifies and deals with risk. People who do the work know the risks, and uncertainty can hide anywhere. Once the risks are identified, they will be analyzed and confirmed as something to plan for or deemed not impactful in the present during qualitative risk analysis. There may also be risk owners identified in this process, those who would implement the chosen risk responses. There are numerous ITTOs. Don't get overwhelmed by the list. Just remember that risk can hide anywhere, and right now, it's subjective. It hasn't happened yet and may never happen, hence the wide variety of documents to consider and tools and techniques to utilize. ITTOs...