Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

Pass the PMP 2021 exam with confidence with the help of practical and up-to-date coverage of project management practices from the 6th edition of the PMBOK® Guide

▶Book Description
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.

▶What You Will Learn
-Understand how to fill out the exam application and what to expect on the day of the exam
-Get a comprehensive overview of project management processes, knowledge areas, and project execution
-Explore project and organization structures and other factors influencing projects
-Manage risk, scheduling, and cost using expert tips and insights
-Acquire and manage resources and communication in project work
-Monitor and control projects from planning to execution
-Discover professional responsibility, study tips, and what's in store for certified project management professionals

▶Key Features
-Written by J. Ashley Hunt, an experienced PMP® trainer with over 20 years of project management experience
-Learn with the help of PMP® practice tests, exam tips, and best practices from the PMBOK® Guide
-Effectively plan core project work aspects such as scope, cost, quality, procurement, and communication

▶Who This Book Is For
If you are an experienced project manager looking for a common language and best practices in the project management space and want to achieve the PMP certification to accelerate your career growth, this book is for you. A minimum of 3 to 7 years of experience in leading and directing projects for a variety of industries will be useful.

▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, Introduction to the PMP® exam, provides an overview of the process in terms of applying for and sitting the exam, as well as useful information and answers to common questions.

- Chapter 2, Introduction to Project Management, provides an overview of project management best practices and terminology.

- Chapter 3, Pre-Project Initiation, provides an overview of project selection techniques and how organizations determine which projects to charter.

- Chapter 4, Charters and Stakeholders, explains how the proper kick-off of a project begins with a project charter and the identification of stakeholders. This chapter will review the best practices for both.

- Chapter 5, Introduction to Agile Considerations, goes through everything you need to know about Agile project management.

- Chapter 6, Creating and Leading a Team, focuses on the people side of project management and best practices to reward, recognize, and build an effective team of individuals.

- Chapter 7, Scope Management, focuses on collecting requirements, creating a scope baseline, and gaining formal acceptance of the deliverables.

- Chapter 8, Schedule and Cost Management, includes the best practices of breaking requirements to the activity level, sequencing, estimating, and creating a schedule and baseline. Many techniques are covered, overlapping with cost estimating and budgeting to produce a cost baseline.

- Chapter 9, Quality Management, offers a review of planning for quality requirements, managing the execution of the process to produce deliverables within specifications, and controlling defects through quality control.

- Chapter 10, Resources and Communication Management, explains how effective resource management and communication is an integral piece of project management. This chapter will cover the best practices in each area.

- Chapter 11, Risk Management, explains how any moment during a project may entail risk, and so planning for risk and analyzing and creating responses to risk will allow better management of threats and opportunities.

- Chapter 12, Procurement Management, focuses on best practices for agreements and contracts, including the project manager's responsibilities in procurement management.

- Chapter 13, Stakeholder Engagement, reviews best practices for stakeholder engagement, given that keeping your stakeholders happy and informed is a large part of what project managers do.

- Chapter 14, Integration Management, puts everything covered thus far into a project management plan that will be executed, and includes formal change control best practices as well as closing out the project or phase.

- Chapter 15, Next Steps and Study Tips, is designed to help you prepare for your studying and plan for exam day, as well as tips and tricks to help you pass the exam first time.

- Chapter 16, Final Exam, puts all of your knowledge to the test as you take the final exam. The higher your score, the closer you are to passing the PMP® exam!