PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide

Intro -- PMP® Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Project Foundation -- Defining a Project -- Project Characteristics -- Operations -- Progressive Elaboration -- Stakeholders -- Defining Project Management -- Project Management -- Programs -- Portfolios -- Project Management Office -- Identifying Project Management Skills -- Understanding the Role of the Project Manager -- Understanding Organizational Structures -- Organizational Structure Types -- Understanding the Project Environment -- Understanding Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes -- Project Phases and Project Life Cycles -- Project Management Process Groups -- Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle -- Recognizing Professional and Social Responsibility -- PMI® Core Values -- Advancing the Industry -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2 Initiating the Project -- Understanding the Project Management Knowledge Areas -- Project Integration Management -- Project Scope Management -- Project Schedule Management -- Project Cost Management -- Project Quality Management -- Project Resource Management -- Project Communications Management -- Project Risk Management -- Project Procurement Management -- Project Stakeholder Management -- Performing a Project Assessment -- Initiating a Project -- Selecting a Project -- Defining the High-Level Project Scope -- Identifying High-Level Risks, Assumptions, and Constraints -- Developing the Project Charter -- Inputs of the Develop Project Charter Process -- Tools and Techniques of the Develop Project Charter Process -- Outputs of the Develop Project Charter Process -- Obtaining Project Charter Approval -- Performing Key Stakeholder Analysis -- Inputs of the Identify Stakeholders Process -- Tools and Techniques of the Identify Stakeholders Process.