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El. knyga: Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam

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  • Leidėjas: O'Reilly Media
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781492029618
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Newly updated with the latest certification requirements, the fourth edition of the study guide for the PMP exam puts management principles into context through study puzzles, games and exercises as well as practice questions and exam strategies. Original.

Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK® Guide in a unique and inspiring way with Head First PMP. The updated fourth edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You’ll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book.

More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems. But studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy, even for experienced project managers.

This book will help you:

  • Learn PMP’s underlying concepts to help you understand the PMBOK principles and pass the certification exam with flying colors
  • Get 100% coverage of the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition
  • Make use of a thorough and effective preparation guide with hundreds of practice questions and exam strategies
  • Explore the material through puzzles, games, problems, and exercises that make learning easy and entertaining

Head First PMP puts project management principles into context to help you understand, remember, and apply them—not just on the exam, but also on the job.

Why does this book look so different?

Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, Head First PMP uses a visually rich format to engage your mind, rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multi-sensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.

Intro: Your brain on PMP.
Here you are trying to learn something, while here your brain is doing you a favor by making sure the learning doesn't stick.
Your brain's thinking, "Better leave room for more important things, like which wild animals to avoid and whether naked snowboarding is a bad idea.
So how do you trick your brain into thinking that your life depends on knowing enough to get through the PMP exam?
Who is this book for?
xxvi
We know what you're thinking
xxvii
Metacognition: thinking about thinking
xxix
Here's what you can do to bend your brain into submission
xxxi
Read me
xxxii
Acknowledgments
xxxiii
1 Introduction: Why get certified?
Tired of facing the same old problems?
If you've worked on a lot of projects, you know that you face the same problems, over and over again.
It's time to learn some common solutions to those problems.
There's a whole lot that project managers have learned over the years, and passing the PMP exam is your ticket to putting that wisdom into practice.
Get ready to change the way you manage your projects forever.
Do these problems seem familiar?
2(2)
Projects don't have to be this way
4(1)
Your problems...already solved
5(1)
What you need to be a good project manager
6(4)
Understand your company's big picture
10(1)
Your project has value
11(1)
Your project follows a lifecycle
12(2)
Portfolios, programs, and projects have a lot in common
14(1)
Portfolios, programs, and projects all use charters
15(4)
What a project IS...
19(1)
...and what a project is not
19(2)
A day in the life of a project manager
21(2)
How project managers run great projects
23(1)
Project management offices help you do a good job, every time
24(1)
Good leadership helps the team work together
25(1)
Project teams are made of people
26(2)
Operations management handles the processes that make your company tick
28(4)
A PMP certification is more than just passing a test
32(1)
Meet a real-life PMP-certified project manager
33(1)
Exam Questions
34(6)
2 Organizations, constraints, and projects
In good company: If you want something done right...better hope you're in the right kind of organization.
All projects are about teamwork-but how your team works depends a lot on the type of organization you're in.
In this chapter, you'll learn about the different types of organizations around-and which type you should look for the next time you need a new job.
A day in Kate's life
40(1)
Kate wants a new job
41(3)
There are different types of organizational structures
44(2)
A few more types of organizations
46(1)
PMOs can be supportive, controlling, or directive
47(4)
Kate takes a new job
51(1)
Back to Kate's maintenance nightmare
52(2)
Managing project constraints
54(5)
Don't reinvent the wheel
59(1)
You can't manage your project in a vacuum
60(1)
Kate's project needs to follow company processes
61(1)
Kate makes some changes...
62(1)
...and her project is a success!
63(3)
Exam Questions
66(6)
3 The process frame work
It all fits together: All of the work you do on a project is made up of processes.
