PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies

Introduction 1 Book I: PMP Foundation 9 Chapter 1: The PMP Exam 11 Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management 25 Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures, and Organizational Process Assets 41 Chapter 4: It's All about the Process 61 Book II: Starting Off Right 91 Chapter 1: OMG! It's a Project! 93 Chapter 2: Chartering Your Project 113 Chapter 3: Identifying Project Stakeholders 133 Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule 151 Chapter 1: Constructing the Project Management Plan 153 Chapter 2: Defi ning Project Scope 175 Chapter 3: Creating Your Schedule 211 Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication 261 Chapter 1: Estimating the Price Tag 263 Chapter 2: Planning for Quality 289 Chapter 3: Identifying Your Team Members 313 Chapter 4: 90 Percent of Your Job Is Communication 329 Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management 347 Chapter 1: Identifying What Could Go Wrong 349 Chapter 2: Getting Help -- Procuring Project Scope 395 Chapter 3: Who Are All These People? Planning Stakeholder Management 419 Book VI: Managing Your Project 433 Chapter 1: Managing the Work and Assuring Quality 435 Chapter 2: Managing the People Side of Your Project 459 Chapter 3: Getting the Word Out to Stakeholders and Contractors 493 Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule 519 Chapter 1: Monitoring, Controlling, and Managing Change 521 Chapter 2: Controlling Project Scope 555 Chapter 3: Controlling Your Schedule 573 Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More 591 Chapter 1: Controlling Cost and Using Earned Value 593 Chapter 2: Controlling Quality 623 Chapter 3: Controlling Communications and Stakeholders 647 Chapter 4: Managing Your Risks and Procurements 661 Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 687 Chapter 1: Closing Your Contracts and Your Project 689 Chapter 2: The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 713 Appendix A: What's on the Website 733 Appendix B: Practice Test 737 Appendix C: Lab Work 765 Appendix D: Exam Objective Cross Walk 791 Appendix E: Glossary 803 Index 843