The more important a project, the more it needs a standardized system to plan and organize it to be completed efficiently. The Project Management Institutes PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is the industry-leading standard for verifying a project managers ability to successfully shepherd projects from beginning to end. This study guide will prepare you to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close a project using project quality standards as laid out in the fourth edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This series of courses will address all the objectives needed to pass the Project Management Professional Certification 2009.