About the Book
PMP Certification All-In-One For Dummies 2e is completely updated to reflect changes coming to the PMBOK. The book provides the reader with 800+ pages of fresh, new, and totally up-to-date comprehensive content designed to correlate with the knowledge tested in the domains of the PMBOK as required to be PMP certified. The book also helps the reader navigate the various requirements to become PMP certified.
About the Author
Cynthia Snyder (Idyllwild, CA) is a professional project management consultant, instructor and author. She has written six books on project management and PMP topics and is an active volunteer with the Project Management Institute. In 2009 she won the Distinguished Contribution Award for her contributions to the profession. In the past she has served on the Standards Member Advisory Group and was Chair of the Chapter Leadership Development and Excellence Committee for 2003 -- 2005. Cyndi is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and earned her MBA from Pepperdine University.
Table of Contents: Introduction
Book I: PMP Foundation
Chapter 1: The PMP Exam
Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management
Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures, and Organizational Process Assets
Chapter 4: It's All about the Process
Book II: Starting Off Right
Chapter 1: OMG! It's a Project!
Chapter 2: Chartering Your Project
Chapter 3: Identifying Project Stakeholders
Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule
Chapter 1: Constructing the Project Management Plan
Chapter 2: Defi ning Project Scope
Chapter 3: Creating Your Schedule
Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication
Chapter 1: Estimating the Price Tag
Chapter 2: Planning for Quality
Chapter 3: Identifying Your Team Members
Chapter 4: 90 Percent of Your Job Is Communication
Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
Chapter 1: Identifying What Could Go Wrong
Chapter 2: Getting Help -- Procuring Project Scope 395
Chapter 3: Who Are All These People? Planning Stakeholder Management
Book VI: Managing Your Project
Chapter 1: Managing the Work and Assuring Quality
Chapter 2: Managing the People Side of Your Project
Chapter 3: Getting the Word Out to Stakeholders and Contractors
Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule
Chapter 1: Monitoring, Controlling, and Managing Change
Chapter 2: Controlling Project Scope
Chapter 3: Controlling Your Schedule
Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More
Chapter 1: Controlling Cost and Using Earned Value
Chapter 2: Controlling Quality
Chapter 3: Controlling Communications and Stakeholders
Chapter 4: Managing Your Risks and Procurements
Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Chapter 1: Closing Your Contracts and Your Project
Chapter 2: The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Appendix A: What's on the Website
Appendix B: Practice Test
Appendix C: Lab Work
Appendix D: Exam Objective Cross Walk
Appendix E: Glossary
Index