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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

Assessment exam

Question 1

You and your team are meeting to discuss the customer's feedback on the deliverable you created in this iteration. What part of the Agile life cycle are you experiencing?

  1. Review
  2. Retrospective
  3. Sprint planning
  4. Daily stand-up meeting

Question 2

One of the team members is describing the work they did yesterday and their plans for today. What is the best time to discuss those areas of project work?

  1. Review
  2. Sprint planning
  3. Daily stand-up meeting
  4. Retrospective

Question 3

Kamilla is your project sponsor and is introducing you to Bob, the customer whose software you will be developing. Bob wants to know what to expect from the life cycle. You mention that you and your team practice Agile and use the Scrum framework. Bob looks confused and says, "Agile? Does that mean you aren't doing any planning at all?" How do you respond to your customer?

  1. "Right, we don't do a lot...