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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

The Work Breakdown Structure

The WBS is the number-one most important planning document. But why? Because the WBS is utilized to organize 100% of the scope of work as represented in the currently approved project scope statement. If the scope statement changes, then the WBS will be updated. Understanding how they both work together can help you understand why they are the most important scope and planning documents.

Imagine if somebody came to you and said, "I want you to set up helpdesks in all 87 of our corporate locations in 15 countries, train everyone, and do it in a timely fashion." That is a massive scope of work! It would be impossible for you even to comprehend that much information, let alone create a schedule and budget to meet the requirements right away.

It is a good assumption that much of the scope of work can be duplicated in each location, or at least the processes that you use can be similar across locations. But you will have multiple stakeholders...