PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide - Kim Heldman

PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide

Updated for the 2015 Exam

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Buch | Softcover
672 Seiten
2015 | 8th Edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-17967-2 (ISBN)
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The ultimate PMP® exam prep guide, updated for the 2015 exam


PMP® Study Guide, 8th Edition is a complete resource for PMP® exam preparation, featuring full coverage of
all exam objectives, hands–on practice, and plenty of interactive tools. Fully updated to reflect the Project Management Institute′s latest changes to the exam, this new edition includes the revised best practices in alignment with PMBOK® 5th edition. You′ll find detailed discussion on a wide range of project management topics, concepts, and key terms, alongside frequent opportunities to gain hands–on practice using these skills in typical workplace scenarios. Each chapter includes comprehensive review questions to help you gauge your understanding, and you also gain access to the Sybex interactive online learning environment that features electronic flash cards, chapter tests, practice exams, and more.
The IT marketplace demands certified project management professionals, and the PMP® certification was created specifically to address that demand. Now considered the premier project management credential, the PMP requires candidates to undergo a grueling four–hour exam. This book gives you everything you need to improve your skills and take the exam with confidence.




Get hands–on practice in real–world scenarios
Relate each objective to your current project
Test your understanding with practice tests and more


The PMP® Study Guide is your ultimate preparation resource for passing the PMP®.


(PMI, PMBOK, CAPM, PMP, and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)

Kim Heldman, PMP, is the Chief Information Officer for the Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado. She has over 25 years of experience in project management and more than 18 years of experience in senior management positions. Kim is the author of several books on project management, including Project Management JumpStart, 3rd Edition, and the seven previous editions of the bestselling PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide. You can visit Kim′s website at www.kimheldman.com.

