The Pmp Translator

Preparing for the PMP(R) certification is a daunting task even before you open the PMBOK6 and realize that PMI has created a language of over 1,000 unique terms that you will need to learn! This concise guide is specifically designed to drive home the meanings of the 20 most frequently used terms in the PMBOK6(R). Through short entertaining vignettes, this study aid uses the real-life setting of a bath renovation to illustrate, in a common-sense way each of the 20 terms! The Project Management Institute's PMBOK6 guide is widely considered the Gold Standard in Project Management and the PMP(R) certification, on which it is based, is one of the toughest around! Weighing in at 980 pages with 10 Knowledge Areas and 49 Processes, it's a lot to digest....and that's before you get to the over 1,000 unique terms that PMI has created!We discovered that out of the over 1,000 terms: -32 terms are used 80% of the time!-20 terms are used the most often! For Example: Expert Judgement appears in 35 processes, but you only need to learn what it means once!Even with years of Project Management experience, your definition or understanding of a term may not match PMI's definition. When it comes to passing the test, or communicating with other PMPs, that's all that matters! PMI has created their own foreign language and this book is your Translator!