The PMP® Certification Exam Study Guide

The PMP® Certification Exam Study Guide facilitates the knowledge and confidence needed to achieve the highly sought after PMP® credential. Covering the nine knowledge areas and 42 processes covered in the actual examination, it contains more than 500 questions, memorization games, study tips, equations, and a glossary. The book is filled with flowcharts and graphs that illustrate process input, tools, techniques, output, and interaction. To boost test-taking confidence, it includes a CD with exercise questions and two posters for process visualization. Each chapter contains self-tests with detailed answer keys to help you better understand the questions that will appear on the exam. Helpful study tips, supplementary exercises, and important reminders for the day of the examination are also included in each chapter to help ensure you are ready to achieve PMP® certification the first time around.

Table of Contents:
Introduction to PMP® preparatory Introduction The Project Management Institute - PMI® Eligibility for PMP® Certification Information about PMP® exam Didactic material presentation Study plan Study recommendations Initial test Answer key Project management fundamentals Introduction What is a project? Project life cycle What is project management? Relationship between project management process groups Project management benefits Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) Areas of expertise Project management context The project manager Stakeholders Organizational influences on the project Environmental factors applied to project management Attachment I Project selection Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project management processes Introduction Project management process groups Interaction among process groups Project management knowledge areas Knowledge areas overview Project management process mapping Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Integration Management Introduction Project Integration Management processes Integration management in project initiating Integration management in project planning Integration management in project executing Integration management in project monitoring and controlling Integration management in project closing Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Scope Management Introduction Project Scope Management processes Product scope versus project scope Scope management in project planning Scope management in project monitoring and controlling Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Time Management Introduction Project Time Management processes Time management in project planning Time management in project monitoring and controlling Attachment I Project Planning concepts and techniques Attachment II Supplementary reading on activity resource estimates Attachment III Supplementary reading on activity duration estimates Attachment IV Supplementary reading on network diagrams Attachment V Supplementary reading on bar schedule Attachment VI Supplementary reading on critical chain method Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Cost Management Introduction Project Cost Management processes Costs in projects Project account plan Cost management plan Cost management in project planning Cost management in project monitoring and controlling Attachment I Cost of Quality Attachment II Earned Value Management Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Quality Management Introduction Project Quality Management processes Quality management in project planning Quality management in project executing Quality management in project monitoring and controlling Attachment I Theorists of the quality and their principles Attachment II Tools of quality Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Human Resource Management Introduction Project Human Resource Management processes Human resource management in project planning Human resource management in project executing Attachment I Further reading on conflicts in projects Attachment II Supplementary study for the exam Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Communications Management Introduction Project Communications Management processes Communications management in project initiating Communications management in project planning Communications management in project executing Communications management in project monitoring and controlling Attachment I Identification and management of stakeholders Attachment II Further reading on communication in projects Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Risk Management Introduction General considerations on Project Risk Management Risk management in project planning Risk management in project monitoring and controlling Attachment I Risks in projects Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Project Procurement Management Introduction General considerations on Project Procurement Management Procurement management in project planning Procurement management in project executing Procurement management in project monitoring and controlling Procurement management in project closing Attachment I Procurements in projects Additional information and reminders for the exam Supplementary exercises Questions Answer key Ethics and professional responsibility Introduction Vision and purpose of the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct Areas addressed by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct Responsibility Respect Fairness Honesty Additional information and reminders for the exam Questions Answer key Appendix 1 Preparation for the exam day Appendix 2 Glossary Index

About the Author :
Rosaldo de Jesus Nocêra As the author of 12 books addressing variations of the work planning and control subject, some of which have been adopted in academic teaching, Rosaldo de Jesus Nocêra has always worked in the project management field. His professional experience has been developed mainly in managing projects, working for more than 20 years with implementing large projects. The author has worked as a civil engineer and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with postgraduate studies in industrial buildings, he is certified as a PMP® (Project Management Professional) by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as well as a MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Project Management with Project 2007) by Microsoft. He was the first civil engineer in Brazil to achieve the PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional) certification. Also, he is certified as a PMI-RMP (Risks Management Professional). As a businessman and consultant, he has provided project management consulting services for large companies, including multinational companies, in addition to leading courses along with his team of instructors in São Paulo across company and institutions in different Brazilian cities. His books and courses on work planning and control with MS-Project did much to refine the technique of civil construction professionals and to professionalize jobsite work. Nowadays, taking a step further in fulfilling the purpose of sharing his experience, he is publishing this book, the first one of its kind to be published by a Brazilian author. The author hopes this book will be a guide for all professionals interested in achieving the PMP® certification. After reaching that goal, the author is at readers’ disposal by e-mail at nocera@rjn.com.br. For information on other books and training, visit www.rjn.com.br.

Review :
Training and qualifying people are the core of Rosaldo Nocêra’s work. A work that follows the impeccable care of his other publications, now focused on the PMP® certification by the PMI®, a leading certification in the market, with more than 300,000 certified professionals in 180 countries. —Ricardo Viana Vargas, MSc, CSM, PMP, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Project Management Institute (PMI®)