[其它图书] PgMP Program Management Professional Exam Study Guide

[book]bName=PgMP Program Management Professional Exam Study Guide;bAuthor=Dr. Paul Sanghera;bISBN=978-0-470-13998-1;bPub=;bVer=2007;bLang=;bFormat=pdf;bCover=http://www.itepub.net/book.gif[/book]“‘Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’” — Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll This book is designed to help you prepare for and pass the Program Management Professional (PgMP) exam administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This certification is growing in popularity and demand in all areas of business. The PMI has experienced explosive growth in membership over the last few years, and more and more organizations are recognizing the importance of program management (and project management) certifications. Since this book has a laser-sharp focus on the exam objectives, expert project managers and program managers who want to pass the PgMP exam can use this book to ensure that they do not miss any objective. Yet it is not an exam-cram book. The chapters and the sections within each chapter are presented in a logical learning sequence: a topic and a chapter depend only upon the previously covered topics and chapters, and there is no hopping from topic to topic. The concepts and topics, both simple and complex, are clearly explained when they appear the first time. This facilitates stepwise learning, prevents confusion, and makes this book useful for both beginners who want to get up to speed quickly to pass the PgMP exam and for experienced professionals. No prior knowledge of program management is assumed. Prior knowledge of project management is helpful but is not required. Chapter 1 presents an overview of project management in the context of program management and portfolio management to help beginners ramp up quickly. PMI offers the most-recognized certifications in the field of program management and project management, and this book deals exclusively with its processes, procedures, and methods within the scope of the PgMP exam. You will see that program management consists of many processes, each with its own terminology, tools, and methods. The biggest problem with most of the available literature in program management is that it fails to clearly distinguish between program management and project management and often confuses these two concepts. Accordingly, a two-pronged purpose that you should keep in mind while going through this book is to distinguish between program management and project management, and to clearly see the relationship between the two. For example, you will see processes in program management that have identical or similar names to processes in project management. But they are different processes performed at different levels of management. Like the PgMP exam, this book is largely based on the following three references: The Standard for Program Management—First Edition A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® Guide —Third Edition) PgMPSM Examination Specification Even if you’re familiar with another organized program management and project management methodology, don’t assume you already know the processes discussed in this book. I strongly recommend that you learn all of the processes—their key inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs. Take the time to understand and memorize these elements and the key terms and their definitions, listed in the glossary and at the end of the chapter in which the term is introduced. Just understanding the definition of a term and the input, output, and tools and techniques of the processes will help you answer quite a few questions. It is possible that you’ve always done that particular task or used the methodology described but called it by another name. Know the name of each process and its primary purpose.

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