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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

Goals and objectives of a project charter

Now that the project has been selected and a business case has been created, the organization and the project manager have the results of a needs assessment (which can happen before the business case is created – and usually does) and have a better understanding of the goals and objectives of the project, as well as the economic feasibility, hence all the project selection techniques. This isn't the only information that's collected prior to the project charter's creation.

Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide [7] contains an overview of best practices when it comes to collecting information to create a business case. These recommendations are a result of the organization's needs assessment. This allows for the best decisions to be made in advance of chartering a project. The business case will be created due to the analysis and lead to the official project charter's creation.

A business...