PMP Certification For Dummies

* The know-how people need to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, the world's most recognized professional project management credential
* Quick Assessment questions at the beginning and Prep Tests at the end of each chapter enhance the reader's understanding of the material
* Shows how to spot trick questions designed to challenge critical thinking skills
* Explains how to interpret questions and offers tips for budgeting valuable test-taking time
* CD-ROM contains practice exams,
* hundreds of sample questions, timed and untimed versions of the test, and the ability to save test results to measure progress

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: PMP Certification Exam and PM Overview.

  Chapter 1: The PMP Certification Exam.

  Chapter 2: Exam Basics and Study Tips.

  Chapter 3: Project Management Basics.

  Chapter 4: Professional Responsibility.

Part II: Initiating the Project.

  Chapter 5: Determining Goals, Deliverables, Scope, and Initiation Processes.

  Chapter 6: Identifying Boundaries.

  Chapter 7: Opening the Project.

Part III: Planning the Project.

  Chapter 8: Refining the Project.

  Chapter 9: Creating the Work Breakdown Structure.

  Chapter 10: Establishing Project Controls.

Part IV: Executing the Project.

  Chapter 11: Procuring Resources, Managing, and Reporting Progress.

Part V: Controlling and Closing the Project.

  Chapter 12: Ensuring Plan Compliance.

  Chapter 13: Taking Corrective Action.

  Chapter 14: Closing the Project.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

  Chapter 15: Ten Test Preparation Tips.

  Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Exam Day.

Part VII: Appendixes.

  Appendix A: Important Formulas.

  Appendix B: Practice Exam.

  Appendix C: About the CD-ROM.

  Index.