PMP Exam Cram: Project Management Professional
PMP
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Project Management
Professional
Fourth Edition
Michael G. Solomon
PMP? Exam Cram: Project Management Professional, Fourth Edition
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Solomon, Michael (Michael G.), 1963PMP exam cram : project management professional / Michael G. Solomon.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction
1
CHAPTER 1
Project Management Framework Fundamentals
17
CHAPTER 2
Understand Project Initiating
45
CHAPTER 3
Examine Project Planning
65
CHAPTER 4
Explore More Elements of Project Planning
103
CHAPTER 5
Understand Project Execution
137
CHAPTER 6
Investigate Project Monitoring and Controlling
169
CHAPTER 7
Explain Project Closing
199
CHAPTER 8
Professional and Social Responsibility
215
PMP Practice Exam
237
Answers to the PMP Practice Exam
279
Index
317
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 1:
Project Management Framework Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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 . . . . . . . . . .
Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Organizational Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working with Organizational Politics and Influences .
Differentiating Functional, Matrix, and Projectized
Organizational Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Understanding Enterprise Environmental Factors . . .
Organizational Process Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . .
Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER 2:
Understand Project Initiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Initiating Process Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Purpose of Initiating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Project Manager Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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