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Project Manager Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to PMP Skills 2nd Edition
Author(s): Linda Kretz Zaval (Author), Terri Wagner (Author)
- Publisher: Sybex
- Publication Date: 20 Sept. 2011
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 432 pages
- ISBN-10: 1118093925
- ISBN-13: 9781118093924
Book Description
New project managers and students pursuing the Project Management Professional certification are looking for practical experience to solidify their skills. The step–by–step tasks presented in this book offer them an opportunity to practice the common tasks project managers face in the real world. The authors, both expert project management trainers and consultants, explore each phase of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing the project, with in–depth instructions for handling the tasks associated with each phase.
- New project managers and exam candidates need practical experience to perfect their skills; this book helps them learn through real–world scenarios
- Explores each phase of project management, offering step–by–step instructions to many of the tasks project managers confront each day
- Covers all phases of project management, including initiating the project, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the project
- Looks at defining scope, developing a project charter, creating a plan to manage change, breaking down the work, managing resource allocation, measuring performance, and releasing resources
- Fully updated to cover everything required for the 2011 PMP exam
PMP exam candidates and anyone new to project management will benefit from the hands–on exercises in this book.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Develop the skills you need in the real world
Hit the ground running with the street–smart training you′ll find in this practical guide to project management. Using a “year in the life” approach, this book gives you an inside look at the common responsibilities of a project manager, with key information organized around the actual day–to–day tasks, scenarios, and challenges you′ll face in the field. This valuable training tool is loaded with hands–on, step–by–step exercises covering all phases of project management, including:
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Initiating the project
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Planning the project
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Executing the project
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Monitoring and controlling the project
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Closing the project
An invaluable study tool
This no–nonsense book puts into practice all of the concepts found in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition. Whether you′re pursuing PMP® certification, seeking to update your skills, or are a novice project manager, this book will walk you through and explain every step of managing a project, including:
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Defining and stating the scope
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Developing a project charter and obtaining approval
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Building a master project plan and getting resources
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Creating and managing the work breakdown structure
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Controlling, monitoring, and measuring project performance
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Closing out projects and releasing resources
The Street Smarts series is designed to help current or aspiring IT professionals put their certification to work for them. Full of practical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasks from the field and then offers step–by–step exercises that teach the skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because the exercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technology certifications, each Street Smarts book can be used as a lab manual for certification prep.
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Step–by–step exercises teach you hands–on skills
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Real world scenarios put those skills in perspective
About the Author
Linda Kretz Zaval, PMP®, is owner and managing member of 20/20 Solutions, LLC, and an internationally sought–after public speaker and consultant. An active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), she has taught many seminars and programs on project management, finance, and other topics. Terri Wagner, PMP®, is owner and managing member of Mentor Source, Inc. She provides consulting, coaching, mentoring, and training in project management, business leadership, and business acumen to domestic and international government, corporate, and university clients.
