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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

Overview of knowledge areas

Knowledge areas represent specific aspects of a project that are necessary to understand. Some knowledge areas will be very familiar to you: scope, schedule, and cost, perhaps. Some of you might be familiar with risk, procurement, and formal change control. Others might be better versed in communications and resource management. Our 10 knowledge areas have a variety of processes attached across multiple process groups.

While it may appear that everything is very linear, it is in fact a cycle. There are multiple areas that we will cover that are considered iterative, meaning performed over and over throughout the project. An excellent example of this would be best practices and processes in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and scope management. Why? Well, I'm sure you know from your experience that putting together a plan that you think is comprehensive and then executing it doesn't always go as you hope it will. It's essential to...