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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

The documents and plans

There are numerous documents and plans that we will be reviewing throughout, but I wanted to give you an idea as to what those documents are, what needs to be updated regularly, and what needs to be updated with change control. As you review the documents, pay very close attention to what must go through change control and what can be updated without a formal process. After the documents, I'll explain what I mean by that. In Table 2.1 – Project management plan and project documents, you will see a breakdown of each document you will see on your exam and hopefully some that you use or will use in the future:

Table 2.1 – Project management plan and project documents
Table 2.1 – Project management plan and project documents
Table 2.1 – Project management plan and project documents

Table 2.1 – Project management plan and project documents

The project management plan and project documents

It's probably safe to say that after perusing the list of plans and documents, you may have noticed a trend in the second column of management plans...