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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

You're reading from Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838989309

Pages 826 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Concepts

Project Management

Author (1):

J. Ashley Hunt

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Project Management and People

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the PMP® Exam

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

Answers

20. Assessment

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Overview of knowledge areas

Knowledge areas represent specific aspects of a project that are necessary to understand. Some knowledge areas will be very familiar to you: scope, schedule, and cost, perhaps. Some of you might be familiar with risk, procurement, and formal change control. Others might be better versed in communications and resource management. Our 10 knowledge areas have a variety of processes attached across multiple process groups.

While it may appear that everything is very linear, it is in fact a cycle. There are multiple areas that we will cover that are considered iterative, meaning performed over and over throughout the project. An excellent example of this would be best practices and processes in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and scope management. Why? Well, I'm sure you know from your experience that putting together a plan that you think is comprehensive and then executing it doesn't always go as you hope it will. It's essential to...

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Authors (1)

J. Ashley Hunt

J. Ashley Hunt is currently the senior project management instructor at StormWind Studios for Waterfall and Agile project management. A nationally and internationally renowned subject-matter expert in the areas of project management and professional development, she has created training offerings for, and delivered project management training to, more than 10,000 people working for enterprise clientele around the world. Ashley has developed an admirable reputation as a consultative trainer and engaging speaker in several disciplines, consistently receiving exemplary evaluations from her students and clientele. This is her second published study guide. Her relevant technical experience includes PMP®, Project+, PMI-ACP®, CSM, MCAS, and LSSGBC certified.

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