--For dummies

Includes index

Starting your PMP journey. Welcome to your PMP certification journey ; Get ready for the PMP exam! ; Getting into the right PMI mindset ; Maintaining your PMP credential ; Taking a pre-assessment -- What is project management really?. An overview of projects ; Project management key concepts -- The environment in which projects operate. Project, program, portfolio, and operations management ; Organizational influences ; Roles and functions that drive project delivery -- Managing your projects from conception to completion. Project success starts with the team ; Initiating your project ; Planning your project roadmap ; Elevating your project roadmap ; Integration of plans and processes ; Turning your plan into action ; Keeping your project on track ; Closing the project or phase -- Agile and hybrid approaches. The fundamentals of agile project management ; Agile teams: key roles and responsibilities ; Key agile practices -- The part of tens. Ten tips for PMP exam success ; More than ten common acronyms ; Ten assumptions of the PMP exam

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