Once you know how all the processes in your project fit together, it's easy to remember everything you need to know for the PMP exam.
There's a pattern to all of the work that gets done on your project.
First you plan it, then you get to work. While you are doing the work, you are always comparing your project to your original plan.
When things start to get off-plan, it's your job to make corrections and put everything back on track.
And the process framework-the process groups and knowledge areas-is the key to all of this happening smoothly.
Cooking up a project
72(2)
Projects are like recipes
74(2)
If your project's really big, you can manage it in phases
76(1)
Phases can also overlap
77(1)
Break it down
78(3)
Anatomy of a process
81(3)
Combine processes to complete your project
84(1)
Knowledge areas organize the processes
85(5)
The project manager's role
90(2)
Leadership is different than management
92(7)
The benefits of successful project management
99(2)
Exam Questions
101(10)
4 Project Integration Management: Getting the Job Done
Want to make success look easy?
It's not as hard as you think.
In this chapter, you'll learn about a few processes you can use in your projects every day.
Put these into place, and your sponsors and stakeholders will be happier than ever.
Get ready for Integration Management.
The day-to-day work of a project manager
111(1)
The seven Integration Management processes
112(3)
Start your project with the Initiating processes
115(1)
Integration Management and the process groups
116(2)
The Develop Project Charter process
118(1)
Make the case for your project
119(3)
A closer look at the project charter
122(6)
Plan your project!
128(1)
The Project Management plan lets you plan ahead
129(2)
A quick look at all those subsidiary plans
131(3)
Question Clinic: The just-the-facts-ma'am question
134(2)
The Direct and Manage Project Work process
136(1)
The project team creates deliverables
137(1)
Executing the project includes repairing defects
138(2)
The Manage Project Knowledge process
140(1)
Knowledge is the lifeblood of any project
141(1)
Eventually, things WILL go wrong...
142(1)
Sometimes you need to change your plans
143(1)
Look for changes and deal with them
144(1)
Make only the changes that are right for your project
145(1)
How the processes interact with one another
146(1)
Changes, defects, and corrections
147(1)
Decide your changes in change control meetings
147(1)
Control your changes; use change control
148(2)
Preventing or correcting problems
150(2)
Finish the work, close the project
152(1)
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here
153(1)
So why Integration Management?
154(3)
Integration Management kept your project on track, and the teachers satisfied
157(9)
Exam Questions
166(17)
5 Scope Management: Doing The Right Stuff
Confused about exactly what you should be working on?
Once you have a good idea of what needs to be done, you need to track your scope as the project work is happening.
As each goal is accomplished, you confirm that all of the work has been done and make sure that the people who asked for it are satisfied with the result.
In this chapter, you'll learn the tools that help your project team set its goals and keep everybody on track.
It looks like we have a scope problem
183(2)
You've got to know what (and how) you will build before you build it
185(1)
The power of Scope Management
186(1)
The six Scope Management processes
187(1)
Plan your scoping processes
188(3)
Collect requirements for your project
191(1)
Talk to your stakeholders
192(1)
Make decisions about requirements
193(1)
Understand your requirements
194(1)
The stakeholders know a lot about the project already
194(2)
Use a questionnaire to get requirements from a bigger group of people
196(1)
A prototype shows users what your product will be like
197(1)
Now you're ready to write a requirements document
198(3)
Define the scope of the project
201(1)
How do you define the scope?
202(2)
The project scope statement tells you what you have to do
204(6)
Create the work breakdown structure
210(1)
The inputs for the WBS come from other processes
211(1)
Breaking down the work
212(2)
Decompose deliverables into work packages
214(8)
The project scope baseline is a snapshot of the plan
222(2)
The outputs of the Create WBS process
224(3)
Why scope changes
227(2)
The Control Scope process
229(1)
Anatomy of a change
230(2)
A closer look at the change control system
232(1)
Just two Control Scope tools and techniques
233(4)
Make sure the team delivered the right product
237(1)
The stakeholders give you criteria for deciding when you're done
238(24)
6 Time Management: Getting It Done On Time
Time management is what most people think of when they think of project managers.
It's where the deadlines are set and met.
It starts with figuring out the work you need to do, how you will do it, what resources you'll use, and how long it will take.
From there, it's all about developing and controlling that schedule.
Schedule management helps with aggressive timelines
