PMP Exam Prep For Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Starting Your PMP Journey 5
CHAPTER 1: Welcome to Your PMP Certification Journey 7
CHAPTER 2: Get Ready for the PMP Exam! 13
CHAPTER 3: Maintaining Your PMP Credential 27
CHAPTER 4: Taking a Pre-Assessment 35

Part 2: Project Management in All Its Forms 45
CHAPTER 5: Projects Make Progress Happen 47
CHAPTER 6: Foundations of Project Management 57

Part 3: Agile and Hybrid Approaches 73
CHAPTER 7: The Fundamentals of Agile and Hybrid Project Management 75
CHAPTER 8: Agile Teams: Key Roles and Responsibilities 87
CHAPTER 9: Key Agile Practices 95

Part 4: The Environment in Which Projects Operate 107
CHAPTER 10: How Projects Fit Into Organizations 109
CHAPTER 11: Organizational Influences 123
CHAPTER 12: Roles and Functions That Drive Project Delivery 131

Part 5: Guiding Work from Idea to Delivery 139
CHAPTER 13: The Framework Behind Project Management Best Practices 141
CHAPTER 14: Initiating Your Project 149
CHAPTER 15: Planning Your Project Roadmap 169
CHAPTER 16: Elevating Your Planning Efforts 211
CHAPTER 17: Project Success Starts with the Team 235
CHAPTER 18: Integrating Plans and Processes 263
CHAPTER 19: Turning Your Plan into Action 285
CHAPTER 20: Keeping Your Project on Track 315
CHAPTER 21: Closing the Project or Phase 349

Part 6: The Part of Tens 365
CHAPTER 22: Ten Tips for PMP Exam Success 367
CHAPTER 23: More Than Ten Common Abbreviations 373
CHAPTER 24: Ten Assumptions of the PMP Exam 377

Index 383

Sie Exam 2027/2028 for Dummies (Securities Industry Essentials Exam Prep + Practice Tests & Flashcards Online) (Paperback, 5)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Things Rolling: Starting Your SIE Journey 5

Chapter 1: Introducing the SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) Exam 7

Chapter 2: Getting Prepared to Take the SIE Exam 19

Chapter 3: Examining and Mastering Questions 29

Chapter 4: Surviving Test Day 41

Part 2: Starting at Square One: Basic Security Investments 47

Chapter 5: Securities Underwriting: The Process and the Team Players 49

Chapter 6: Equity Securities: Corporate Ownership 63

Chapter 7: Debt Securities: Corporate and U.S Government Loans 83

Chapter 8: Municipal Bonds: Securities Issued by Local Governments 103

Part 3: Diving Deeper: Taking a Look at More Complex Securities 125

Chapter 9: Delivering Diversification with Packaged Securities 127

Chapter 10: Working with Direct Participation Programs (DPPs) and REITs 147

Chapter 11: Options: Understanding the Elements of Puts and Calls 159

Part 4: Playing Nicely: Serving Your Client’s Needs and Following the Rules 187

Chapter 12: Customer Accounts: Proper Handling of Accounts 189

Chapter 13: Securities Analysis: Doing Some Market Research 205

Chapter 14: Securities Markets: Taking Orders and Executing Trades 225

Chapter 15: Making Sure the IRS Gets Its Share 241

Chapter 16: Rules and Regulations: No Fooling Around 255

Part 5: Putting Your Pencil to Paper: Practice Exams 289

Chapter 17: Ready, Set, Go!: Practice Exam 1 291

Chapter 18: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam 1 305

Chapter 19: Nothing But Net: Practice Exam 2 315

Chapter 20: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam 2 329

Part 6: The Part of Tens 341

Chapter 21: Ten SIE Exam Traps to Avoid 343

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Start Your Career Off Right 347

Glossary 351

Index 371

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