Book description
The PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition provides PMP exam candidates a condensed and focused study vehicle. Organized for optimal learning of criccal project management steps, it covers all objective areas presented by PMI. Candidates using the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition will be able to easily decipher and effectively use PMI's PMBOK. You'll also find notes, tips and cautions to extend on PMP content, and it will explain the differences between traditional methods of project management and what PMI considers to be good project management techniques. Exam Alerts will help alert you to content that will most likely appear on the PMP exam, and practice questions are found both in the book and on the accompanying CD-ROM. You'll even be prepared for last-minute studying with the Cram Sheet tearcard. Give yourself the best chance possible for a great test score with the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Introduction
- Self-Assessment
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1. Project Management Framework Fundamentals
- Understanding the Project Management Framework
- What a Project Is and What It Is Not
- What Project Management Is
- Project Management Knowledge Areas
- Knowledge Area Changes in the PMBOK Guide, Third Edition
- How Project Management Affects Other Areas of Management
- Understanding Project Life Cycles
- Who Are the Stakeholders?
- Working with Organizational Politics and Influences
- Differentiating Functional, Matrix, and Projectized Organizational Structures
- Understanding the Project Environment
- Managing the Triple Constraint
- Project Management Process Groups
- Understanding Project Life Cycle and Project Management Processes Relationships
- Processes, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas
- Understanding Process Interaction Customization
- Exam Prep Questions
- Answers to Exam Prep Questions
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Need to Know More?
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2. Understanding Project Initiation
- The Function of Project Initiation
- The Project Charter and Its Purpose
- The Project Manager Assignment
- Developing the Project Charter—Tools and Techniques
- Using Management by Objectives
- Accounting Concepts Used with Project Initiation
- Developing the Preliminary Project Scope Statement
- Exam Prep Questions
- Answers to Exam Prep Questions
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3. The Project Planning Process Group
- Understanding PMI’s Project Planning Process Group
- Exploring Key Aspects of the Planning Processes
- Developing the Project Management Plan
- Scope Management
- Activity Planning—From WBS to Project Schedule
- Critical Cost Estimating Factors
- Exam Prep Questions
- Answers to Exam Prep Questions
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Need to Know More?
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4. Elements of Project Planning
- Additional Project Management Plan Components
- Understanding Key Risk Management Principles and PMI’s Risk Management Philosophy
- The Risk Methodology
- Activity Resource Estimating, Cost Estimating, and Organizational Planning
- Understanding Key Quality Management Principles and PMI’s Management Philosophy
- Understanding Key Procurement Management Principles and PMI’s Procurement Management Philosophy
- Building a Communication Plan
- Exam Prep Questions
- Answers to Exam Prep Questions
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Need to Know More?
- 5. Project Management Executing Processes
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6. Project Control
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What Is Project Control?
- Factors That Cause Project Change
- Approving Project Changes
- The Project Feedback Loop
- Providing Corrective Action for a Project
- Using the WBS to Control the Project Scope
- Identifying Variance with Earned Value Management
- Measuring Quality Control
- Managing Your Project Team
- Communicating How Your Project Is Performing
- Risk Monitoring and Risk Control
- Contract Administration
- Exam Prep Questions
- Answers to Exam Prep Questions
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Need to Know More?
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What Is Project Control?
- 7. Project Closing
- 8. Professional Responsibility
- 9. PMP Practice Exam 1
- 10. Answers to Practice Exam 1
- 11. PMP Practice Exam 2
- 12. Answers to Practice Exam 2
- A. CD Contents and Installation Instructions
- B. Additional Resources
- Glossary
Product information
- Title: PMP Exam Cram™ 2, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2005
- Publisher(s): Pearson IT Certification
- ISBN: 9780789734624
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