- Cover Page
- PMP® Project Management Professional Study Guide
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Project Initiation
- 1 Introducing Project Management
- 2 Examining the Project Life Cycle and the Organization
- 3 Adapting the Project Management Processes
- Part II PMP Exam Essentials
- 4 Implementing Project Integration Management
- 5 Managing the Project Scope
- 6 Introducing Project Time Management
- Defining the Project Activities
- Sequencing Project Activities
- Examining the Sequencing Outputs
- Considering the Resource Requirements
- Estimating Activity Durations
- Developing the Project Schedule
- Defining the Project Timeline
- Performing Schedule Network Analysis
- Calculating Float in a PND
- Using the Critical Chain Method
- Encountering Scheduling on the PMP Exam
- Applying Duration Compression
- Using a Project Simulation
- Using Resource-Leveling Heuristics
- Using Project Management Software
- Relying on a Project Coding Structure
- Examining the Project Schedule
- Utilizing the Schedule Management Plan
- Updating the Resource Requirements
- Controlling the Project Schedule
- Two-Minute Drill
- Self Test
- 7 Introducing Project Cost Management
- Estimating the Project Costs
- Analyzing Cost Estimating Results
- Creating a Project Budget
- Implementing Cost Control
- Measuring Project Performance
- Finding the Variances
- Calculating the Cost Performance Index
- Finding the Schedule Performance Index
- Preparing for the Estimate at Completion
- Finding the Estimate to Complete
- Calculating the To-Complete Performance Index
- Finding the Variance at Completion
- The Five EVM Formula Rules
- Additional Planning
- Using Computers
- Considering the Cost Control Results
- Two-Minute Drill
- Self Test
- 8 Introducing Project Quality Management
- The Big Quality Picture
- Preparing for Quality
- Planning for Quality
- Executing Quality Assurance
- Implementing Quality Control
- Preparing for Quality Control
- Inspecting Results
- Creating a Flow Chart
- Creating a Control Chart
- Creating Pareto Diagrams
- Creating a Histogram
- Creating a Run Chart
- Creating a Scatter Diagram
- Completing a Statistical Sampling
- Revisiting Flowcharting
- Applying Trend Analysis
- The Results of Quality Control
- Two-Minute Drill
- Self Test
- 9 Introducing Project Human Resource Management
- 10 Introducing Project Communications Management
- 11 Introducing Project Risk Management
- Planning for Risk Management
- Creating the Risk Management Plan
- Identifying Risks
- Preparing for Risk Identification
- Relying on Project Planning
- Identifying the Project Risks
- Reviewing Project Documents
- Testing the Assumptions
- Brainstorming the Project
- Using the Delphi Technique
- Identifying Risks Through Interviews
- Analyzing SWOT
- Utilizing Diagramming Techniques
- Creating a Risk Register
- Using Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Preparing for Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Planning for Risk Responses
- Preparing for Risk Response
- Creating Risk Responses
- Avoiding the Negative Risk and Threats
- Transferring the Negative Risk
- Mitigating the Negative Risk
- Managing the Positive Risk and Opportunities
- Accepting the Risks
- Examining the Results of Risk Response Planning
- Working with Residual Risks
- Accounting for Secondary Risks
- Creating Contracts for Risk Response
- Justifying Risk Reduction
- Updating the Project Plan
- Implementing Risk Monitoring and Control
- Two-Minute Drill
- Self Test
- 12 Introducing Project Procurement Management
- 13 The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Part III Appendices
- Glossary
- Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Books, like projects, are never done alone.
Thank you to Peter Carr for keeping me on track and focused on the PMP exam objectives. Peter has been a great resource for ideas, practical application, and direction on the book’s content. Thank you, as well, to my friend and editor Tim Green for his guidance on this book and others. Thanks, Tim, for the phone calls, encouragement, and willingness to let me bounce ideas off you—I’m lucky to count you among my friends. Thank you, Meghan, for keeping me on track and this book organized through the updates. Kudos, Riley! Lisa McCoy, thank you for helping me be a better writer. Thanks also to the production teams at McGraw-Hill Professional and International Typesetting & Composition for your hard work in making this book a success.
I would also like to thank the hundreds of folks that have attended my PMP Boot Camps over the past couple of years. Your questions, conversations, and recommendations have helped me write a better book. A big thank you to my friends Fred and Carin McBroom, Martha Thieme, Mike and Kelly Favory, John and Cara Konzelmann, and Greg and Mary Huebner. Finally, thanks to my parents, Don and Virginia Phillips, and my old, old brothers Steve, Mark, Sam, and Ben.
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