PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide
Chapter One
What Is a Project?
Congratulations on your decision to study for and take the Project
Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional
(PMP) certification exam. This book was written with you in
mind. The focus and content of this book revolve heavily around the information contained
in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Third Edition,
published by PMI. I will refer to this guide throughout this book and elaborate on those areas
that appear on the test. Keep in mind that the test covers all the project management processes,
so don't skip anything in your study time.
When possible, I'll pass on hints and study tips that I collected while studying for the exam.
My first tip is to familiarize yourself with the terminology used in PMBOK Guide. Volunteers
from differing industries worked together to come up with the standards and terms used in the
guide. These folks worked hard to develop and define standard project management terms,
and these terms are used interchangeably among industries. For examp ... read full excerpt from PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide ebook