262(4)
Plan your scheduling processes
266(2)
Use the Define Activities process to break down the work
268(1)
Tools and techniques for Define Activities
269(1)
Rolling wave planning lets you plan as you go
270(3)
Define activities outputs
273(2)
The Sequence Activities process puts everything in order
275(1)
Diagram the relationship between activities
276(1)
Network diagrams put your tasks in perspective
277(3)
Dependencies help you sequence your activities
280(1)
Leads and lags add time between activities
281(1)
Scheduling software can help you see the sequence of activities
282(1)
Create the network diagram
283(1)
Figuring out how long the project will take
284(3)
Estimation tools and techniques
287(3)
Create the duration estimate
290(7)
Use the critical path method to avoid big problems
297(1)
How to find the critical path
298(2)
Finding the float for any activity
300(2)
Float tells you how much extra time you have
302(3)
Figure out the early start and early finish
305(1)
Figure out the latest possible start and finish
306(1)
Add early and late durations to your diagrams
307(8)
Fast-tracking the project
315(1)
Use data analysis techniques when you build your schedule
316(1)
Other Develop Schedule tools and techniques
317(1)
Outputs of Develop Schedule
318(4)
Influence the factors that cause change
322(1)
Control Schedule inputs and outputs
323(2)
Measuring and reporting performance
325(1)
Control Schedule tools and techniques
326(13)
Exam Questions
339(11)
7 Cost Management: Watching The Bottom Line
Every project boils down to money.
If you had a bigger budget, you could probably get more people to do your project more quickly and deliver more.
That's why no project plan is complete until you come up with a budget.
But no matter whether your project is big or small, and no matter how many resources and activities are in it, the process for figuring out the bottom line is always the same!
Time to expand Head First Kitchen
350(1)
The renovation goes overboard
351(2)
Introducing the Cost Management processes
353(1)
Plan how you'll estimate, track, and control your costs
354(1)
Now you've got a consistent way to manage costs
355(1)
What Alice needs before she can estimate costs
356(3)
Other tools and techniques used in Estimate Costs
359(1)
Let's talk numbers
360(2)
Now Alice knows how much the Kitchen will cost
362(2)
The Determine Budget process
364(1)
What you need to build your budget
365(1)
Determine budget: how to build a budget
366(4)
Question Clinic: The red herring
370(2)
The Control Costs process is a lot like schedule control
372(3)
A few new tools and techniques
375(1)
Look at the schedule to figure out your budget
376(1)
How to calculate planned value
377(2)
Earned value tells you how you're doing
379(1)
How to calculate earned value
380(4)
Is your project behind or ahead of schedule?
384(2)
Are you over budget?
386(1)
The earned value management formulas
387(1)
Interpret CPI and SPI numbers to gauge your project
388(4)
Forecast what your project will look like when it's done
392(1)
Once you've got an estimate, you can calculate a variance!
393(3)
Finding missing information
396(3)
Keep your project on track with TCPI
399(1)
A high TCPI means a tight budget
400(11)
Exam Questions
411(13)
8 Quality Management: Getting It Right
It's not enough to make sure you get it done on time and under budget.
You need to be sure you make the right product to suit your stakeholders' needs.
Quality means making sure that you build what you said you would and that you do it as efficiently as you can.
That means trying not to make too many mistakes and always keeping your project working toward the goal of creating the right product!
What is quality?
424(1)
You need more than just tests to figure out quality
425(1)
Once you know what the product is supposed to do, it's easy to tell which tests pass and which fail
426(4)
"An ounce of prevention..."
430(3)
Plan Quality is how you prevent defects
433(3)
How to plan for quality 434 The Quality Management plan gives you what you need to manage quality
436(3)
Inspect your deliverables
439(1)
Use the planning outputs for Control Quality
440(1)
Tools for data gathering
441(1)
Tools for data analysis
442(1)
Inspection, testing, and product evaluation
443(1)
Tools for data representation
444(6)
Question Clinic: The which-one question
450(2)
Control Quality means finding and correcting defects
452(3)
Trouble at the Black Box 3000™ factory
455(1)
Introducing Manage Quality
456(1)
A closer look at some tools and techniques
457(1)
More ideas behind managing quality
458(5)
The Black Box 3000™ makes record profits!
463(7)
Exam Questions
470(10)
9 Human Resource Management: Getting The Team Together
Behind every successful project is a great team.
So how do you make sure that you get-and keep-the best possible team for your project?
You need to plan carefully, set up a good working environment, and negotiate for the best people you can find.
