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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

You're reading from   Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional A study guide to mastering project management for the PMP® exam

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838989309
Length 826 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashley Hunt Ashley Hunt
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Project Management and People
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the PMP® Exam FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2 :Introduction to Project Management 4. Chapter 3: Pre-Project Initiation 5. Chapter 4: Charters and Stakeholders 6. Chapter 5: Introduction to Agile Considerations 7. Chapter 6: Creating and Leading a Team 8. Section 2: Project Management Processes
9. Chapter 7: Scope Management 10. Chapter 8: Schedule and Cost Management 11. Chapter 9: Quality Management 12. Chapter 10: Resources and Communication Management 13. Chapter 11: Risk Management 14. Chapter 12: Procurement Management 15. Chapter 13: Stakeholder Engagement 16. Chapter 14: Integration Management 17. Section 3: Revision
18. Chapter 15: Next Steps and Study Tips 19. Chapter 16: Final Exam 20. Assessment 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Control procurements

The controlling of procurements is an important step in the entire procurement process because it includes protecting your organization from breach of agreement, keeping track of the seller's performance, maintaining good relationships with your sellers, paying out of your budgets for contract work and incentives, processing formal changes (as needed), and closing out any procurement documents once the work has been completed and approved. Your organization may also have knowledge bases just for your vendors where everything is kept and updated. I know we had to hold on to our contracts for 8 years after they were closed, in order to be compliant. Your mileage may vary. The inputs list is again a long one because there are multiple documents to consider as well as your enterprise environment for this process and your organization process assets, so we'll focus on the main items for the exam.

The main inputs to be aware of include the following:

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