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®)
