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Overview
PMP Exam Cram, Fourth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass the 2009 PMP Exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools such as quizzes and Exam Alerts.
Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your exam!
- Approach the project management process from PMI’s views on project management
- Understand the project management framework
- Properly initiate projects
- Understand the project planning process
- Complete the planned project work
- Monitor project work and make necessary changes
- Close projects
- Follow PMI’s professional responsibility standards
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780768690866 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Pearson Education |
| Publication date: | 12/08/2009 |
| Series: | Exam Cram |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 360 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
Michael G. Solomon, CISSP, PMP, CISM, GSEC, is a full-time security and project management speaker, consultant, and trainer with more than 20 years of industry experience. He holds an MS in mathematics and computer science from Emory University (1998) and a BS in computer science from Kennesaw State University (1987). A former college instructor, Michael has written several IT and project management books, including PMP Exam Prep Course (LearnKey, 2009), PMP ExamCram2 (Que, 2005), Information Security Illuminated (Jones & Bartlett, 2005), Security+ Lab Guide (Sybex, 2005), and Computer Forensics JumpStart (Sybex, 2005).
Table of Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Project Management Framework Fundamentals
The Project Management Framework
What a Project Is and What It Is Not
What Project Management Is
Changes in the PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition
Project Management Knowledge Areas
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Organizational Frameworks
Working with Organizational Politics and Influences
Differentiating Functional, Matrix, and Projectized Organizational Structures
Understanding Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
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Project Life Cycle and Organization
Understanding Project Life Cycles
Who Are the Stakeholders?
Managing Project Constraints
Project Management Process Groups
Understanding Project Life Cycle and Project Management Processes Relationships
Processes, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas
Understanding Process Interaction Customization
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What Next?
CHAPTER 2: Understand Project Initiating
Initiating Process Group
The Purpose of Initiating a Project
The Project Manager Assignment
The Project Charter and Its Purpose
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Integration Management
Project Selection Methods
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
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Communications Management
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What the Project Manager Needs to Know
Using Management by Objectives
Accounting Concepts Used with Initiating Processes
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What Next?
CHAPTER 3: Examine Project Planning
Understanding PMI’s Planning Process Group
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Integration Management
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Scope Management
Work Breakdown Structure: A Common and Dangerous Omission
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Activity Planning—From WBS to Project Schedule
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Network Diagrams
Estimating Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
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Project Cost Estimating Factors
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What Next?
CHAPTER 4: Explore More Elements of Project Planning
Quality Management
Quality Theories and PMI Quality Management Approach
The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle
Quality Approaches and Project Management
The Cost of Quality
Differences Among Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, Quality Control
Control Charts and Other Tools
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Human Resource Management
Key Human Resource Principles
The Staffing Management Plan
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Communications Management
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Risk Management
Risk Management Planning and Risk Response Planning
Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Risk Probability and Impact
Risk Identification, Analysis, Response Planning, and Monitoring/Controlling
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Procurement Management
The Make/Buy Decision
The Contract Statement of Work
Contract Types
The Procurement Management Plan
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What Next?
CHAPTER 5: Understand Project Execution
Integration Management
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Quality Management
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Human Resource Management
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team
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Communications Management
Tools and Techniques for Distributing Information
Stakeholders
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Procurement Management
Procurement
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What Next?
CHAPTER 6: Investigate Project Monitoring and Controlling
Integration and Scope Management
Factors That Cause Project Change
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
The Project Feedback Loop
Verifying and Controlling Project Scope
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Time, Cost, and Quality Management
Manage the Project Schedule and Budget
Identifying Variance with Earned Value Management
Perform Quality Control
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Communications, Risk, and Procurement Management
Communicating How Your Project Is Performing
Monitor and Control Risk
Administer Procurements
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What Next?
CHAPTER 7: Explain Project Closing
The Closing Process Group
Close Procurements
Closing a Project or Phase Criteria
Lessons Learned
Ending a Procurement or a Project
Final Review Meetings
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What Next?
CHAPTER 8: Professional and Social Responsibility
The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Core Values
Aspirational and Mandatory Conduct
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Responsibility
Aspirational Standards for Responsibility
Mandatory Standards for Responsibility
Ethics Complaints
Responsible Conduct
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Respect
Aspirational Standards for Respect
Mandatory Standards for Respect
The Impact of Respect
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Fairness
Aspirational Standards for Fairness
Mandatory Standards for Fairness
Conflict of Interest
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Honesty
Aspirational Standards for Honesty
Mandatory Standards for Honesty
Qualifications, Experience, and Performance of Professional Services
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What Next?
PMP Practice Exam
Answers to the PMP Practice Exam
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