PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies

1085 Pages·2013·12.27 MB·English

by  Cynthia Stackpole Snyder

PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Book I: PMP Foundation
Book II: Starting Off Right
Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule
Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication
Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
Book VI: Managing Your Project
Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule
Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More
Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book I: PMP Foundation
Book I: Chapter 1: The PMP Exam
The PMP Exam Blueprint
Knowledge and skills
Cross-cutting skills
Code of ethics and professional conduct
Exam scoring
The Exam Domains
Initiating the project
Planning the project
Executing the project
Monitoring and controlling the project
Closing the project
Applying for the Exam
The application process
Scheduling your exam
Taking the Exam
Exam day
Types of questions
Exam-taking tips
Getting your results
Preparing for the Exam
Book I: Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management
Grasping the Terminology
Definition of a project
Projects, programs, and portfolios
Project management
Projects and organizational strategy
The Project Management Office
Understanding Environmental Constraints
Enterprise environmental factors
Project governance
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures,
and Organizational Process Assets
The Project Life Cycle
Project phases
Predictive life cycles
Iterative and incremental life cycles
Adaptive life cycles
Phase reviews
Product versus project life cycle
Organization Structures
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Projectized organization
Comparing organization types
Leveraging Your Organization’s Assets
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 4: It’s All about the Process
Managing Your Project Is a Process
Understanding Project Management Process Groups
Before the Project Begins
Initiating processes
Planning processes
Executing processes
Monitoring and Controlling processes
Closing processes
The Ten Knowledge Areas
Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder Management
Mapping the 47 Processes
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book II: Starting Off Right
Book II: Chapter 1: OMG! It’s a Project!
Knowledge and Skills for the Initiating Processes
Internal Needs or External Influences
Organizational need
Market demand
Customer request
Technological advance
Legal requirement
Ecological impacts
Social need
Selecting the Right Projects
Project portfolio committee
Project Management Office (PMO)
Criteria for project selection
Alphabet Soup: ROI, NPV, FV and Other Project-Selection Metrics
Financial metrics
Financial terms
Nonfinancial metrics
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book II: Chapter 2: Chartering Your Project
What a Project Charter Is and Why You Need One
Develop Project Charter: Inputs
Project statement of work
Business case
Agreements
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets