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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

Understanding organizational structures

Much of your day-to-day life running projects will be significantly impacted by your organizational processes and the culture of your organization. This could be based on your industry, what regulatory compliance is necessary, or simply because of how your organization chooses to run things.

The most significant impact on how these processes evolve is based mostly on how your organization is structured. Some structures are better than others for projects, and sometimes, trying to implement new best practices can be a bit painful due to your organizational influences.

In perfect-world project management, it may be necessary to restructure the organizational dynamics to accommodate projects. Some organizations began as a siloed functional organization and expanded and grew into something more effective in the project management space. This takes time and effort, though.

In my experience, when organizations attempt to massively change their...