Table of Contents
The Project Management Institute
What’s New in the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition
Registering for the PMP Certification Exam
Pearson IT Certification Practice Test Engine and Questions on the CD
CHAPTER 1: Project Management Framework Fundamentals
The Project Management Framework
What a Project Is and What It Is Not
Changes in the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition
Project Management Knowledge Areas
Working with Organizational Politics and Influences
Differentiating Functional, Matrix, and Projectized Organizational Structures
Understanding Enterprise Environmental Factors
Project Life Cycle and Organization
Understanding Project Life Cycles
Project Management Process Groups
Understanding Project Life Cycle and Project Management Processes Relationships
Processes, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas
Understanding Process Interaction Customization
CHAPTER 2: Professional and Social Responsibility
The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Aspirational and Mandatory Conduct
Aspirational Standards for Responsibility
Mandatory Standards for Responsibility
Aspirational Standards for Respect
Mandatory Standards for Respect
Aspirational Standards for Fairness
Mandatory Standards for Fairness
Aspirational Standards for Honesty
Mandatory Standards for Honesty
Qualifications, Experience, and Performance of Professional Services
CHAPTER 3: Understand Project Initiating
The Purpose of Initiating a Project
The Project Charter and Its Purpose
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
What the Project Manager Needs to Know
Using Management by Objectives
Accounting Concepts Used with Initiating Processes
CHAPTER 4: Examine Project Planning
Understanding PMI’s Planning Process Group
Work Breakdown Structure: A Common and Dangerous Omission
Activity Planning—From WBS to Project Schedule
Project Cost Estimating Factors
CHAPTER 5: Explore More Elements of Project Planning
Quality Theories and PMI Quality Management Approach
Quality Approaches and Project Management
Differences Among Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control
Identifying and Analyzing Communications Requirements
Risk Management Planning and Risk Response Planning
Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Risk Identification, Analysis, Response Planning, and Monitoring/Controlling
The Contract Statement of Work
The Procurement Management Plan
The Stakeholder Management Plan
CHAPTER 6: Understand Project Execution
Tools and Techniques for Managing Communications
CHAPTER 7: Investigate Project Monitoring and Controlling
Integration and Scope Management
Factors That Cause Project Change
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Validating and Controlling Project Scope
Time, Cost, and Quality Management
Manage the Project Schedule and Budget
Identifying Variance with Earned Value Management
Communications, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
Communicating How a Project Is Performing
Control Stakeholder Engagement
CHAPTER 8: Explain Project Closing
Closing a Project or Phase Criteria
Ending a Procurement or a Project