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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Starting Your PMP Journey
Chapter 1: Welcome to Your PMP
Certification Journey
PMP: Recognizing the Global Standard
Introducing the Project Management Institute
Professional Skill Sets: Excelling with the PMI Talent
Triangle
, Exploring Process Groups, Knowledge Areas, and Project
Management Processes
Chapter 2: Get Ready For the PMP Exam!
Do You Have What It Takes?
License and Registration, Please
Getting Familiar with PMP Exam Domains
Some Guidance on the PMBOK Guide
Getting Ready for the PMP Examination: The Basics
Chapter 3: Getting into the Right PMI
Mindset
Discovering the Dos and Don’ts
Spotting the Scenario
Understanding the ABCs of PMI
Chapter 4: Maintaining Your PMP Credential
Keeping Your PMP Credential Once You’ve Earned It
Getting Those PDUs
Earning (and Keeping) Your Credentials
Taking Action If Your Certification Cycle Lapses
Chapter 5: Taking a Pre-Assessment
Questions
Answer Key
How Did You Do?
Part 2: What Is Project Management Really?
Chapter 6: An Overview of Projects
What Are Projects?
Why Do We Have Projects?
Where Do Projects Happen?
Chapter 7: Project Management Key
Concepts
Defining Project Management
Finding a Reason for the Project Management Season
Shifting from Outputs to Outcomes
, Center of the Universe: The Project Manager
Comparing Different PMs: Product Management versus
Project Management
Exploring Additional Foundational Concepts
Part 3: The Environment in Which Projects
Operate
Chapter 8: Project, Program, Portfolio, and
Operations Management
Organizing the Way You Manage Projects
Looking at Operations Management
Defining the Role of Organizational and Project
Governance
Creating a Project Management Office
Test Your Knowledge: Supportive, Controlling, and
Directive PMOs
Deciding How Much Governance Is Needed
Answer Key: Supportive, Controlling, and Directive PMOs
Chapter 9: Organizational Influences
OPAs: Knowing Your Internal Policies and Procedures
EEFs: Gaining Awareness of the Environment
Test Your Knowledge: OPA or EEF
Answer Key: OPA or EEF
Chapter 10: Roles and Functions That Drive
Project Delivery
The Project Manager
The Sponsor
The Product Owner
The Customer and End User
The Project Team
The Program Manager
The Portfolio Manager
Stakeholders and Key Stakeholders
Dummies®
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Starting Your PMP Journey
Chapter 1: Welcome to Your PMP
Certification Journey
PMP: Recognizing the Global Standard
Introducing the Project Management Institute
Professional Skill Sets: Excelling with the PMI Talent
Triangle
, Exploring Process Groups, Knowledge Areas, and Project
Management Processes
Chapter 2: Get Ready For the PMP Exam!
Do You Have What It Takes?
License and Registration, Please
Getting Familiar with PMP Exam Domains
Some Guidance on the PMBOK Guide
Getting Ready for the PMP Examination: The Basics
Chapter 3: Getting into the Right PMI
Mindset
Discovering the Dos and Don’ts
Spotting the Scenario
Understanding the ABCs of PMI
Chapter 4: Maintaining Your PMP Credential
Keeping Your PMP Credential Once You’ve Earned It
Getting Those PDUs
Earning (and Keeping) Your Credentials
Taking Action If Your Certification Cycle Lapses
Chapter 5: Taking a Pre-Assessment
Questions
Answer Key
How Did You Do?
Part 2: What Is Project Management Really?
Chapter 6: An Overview of Projects
What Are Projects?
Why Do We Have Projects?
Where Do Projects Happen?
Chapter 7: Project Management Key
Concepts
Defining Project Management
Finding a Reason for the Project Management Season
Shifting from Outputs to Outcomes
, Center of the Universe: The Project Manager
Comparing Different PMs: Product Management versus
Project Management
Exploring Additional Foundational Concepts
Part 3: The Environment in Which Projects
Operate
Chapter 8: Project, Program, Portfolio, and
Operations Management
Organizing the Way You Manage Projects
Looking at Operations Management
Defining the Role of Organizational and Project
Governance
Creating a Project Management Office
Test Your Knowledge: Supportive, Controlling, and
Directive PMOs
Deciding How Much Governance Is Needed
Answer Key: Supportive, Controlling, and Directive PMOs
Chapter 9: Organizational Influences
OPAs: Knowing Your Internal Policies and Procedures
EEFs: Gaining Awareness of the Environment
Test Your Knowledge: OPA or EEF
Answer Key: OPA or EEF
Chapter 10: Roles and Functions That Drive
Project Delivery
The Project Manager
The Sponsor
The Product Owner
The Customer and End User
The Project Team
The Program Manager
The Portfolio Manager
Stakeholders and Key Stakeholders
