Preface

Why take PMP Exam?

About PMP Certification
Why this book?
How to check you are ready for the PMP Exam?
How This Book Organised?
Applying to Take the Exam
Exam Pattern
Eight Steps for PMP Exam Preparation
Tips and Tricks for PMP Exam
Preparing for the Exam:
Exam pattern:
Types of Questions in the Exam
One Day before the Exam
In the Exam Hall
Common Project Management mistakes
Common things a Project Management should know
Chapter 1: Project Management Introduction
What is PMBOK
Process
Project
Project Vs Operation
Projects and Strategic Planning
Project Management
Interpersonal Relationship
PMO
Role of a Project Manager
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Summary
Answers to Exercise if any if any
Q&A Session
Chapter 2: project Management Context
Project Life Cycle
Characteristics of General Life Cycle
Life Cycle Model
Project Phases
Stakeholders
Organizational influence
Functional Structure
Projectised Structure
Matrix Structure
Summary
Answers to Exercise if any
Q&A Session
Chapter 3: Introduction to Agile Project Management
Limitations of Traditional Project Management
How to overcome the limitations
What is Agile?
What is Agile Manifesto?
Agile Methodologies
Agile Principles
Waterfall vs Iterative Vs Agile
Agile Project Management
PMBOK VS Agile Project Management
Understanding Agile Project Management in PMBOK Way
Project/Iteration Initiation
Product/Release/Iteration Planning
Iteration Execution
Iteration Review/Daily Standup meeting
Close Iteration/Project
Agile Project Management Domains
Summary
Answers to Exercise if any
Q&A Session
Chapter 4: Domain 1 Value driven Delivery
Tasks -
Define Positive Value
Incremental Development
Avoid Potential Downsides
Prioritization
Knowledge and Skill
Values and Principles
Incremental Delivery
Value Based Analysis
Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
Tools
Value based decomposition
Value Based Prioritization (ROI, NPV, IRR)
Customer-valued prioritization
Minimally marketable feature (MMF)
Relative prioritization/ranking
Product Vision (initiation)
Value Stream Mapping

Chapter 5: Domain 2 Stakeholder Engagement
Tasks -
Stakeholder needs
Stakeholder involvement
Stakeholder Expectation
Knowledge and Skill
Stakeholder management
Self Analysis
Active Listening
Stakeholder value Assessment
Communications management
Why interpersonal Relationship?
Emotional Intelligence
Collaboration
Adaptive Leadership
Negotiation
Communication
Tools
Osmotic Communication for collocated and distributed teams
Daily stand ups
Information Raditor
Team space,
Agile tooling

Chapter 6: Domain 3 Boosting Team Performance Practices
Tasks -
Team Formation
Team Empowerment
Team Collaboration
Team Commitment
Knowledge and Skill
Building Empowered Team
Building high performance Teams
Innovation Games
Co-location/ distributed team
Globalisation, Culture, Team diversity
Coaching and mentoring within Team
Knowledge Sharing
Leadership Tools and Techniques
Team motivation and its Techniques
Conflict management
Tools
Adaptive leadership
Servant leadership
Chapter 7: Domain 4 Adaptive Planning
Tasks -
Levels of Planning
Adaptation
Estimation
Velocity/throughput/Cycle time
Knowledge and Skill
Project and Quality Standard for Agile Projects
Time, cost Estimation
Agile Contracting Methods
Control Limit for Agile Projects
Business Case development
Regulatory Compliance
Development and prioritization of user stories (Planning)
Tools
User Stories
Backlog
Story map
Progressive elaboration
Wireframe
Agile modelling
Agile Planning
Relative Sizing
Wide band Delphi/planning poker
Affinity Estimating
Ideal Time
Iteration and Release Planning
Daily Stand-up meeting
Burn Down Chart
Burn Up Chart
Kan Ban Board
Chapter 8: Domain 5 - Problem Detection and Resolution
Tasks -
Identify impediments/risks early
Risk status communication to stakeholders
Knowledge and Skill
Variance and Trend Analysis
Brain storming techniques
Problem Solving Strategies, tools and techniques
Participatory decision model
Process Analysis Techniques
Tools
Risk Adjusted Backlog
Risk Burn down Graph
Risk based spike
Chapter 9: Domain 6- Continuous improvement (Product, Process, People)
Knowledge and Skill
Continuous Improvement Process
PMI Code of ethics and Professional Conduct
Tools
Frequent verification and validation
Test driven development/test first development
Definition of done
Continuous integration
Iterative cycles and reviews (Monitoring and Controlling)
Velocity Cycle Time
Escaped Defects
Earned Value Management
Chapter 10: Full length Practice Test with Answers and Explanations