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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

Project management data and information

I feel like I am being a bit precipitous in this section because the majority of what we'll cover here won't be considered until we begin to plan, execute, and monitor, and control. The fact of the matter is The PMBOK® Guide – 6th Edition wins every single time. In this case, Chapter 1 of The PMBOK® Guide - 6th Edition, page 26, goes through an overview of data and information that can be found throughout the project, regardless of the phases you use or don't use. These three items are work performance data, work performance information, and work performance reports. I believe I'm assuming this when I say that this chapter focuses on showing how the project data is collected and analyzed throughout the project, regardless of the phase or process group. I'll break them down here, and you'll see them again as inputs and outputs for several processes we'll cover.

Work performance data

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