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PMP Certification All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies

ISBN: 978-0-470-08715-2
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864 pages
September 2011
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Introduction 1

Book I: PMP Foundation 7

Chapter 1: The PMP Exam 9

Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management 23

Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures, and Organizational Process Assets 39

Chapter 4: It’s All about the Process 57

Book II: Starting Off Right 87

Chapter 1: OMG! It’s a Project! 89

Chapter 2: Chartering Your Project 109

Chapter 3: Identifying Project Stakeholders 129

Book III: Planning Scope and Schedule 149

Chapter 1: Defi ning Project Scope 151

Chapter 2: Creating Your Schedule 183

Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication 227

Chapter 1: Estimating the Price Tag 229

Chapter 2: Planning for Quality 255

Chapter 3: Identifying Your Team Members 277

Chapter 4: 90 Percent of Your Job Is Communication 293

Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Integration 311

Chapter 1: Identifying What Could Go Wrong 313

Chapter 2: Getting Help — Procuring Project Scope 359

Chapter 3: Constructing the Project Management Plan 381

Book VI: Managing Your Project 401

Chapter 1: Executing Your Project and Assuring Quality 403

Chapter 2: Managing the People Side of Your Project 425

Chapter 3: Getting the Word Out to Stakeholders and Contractors 457

Book VII: Controlling Change, Scope, Schedule, and Cost 481

Chapter 1: Monitoring, Controlling, and Managing Change 483

Chapter 2: Controlling Project Scope 505

Chapter 3: Controlling Your Schedule 525

Chapter 4: Controlling Cost and Using Earned Value 543

Book VIII: Controlling Quality, Risks, and Contracts 571

Chapter 1: Controlling Quality 573

Chapter 2: Reporting—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 597

Chapter 3: Managing Your Risks and Procurements 621

Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics 645

Chapter 1: Closing Your Contracts and Your Project 647

Chapter 2: The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 671

Appendix A: What's on the CD 691

Appendix B: Practice Test 695

Appendix C: Lab Work 723

Appendix D: Exam Objective Cross Walk 749

Glossary 763

Index 801