Key concepts in resource management
A good thing to keep in mind as you work your way through this chapter is that the exam content outline is designed to test your knowledge of resource concepts. The hard part isn't the content; the hard part is answering questions based on the best practice suggested, rather than your personal enterprise environmental factors. For instance, maybe what you would do with your team isn't the recommended best practice. The PMP® exam is notoriously vague in its presentations of questions. It's one thing to ask a question about the critical path, which has a specific correct answer, but it's even more challenging to answer questions about the team environment or that environment with an Agile focus applied. Most people find that the resource and communications content is relatively easy to work through.
Key concepts in resource management fall under two categories, as follows:
- Human resource management: On the human...
