John A. Estrella - PMP Practice Makes Perfect: Over 1000 PMP Practice Questions and Answers

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Jeff Kellum, Jennifer Leland, Dassi Zeidel, Liz Welch, Pete Gaughan, Tim Tate, Richard Swadley, Neil Edde, Judy Fung, Bill Gibson, Craig Johnson, Sara Wilson, Ted Laux, Katherine Crocker, Ryan Sneed, and the rest of the team at Sybex who made this book possiblewe cannot thank you enough! Our technical editors extraordinaire, Vanina Mangano and Dan Gindin, deserve a special mention for diligently reviewing all the questions for technical accuracy and providing valuable suggestions to ensure that the questions, options, and explanations are clear for the reader. About the Authors John A. Estrella, PhD, CMC, PMP is the president of Agilitek Corporation, a management consulting firm that specializes in project management, business analysis, and software testing. As an international consultant, author, and speaker, John helps senior managers and executives in addressing issues associated with complex, large-scale, and risky projects. Charles Duncan, PhD, PMP , APM Practitioner Qualification manages a consulting group that specializes in software contract development, technical project troubleshooting, and management training. Charlie has considerable experience with the management of start-up and high-technology organizations and project management at ICL/Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard R&D Labs, and Wang Laboratories.

Sami Zahran, PhD, PMP has over three decades of experience in the software industry assuming senior positions with large organizations including ICL, the United Nations, DEC, and currently IBM. Sami regularly teaches courses on his areas of expertise and frequently speaks at numerous international conferences and workshops. James L. Haner, PgMP, PMP is the head of Ultimate Business Resources (UBR), a firm that offers business and project management consulting services to Fortune 500 companies in the United States, Europe, Africa, and China. James has more than 30 years of experience in business and IT. Rubin Jen, BASc, P.

Eng, PMP has been in project management for over 15 years, spanning aerospace/engineering, telecom, information technology, outsourcing, and consulting industries with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Organic Online, OnX Enterprise Solutions, and Accenture. Rubin is a speaker, writer, and instructor of project management. Introduction The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the leader and most widely recognized organization in terms of promoting project management best practices. PMI strives to maintain and endorse standards and ethics in this field and offers publications, training, seminars, chapters, special interest groups, and colleges to further the project management discipline. PMI was founded in 1969 and first started offering the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam in 1984. PMI is accredited as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards developer and also has the distinction of being the first organization to have its certification program attain International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 recognition.