PMP Certification, 2/e : Excel with ease

Description Project Management Professional? (PMP) is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute? (PMI). Both government and private organizations employ PMP? certified project managers in an attempt to improve the success rate of projects in all areas of knowledge, by applying a standardized and evolving set of project management principles. PMP? Certification: Excel with Ease is a self-study guide and is essential to all PMP aspirants to clear the certification exam in the first attempt itself. The book presents the project management concepts in an easily understandable way and is based on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK? Guide), fifth edition, which presents a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management. ? Cover......Page 1 About the Author......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 The Eight Steps for PMP® Exam Preparation......Page 16 Tips and Tricks for Succeeding at the PMP® Exam......Page 19 Project Management Body of Knowledge......Page 24 Process......Page 25 Project......Page 26 The Temporary Nature of a Project......Page 28 Progressive Elaboration: Integrating the Unique and the Temporary......Page 29 Projects Versus Operations......Page 30 Projects and Strategic Planning......Page 32 Project Management......Page 33 Why Do Project Managers Need Interpersonal Relationship Skills?......Page 37 Program Management......Page 39 Portfolio Management......Page 40 Project Management Office......Page 41 Standard......Page 42 Regulation......Page 43 Characteristics of a Typical Project Life Cycle......Page 58 Relationship Between Project Phases......Page 60 Different Life Cycle Models......Page 62 Incremental Life Cycle Model......Page 63 Adaptive Life Cycle Model......Page 64 Stakeholders......Page 66 Organizational Influence on Project Management......Page 67 Functional Structure......Page 68 Matrix Structure......Page 69 Organization Process Assets......Page 73 Work Performance Reports......Page 74 Initiation......Page 88 Executing......Page 90 Closing......Page 91 Process Group Interactions......Page 92 Project Integration Management......Page 93 Unification......Page 94 Inputs......Page 95 Develop Project Management Plan......Page 99 Inputs......Page 100 Project Management Plan......Page 101 Direct and Manage Project Work......Page 103 Inputs of Direct and Manage Project Work......Page 104 Tools and Techniques of Direct and Manage Project Work......Page 106 Monitoring and Control Monitor and Control Project Work......Page 107 Close Project or Phase......Page 111 Procedures to Perform Closure Activities......Page 112 Why Do Projects Fail?......Page 128 Challenges in Collecting Project Requirements......Page 129 Types of Scope......Page 130 Plan Scope Management Process......Page 131 Inputs......Page 132 Tools and Techniques......Page 133 The Collect Requirements Process......Page 134 Tools and Techniques......Page 136 Prototypes......Page 137 Group Decision Making......Page 138 Delphi Technique......Page 140 Idea/Mind Mapping Technique......Page 141 Output of the Collect Requirements Process......Page 142 Inputs......Page 144 Product Analysis......Page 146 Alternative Identifi cation......Page 147 Scope Statement......Page 148 The Create Work Breakdown Structure Process......Page 149 Alternative Forms a WBS Can Take......Page 150 The WBS Dictionary......Page 151 Scope Baseline......Page 152 Inputs and Tools......Page 153 The Control Scope Process......Page 154 Inputs......Page 155 Work Performance Information......Page 156 The Change Request Form......Page 157 Introduction......Page 172 Inputs......Page 174 Output......Page 175 The Define Activities Process......Page 176 Activity Attributes......Page 177 The Sequence Activities Process......Page 179 The Precedence Diagramming Method......Page 181 Project Schedule Network Diagram......Page 183 Resource Calendars......Page 184 Resource Breakdown Structure......Page 185 The Estimate Activity Duration Process......Page 187 Three Point Estimation—PERT......Page 188 Reserve Analysis......Page 189 Schedule Network Analysis......Page 190 Schedule Optimization......Page 193 The Control Schedule Process......Page 195 Introduction......Page 216 Inputs......Page 218 The Estimate Cost Process......Page 220 Inputs of the Estimate Cost Process......Page 221 Tools and Techniques of the Estimate Cost Process......Page 222 Types of Cost Estimates......Page 223 Basis of Costs......Page 224 The Determine Budget Process......Page 225 Inputs of the Determine Budget Process......Page 226 Output of the Determine Budget Process......Page 227 The Control Cost Process......Page 229 Tools and Techniques of the Control Cost Process......Page 230 Output of the Control Cost Process......Page 234 Introduction......Page 248 Precision Versus Accuracy......Page 249 Costs of Quality......Page 251 The Plan Quality Management Process......Page 253 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Quality Management process......Page 255 Outputs of the Plan Quality Management process......Page 256 Quality Audits......Page 259 Process Analysis......Page 260 The Control Quality Process......Page 261 Cause-and-Eff ect Diagrams......Page 262 Histograms......Page 265 Control Charts......Page 266 Output of the Perform Quality Control Process......Page 268 Introduction......Page 282 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Risk Management Process......Page 285 Output of the Plan Risk Management Process......Page 286 The Identify Risks Process......Page 287 Information-Gathering Techniques......Page 289 Tools and Techniques of the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Process......Page 292 Tools and Techniques of the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Process......Page 296 Quantitative Risk Analysis and Modeling Techniques......Page 298 The Output of the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Process:Updated Risk Registers......Page 299 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Risk Response Process......Page 300 Output of the Plan Risk Response Process......Page 302 Tools and Techniques of the Control Risks Process......Page 303 Introduction......Page 320 The Forms of Communication......Page 321 The Process of Communication......Page 322 Encoding the Message......Page 323 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Communications Management Process......Page 324 The Manage Communication Process......Page 327 The Control Communication......Page 329 Judgemental Methods......Page 330 Work Performance Reports......Page 331 Common Formats for Performance Reports......Page 332 Introduction......Page 346 Inputs of Plan HR Management Process......Page 348 Tools and Techniques of the Plan HR Management Process......Page 349 Organizational Theories......Page 351 Tools and Techniques of the Acquire Project Team Process......Page 352 Inputs of the Develop Project Team Process......Page 354 Tools and Techniques of the Develop Project Team Process......Page 355 The Tool Used in the Manage Project Team Process: Power......Page 357 Conflict Management......Page 359 Contracts......Page 374 The Plan Procurement Management Process......Page 376 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Procurement Management Process......Page 377 The Outputs of the Plan Procurement Management Process......Page 380 The Conduct Procurements Process......Page 382 The Tools and Techniques of the Conduct Procurements Process......Page 383 The Outputs of the Conduct Procurements process......Page 384 The Control Procurements Process......Page 385 The Tools and Techniques of the Control Procurements Process......Page 386 The Close Procurements Process......Page 387 The Tools and Techniques of the Close Procurement Process......Page 388 Outputs of the Close Procurement Process......Page 389 Stakeholders and Their Characteristics......Page 402 Plan Stakeholders Management......Page 405 Inputs to the Plan Stakeholders Management Process......Page 406 Tools and Techniques of the Plan Stakeholders Management Process......Page 407 Inputs of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement Process......Page 409 Outputs of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement Process......Page 411 Control Stakeholders Engagement......Page 412 Tools and Techniques of the Control Stakeholder Engagement Process......Page 413 Outputs of the Control Stakeholder Engagement Process......Page 414 Introduction......Page 426 Business Ethics......Page 427 General Guidelines for Maintaining Professional Responsibility......Page 428 Key Points......Page 444 Index......Page 460 PMP Certification: Excel with Ease is a self-study guide and is essential to all Project Management Professional aspirants to clear the certification examination. The book is based on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) , fifth edition, which presents a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management