Introduction xxi
Assessment Test xxxii


Chapter 1 What Is a Project? 1


Is It a Project? 2


Projects vs. Operations 3


Stakeholders 5


Project Characteristics 7


What Is Project Management? 7


Programs 8


Portfolios 9


Project Management Offices 10


Skills Every Good Project Manager Needs 12


Communication Skills 13


Organizational and Planning Skills 13


Conflict Management Skills 14


Negotiation and Influencing Skills 14


Leadership Skills 15


Team ]Building and Motivating Skills 15


Role of a Project Manager 16


Understanding Organizational Structures 16


Functional Organizations 17


Projectized Organizations 20


Matrix Organizations 22


Project ]Based Organizations 26


Understanding Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes 26


Project Phases and Project Life Cycles 26


Project Management Process Groups 29


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 36


Summary 36


Exam Essentials 37


Review Questions 39


Chapter 2 Creating the Project Charter 45


Exploring the Project Management Knowledge Areas 47


Project Integration Management 49


Project Scope Management 50


Project Time Management 51


Project Cost Management 51


Project Quality Management 52


Project Human Resource Management 53


Project Communications Management 54


Project Risk Management 55


Project Procurement Management 55


Project Stakeholder Management 56


Understanding How Projects Come About 56


Needs and Demands 57


Feasibility Studies 59


Performing Project Selection and Assessment 60


Using Project Selection Methods 62


Applying Project Selection Methods 68


Kicking Off the Project Charter 70


Project Statement of Work 70


Business Case 71


Agreements 72


Enterprise Environmental Factors 72


Organizational Process Assets 73


Tools and Techniques 75


Formalizing and Publishing the Project Charter 75


Pulling the Project Charter Together 76


Key Stakeholders 76


Project Charter Sign ]Off 79


Identifying Stakeholders 79


Identify Stakeholders Inputs 79


Stakeholder Analysis 80


Stakeholder Register and Strategy 83


Introducing the Kitchen Heaven Project Case Study 83


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 87


Summary 88


Exam Essentials 89


Review Questions 91


Chapter 3 Developing the Project Scope Statement 97


Developing the Project Management Plan 99


Developing Inputs 100


Documenting the Project Management Plan 102


Plan Scope Management 104


Understanding the Plan Scope Management Inputs 105


Using Plan Scope Management Tools and Techniques 106


Documenting the Scope Management Plan 107


Documenting the Requirements Management Plan 107


Collecting Requirements 108


Using the Tools and Techniques of the Collect Requirements Process 110


Documenting Requirements 112


Defining Scope 115


Product Analysis 116


Alternatives Generation 117


Writing the Project Scope Statement 118


Understanding the Scope Statement Components 118


Approving and Publishing the Project Scope Statement 125


Updating the Project Documents 125


Creating the Work Breakdown Structure 126


Gathering the WBS Inputs 127


Decomposing the Deliverables 128


Constructing the WBS 129


Creating WBS Process Outputs 137


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 141


Summary 142


Exam Essentials 143


Review Questions 145


Chapter 4 Creating the Project Schedule 151


Creating the Schedule Management Plan 152


Defining Activities 154


Define Activities Process Inputs 154


Tools and Techniques for Defining Activities 154


Define Activities Outputs 155


Understanding the Sequence Activities Process 156


Sequence Activities Tools and Techniques 157


Sequence Activities Outputs 162


Estimating Activity Resources 162


Estimate Activity Resources Inputs 163


Estimate Activity Resources Tools and Techniques 164


Estimate Activity Resources Outputs 165


Estimating Activity Durations 165


Estimate Activity Durations Inputs 166


Estimate Activity Durations Tools and Techniques 166


Estimate Activity Durations Outputs 170


Developing the Project Schedule 171


Develop Schedule Inputs 172


Develop Schedule Tools and Techniques 173


Scheduling Process Outputs 185


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 194


Summary 195


Exam Essentials 196


Review Questions 198


Chapter 5 Developing the Project Budget and Communicating the Plan 205


Creating the Project Cost Management Plan 206


Performing Plan Cost Management 207


Creating the Cost Management Plan 207


Estimating Costs 209


Estimate Costs Inputs 210


Tools and Techniques to Estimate Costs 212


Estimate Costs Process Outputs 214


Establishing the Cost Baseline 215


Determine Budget Inputs 216


Determine Budget Tools and Techniques 217


Determine Budget Process Outputs 218


Understanding Stakeholders 221


Analyzing Stakeholders 222


Stakeholder Management Plan 223


Communicating the Plan 224


Plan Communications Management Inputs 224


Tools and Techniques for Plan Communications Management 225


Plan Communications Management Outputs 229


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 233


Summary 234


Exam Essentials 235


Review Questions 236


Chapter 6 Risk Planning 241


Planning for Risks 242


Planning Your Risk Management 243


Plan Risk Management Inputs 244


Tools and Techniques for Plan Risk Management 245


Creating the Risk Management Plan 246


Identifying Potential Risk 251


Identify Risks Inputs 252


Tools and Techniques for Identify Risks 254


Identify Risks Outputs 260


Analyzing Risks Using Qualitative Techniques 261


Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Inputs 262


Tools and Techniques for Perform Qualitative


Risk Analysis 262


Ranking Risks in the Risk Register 269


Quantifying Risk 269


Tools and Techniques for Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 270


Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Outputs 275


Developing a Risk Response Plan 276


Tools and Techniques for Plan Risk Responses 277


Plan Risk Responses Outputs 281


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 285


Summary 286


Exam Essentials 287


Review Questions 289


Chapter 7 Planning Project Resources 295


Procurement Planning 296


Plan Procurement Management Inputs 297


Tools and Techniques for Plan Procurement Management 299


Plan Procurement Management Outputs 304


Developing the Human Resource Management Plan 310


Plan Human Resource Management Inputs 310


Plan Human Resource Management Tools and Techniques 313


Plan Human Resource Management Outputs 315


Quality Planning 318


Plan Quality Management Inputs 318


Tools and Techniques for Plan Quality Management 320


Plan Quality Management Outputs 327


Bringing It All Together 330


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 335


Summary 336


Exam Essentials 337


Review Questions 338


Chapter 8 Developing the Project Team 343


Directing and Managing Project Work 344


Direct and Manage Project Work Inputs 346


Tools and Techniques of Direct and Manage Project Work 347


Outputs of Direct and Manage Project Work 347


Acquiring the Project Team 351


Acquire Project Team Inputs 351


Tools and Techniques of Acquire Project Team 352


Outputs of Acquire Project Team 354


Developing the Project Team 355


Tools and Techniques of Develop Project Team 356


Outputs of Develop Project Team 371


Managing Project Teams 372


Tools and Techniques for Managing Teams 372


Managing Project Team Outputs 377


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 380


Summary 381


Exam Essentials 382


Review Questions 383


Chapter 9 Conducting Procurements and Sharing Information 389


Conducting Procurements 390


Conduct Procurements Tools and Techniques 391


Conduct Procurements Outputs 397


Laying Out Quality Assurance Procedures 399


Inputs to Perform Quality Assurance 400


Perform Quality Assurance Tools and Techniques 400


Perform Quality Assurance Outputs 403


Managing Project Information 404


Tools and Techniques of Manage Communications 405


Output of Manage Communications 409


Managing Stakeholder Engagement 411


Manage Stakeholder Engagement Inputs 412


Tools and Techniques for Manage Stakeholder Engagement 412


Manage Stakeholder Engagement Outputs 412


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 416


Summary 417


Exam Essentials 418


Review Questions 419


Chapter 10 Measuring and Controlling Project Performance 425


Monitoring and Controlling Project Work 427


Monitor and Control Project Work Inputs 428


Monitor and Control Project Work Outputs 430


Controlling Procurements 432


Controlling Procurements Inputs 433


Control Procurements Tools and Techniques 434


Managing Control Procurements Outputs 436


Controlling Communications 439


Control Communications Inputs 439


Control Communications Tools and Techniques 440


Control Communications Outputs 442


Managing Perform Integrated Change Control 444


How Change Occurs 445


Change Control Concerns 446


Configuration Control 447


Change Control System 448


Perform Integrated Change Control Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs 451


Controlling Stakeholder Engagement 453


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 456


Summary 457


Exam Essentials 457


Review Questions 459


Chapter 11 Controlling Work Results 465


Monitoring and Controlling Risk 466


Control Risks Inputs 467


Control Risks Tools and Techniques 468


Control Risks Outputs 469


Managing Cost Changes 470


Control Costs Inputs 471


Control Costs Tools and Techniques 471


Control Costs Outputs 481


Monitoring and Controlling Schedule Changes 485


Control Schedule Inputs 485


Control Schedule Tools and Techniques 485


Control Schedule Outputs 487


Utilizing Control Quality Techniques 488


Control Quality Inputs 488


Control Quality Tools and Techniques 489


Control Quality Outputs 497


Validating Project Scope 498


Controlling Scope 499


Control Scope Inputs 499


Control Scope Tools and Techniques 500


Control Scope Outputs 500


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 503


Summary 504


Exam Essentials 505


Review Questions 506


Chapter 12 Closing the Project and Applying Professional Responsibility 511


Formulating Project Closeout 513


Characteristics of Closing 514


Project Endings 514


Closing Out the Project 517


Administrative Closure Procedures 518


Close Project or Phase Inputs 519


Close Project or Phase Tools and Techniques 519


Close Project or Phase Outputs 520


Closing Out the Procurements 523


Close Procurements Inputs 524


Close Procurements Tools and Techniques 524


Close Procurements Outputs 524


Celebrate! 526


Releasing Project Team Members 526


Balancing Stakeholders Interests at Project Close 526


Competing Needs 527


Dealing with Issues and Problems 528


Balancing Constraints 528


Professional Responsibility 530


Responsibility 531


Respect 533


Fairness 536


Honesty 539


Role Delineation Study 541


Applying Professional Knowledge 541


Project Management Knowledge 541


Education Providers 542


Industry Knowledge 542


Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project 546


Summary 547


Exam Essentials 549


Appendices 555


Appendix A Answers to Review Questions 557


Appendix B Process Inputs and Outputs 577


Initiating Processes 578


Planning Processes 579


Executing Processes 588


Monitoring and Controlling Processes 591


Closing Processes 596


Index 597

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 188 x 232 mm
Gewicht 1120 g
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Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Projektmanagement
ISBN-10 1-119-17967-X / 111917967X
ISBN-13 978-1-119-17967-2 / 9781119179672
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