But it's not enough to put a good team together...
If you want your project to go well, you've got to keep the team motivated and deal with any conflicts that happen along the way.
Human resource management gives you the tools you need to get the best team for the job and lead them through a successful project.
Mike needs a new team
480(2)
Get your team together and keep them moving
482(2)
Figure out who you need on your team
484(3)
A closer look at the Plan Resource Management outputs
487(1)
Important components of the Resource Management plan
487(1)
The Resource Management plan
488(2)
What you need to estimate resources
490(1)
Estimating the resources
491(1)
Get the team together
492(4)
Develop your team
496(1)
Develop the team with your management skills
497(1)
Your interpersonal and team skills can make a big difference for your team
498(2)
Lead the team with your management skills
500(2)
Motivate your team
502(2)
Stages of team development
504(4)
Managing your team means solving problems
508(1)
Conflict management up close
509(1)
How to resolve a conflict
510(4)
Make sure to control resources to keep your project on track
514(1)
Outputs of the Control Resources process
515(12)
Exam Questions
527(9)
10 Communications Management: Getting the word out
Communications management is about keeping everybody in the loop.
Have you ever tried talking to someone in a really loud, crowded room?
That's what running a project is like if you don't get a handle on communications. Luckily, there's Communications.
Luckily, there's Communication Management, which is how to get everyone talking about the work that's being done, so that they all stay on the same page.
That way, everyone has the information they need to resolve any issues and keep the project moving forward.
Party at the Head First Lounge!
536(1)
But something's not right
537(1)
Anatomy of communication
538(2)
Get a handle on communication
540(6)
Tell everyone what's going on
546(2)
Get the message?
548(2)
More Manage Communications tools
550(3)
Let everyone know how the project's going
553(1)
Take a close look at the work being done
554(3)
Now you can get the word out
557(2)
People aren't talking!
559(1)
Count the channels of communication
560(3)
It's party time!
563(3)
Question Clinic: The calculation question
566(6)
Exam Questions
572(8)
11 Project Risk Management: Planning For The Unknown
Even the most carefully planned project can run into trouble.
No matter how well you plan, your project can always run into unexpected problems.
Team members get sick or quit, resources that you were depending on turn out to be unavailable-even the weather can throw you for a loop.
So does that mean that you're helpless against unknown problems? No!
You can use risk planning to identify potential problems that could cause trouble for your project, analyze how likely they'll be to occur, take action to prevent the risks you can avoid, and minimize the ones that you can't.
What's a risk?
580(1)
How you deal with risk
581(1)
Plan Risk Management
582(2)
Use a risk breakdown structure to categorize risks
584(2)
Anatomy of a risk
586(2)
What could happen to your project?
588(1)
Data-gathering techniques for Identify Risks
589(1)
More Identify Risks techniques
590(1)
Data analysis tools and techniques
590(2)
Where to look for risks
592(2)
Rank your risks
594(1)
Examine each risk in the register
595(1)
Data gathering
595(5)
Qualitative vs. quantitative analysis
600(1)
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
601(1)
First gather the data...
602(1)
...then analyze it
603(1)
Calculate the expected monetary value of your risks
604(2)
Decision tree analysis uses EMV to help you make choices
606(2)
Update the risk register based on your quantitative analysis results
608(2)
How do you respond to a risk?
610(3)
Add risk responses to the register
613(1)
Implement Risk Responses
614(1)
Risk response can find even more risks
615(2)
You can't plan for every risk at the start of the project
617(1)
Monitor Risks is another change control process
618(1)
How to monitor your risks
619(1)
More control risk tools and techniques
620(11)
Exam Questions
631(11)
12 Procurement Management: Getting some help
Some jobs are just too big for your company to do on its own.
Even when the job isn't too big, it may just be that you don't have the expertise or equipment to do it.
When that happens, you need to use Procurement Management to find another company to do the work for you.
If you find the right seller, choose the right kind of relationship, and make sure that the goals of the contract are met, you'll get the job done and your project will be a success.
Victim of her own success
642(1)
Calling in the cavalry
643(4)
Ask the legal expert
647(1)
Anatomy of an agreement
648(2)
Start with a plan for the whole project
650(6)
Types of contractual agreements
656(3)
More about contracts
659(1)
Figure out how you'll sort out potential sellers
660(3)
Get in touch with potential sellers
663(1)
Pick a partner
