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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

What are process groups?

The five process groups are the following:

  • Initiation
  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing the project or phase

Each of the process groups describes the actions that the project team will take to formally kick-off a project, plan for the needs of the project, execute the work, and update as needed until the deliverables are approved and the project or phase can be closed out formally. Process groups are not to be confused with a life cycle. Many projects have different kinds of life cycles, some of which will have a repeating series of initiations through closes until the project is completed.

Process groups can best be described as containers of individual processes and distinct ways of managing your projects based on the knowledge necessary. Yeah, that sounds confusing. Let me put it a different way. If you are looking at a home renovation project, you would need to do several things to make sure the project...