664(5)
Interpersonal and team skills: negotiation
669(1)
Data analysis: proposal evaluation
669(2)
Keep an eye on the contract
671(1)
Stay on top of the seller
672(6)
Kate closes the contract
678(1)
Hello, this is Technical Support. How can I help you?
678(1)
Question Clinic: BYO questions
679(4)
Exam Questions
683(7)
13 Stakeholder Management: Keeping Everyone Engaged
Project management is about knowing your audience.
If you don't get a handle on the people who are affected by your project, you might discover that they have needs you aren't meeting.
If your project is going to be successful, you've got to satisfy your stakeholders.
Luckily, there's Stakeholder Management, which you can use to understand your stakeholders and figure out what they need.
Once you really understand how important those needs are to your project, it's a lot easier to keep everyone satisfied.
Party at the Head First Lounge (again)!
690(1)
Not everybody is thrilled
691(1)
Understanding your stakeholders
692(2)
Find out who your stakeholders are
694(2)
Stakeholder analysis up close
696(6)
How engaged are your stakeholders?
702(3)
Managing stakeholder engagement means clearing up misunderstandings
705(5)
Monitor your stakeholders' engagement
710(2)
Now you can tell when you need to change the way you deal with stakeholders
712(4)
It's party time!
716(3)
Exam Questions
719(7)
14 Professional Responsibility: Making Good Choices
It's not enough to just know your stuff. You need to make good choices to be good at your job.
Everyone who has the PMP credential agrees to follow the Project Management Institute Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, too.
The Code helps you with ethical decisions that aren't really covered in the body of knowledge-and it's a big part of the PMP exam.
Most of what you need to know is really straightforward, and with a little review, you'll do well.
Doing the right thing
726(2)
Keep the cash?
728(1)
Fly business class?
729(1)
New software
730(1)
Shortcuts
731(1)
A good price or a clean river?
732(1)
We're not all angels
733(1)
Exam Questions
734(13)
15 A Little Last-Minute Review: Check Your Knowledge
Wow, you sure covered a lot of ground in the last 13 chapters!
Now it's time to take a look back and drill in some of the most important concepts that you learned.
That'll keep it all fresh and give your brain a final workout for exam day!
Here's how to do this next section
747(1)
Integration and Overall PMBOK® Questions
748(1)
Scope Questions
749(1)
Time Questions
750(1)
Cost Questions
751(1)
Quality Questions
752(1)
Human Resource Questions
753(1)
Communications Questions
754(1)
Risk Questions
755(1)
Procurement Questions
756(1)
Stakeholder Questions
757(1)
Great job! It looks like you're almost ready
757(6)
Integration Questions
763(1)
Scope Questions
764(1)
Time Questions
765(1)
Cost Questions
766(1)
Quality Questions
767(1)
Human Resource Questions
768(1)
Communications Questions
769(1)
Risk Questions
770(1)
Procurement Questions
771(1)
Stakeholder Questions
772(2)
16 Practice Makes Perfect: Practice PMP exam
Bet you never thought you'd make it this far!
It's been a long journey, but here you are, ready to review your knowledge and get ready for exam day.
You've put a lot of new information about project management into your brain, and now it's time to see just how much of it stuck.
That's why we put together this 200-question PMP practice exam for you.
It looks just like the one you're going to see when you take the real PMP exam.
Now's your time to flex your mental muscle.
So take a deep breath, get ready, and let's get started.
Exam Questions
774(44)
Exam Answers
818
Jennifer Greene is an enterprise agile transformation leader, an agile coach, development manager, project manager, speaker, and authority on software engineering practices and principles. She's been building software for over twenty years in many different domains including media, finance, and IT consulting. She's led large-scale agile adoption efforts supporting development teams around the world and helped individual team members get the most out of agile practices. She looks forward to continuing to work with talented teams solving interesting and difficult problems.

Andrew Stellman is a developer, architect, speaker, agile coach, project manager, and expert in building better software. Andrew is an author and international speaker, with top-selling books in software development and project management, and world-recognized expert in transforming and improving software organizations, teams, and code. He has architected and built large-scale software systems, managed large international software teams, and consulted for companies, schools, and corporations, including Microsoft, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Bank of America, Notre Dame, and MIT. He's had the privilege of working with some pretty amazing programmers during that time, and likes to think that he's learned a few things from them.