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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Book I: PMP Foundation
Book II: Starting Off Right
Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule
Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication
Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
Book VI: Managing Your Project
Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule
Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More
Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book I: PMP Foundation
Book I: Chapter 1: The PMP Exam
The PMP Exam Blueprint
Knowledge and skills
Cross-cutting skills
Code of ethics and professional conduct
Exam scoring
The Exam Domains
Initiating the project
Planning the project
Executing the project
Monitoring and controlling the project
Closing the project
Applying for the Exam
The application process
Scheduling your exam
Taking the Exam
Exam day
Types of questions
Exam-taking tips
Getting your results
Preparing for the Exam
Book I: Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management
Grasping the Terminology
Definition of a project
Projects, programs, and portfolios
Project management
Projects and organizational strategy
The Project Management Office
Understanding Environmental Constraints
Enterprise environmental factors
Project governance
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures, and Organizational Process Assets
The Project Life Cycle
Project phases
Predictive life cycles
Iterative and incremental life cycles
Adaptive life cycles
Phase reviews
Product versus project life cycle
Organization Structures
Functional organization
Matrix organization
Projectized organization
Comparing organization types
Leveraging Your Organization’s Assets
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 4: It’s All about the Process
Managing Your Project Is a Process
Understanding Project Management Process Groups
Before the Project Begins
Initiating processes
Planning processes
Executing processes
Monitoring and Controlling processes
Closing processes
The Ten Knowledge Areas
Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder Management
Mapping the 47 Processes
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book II: Starting Off Right
Book II: Chapter 1: OMG! It’s a Project!
Knowledge and Skills for the Initiating Processes
Internal Needs or External Influences
Organizational need
Market demand
Customer request
Technological advance
Legal requirement
Ecological impacts
Social need
Selecting the Right Projects
Project portfolio committee
Project Management Office (PMO)
Criteria for project selection
Alphabet Soup: ROI, NPV, FV and Other Project-Selection Metrics
Financial metrics
Financial terms
Nonfinancial metrics
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book II: Chapter 2: Chartering Your Project
What a Project Charter Is and Why You Need One
Develop Project Charter: Inputs
Project statement of work
Business case
Agreements
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
Develop Project Charter: Tools and Techniques
Develop Project Charter: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book II: Chapter 3: Identifying Project Stakeholders
Who Cares about Your Project?
Identify Stakeholders: Inputs
Project charter
Procurement documents
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
Common stakeholders
Identify Stakeholders: Tools and Techniques
Stakeholder analysis
Expert judgment
Meetings
Identify Stakeholders: Outputs
Stakeholder register
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule
Book III: Chapter 1: Constructing the Project Management Plan
Knowledge and Skills for the Planning Processes
The Project Management Plan
Develop Project Management Plan: Inputs
Planning for change
Introduction to configuration management
Develop Project Management Plan: Tools and Techniques
Expert judgment
Facilitation techniques
Develop Project Management Plan: Outputs
The Project Management Plan and the Executing, Controlling, and Closing Processes
Project documents
Project management plan approval
The project kick-off meeting
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book III: Chapter 2: Defining Project Scope
Project and Product Scope
Plan Scope Management
Plan Scope Management: Inputs
Plan Scope Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Scope Management: Outputs
Collect Requirements
Collect Requirements: Inputs
Collect Requirements: Tools and Techniques
Collect Requirements: Outputs
Define Scope
Define Scope: Inputs
Define Scope: Tools and Techniques
Define Scope: Outputs
Create WBS
Create WBS: Inputs
Create WBS: Tools and Techniques
Create WBS: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book III: Chapter 3: Creating Your Schedule
Planning Schedule Management
Plan Schedule Management: Inputs
Plan Schedule Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Schedule Management: Outputs
Define Activities
Define Activities: Inputs
Define Activities: Tools and Techniques
Define Activities: Outputs
Sequence Activities: Inputs
Sequence Activities: Tools and Techniques
Sequence Activities: Outputs
Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs
Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs
Estimate Activity Resources: Tools and Techniques
Estimate Activity Resources: Outputs
Estimating Activity Durations
Estimate Activity Durations: Inputs
Estimate Activity Durations: Tools and Techniques
Estimate Activity Durations: Outputs
Developing the Schedule
Develop Schedule: Inputs
Develop Schedule: Tools and Techniques
Develop Schedule: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication
Book IV: Chapter 1: Estimating the Price Tag
Plan Cost Management
Plan Cost Management: Inputs
Plan Cost Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Cost Management: Outputs
Estimate Costs
Estimate Costs: Inputs
Estimate Costs: Tools and Techniques
Estimate Costs: Outputs
Determine Budget
Determine Budget: Inputs
Determine Budget: Tools and Techniques
Determine Budget: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IV: Chapter 2: Planning for Quality
Basic Quality Concepts
Basic Statistics
Plan Quality Management
Plan Quality Management: Inputs
Plan Quality: Tools and Techniques
Plan Quality Management: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IV: Chapter 3: Identifying Your Team Members
Plan Human Resource Management
Plan Human Resource Management: Inputs
Plan Human Resource Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Human Resource Management: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IV: Chapter 4: 90 Percent of Your Job Is Communication
Communication Building Blocks
Formal and informal, written and verbal
Words, tone, and body language
Communication skills
Plan Communications Management
Plan Communications Management: Inputs
Plan Communications Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Communications Management: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
Book V: Chapter 1: Identifying What Could Go Wrong
Projects Breed Uncertainty
Plan Risk Management
Plan Risk Management: Inputs
Plan Risk Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Risk Management: Outputs
Identify Risks
Identify Risks: Inputs
Identify Risks: Tools and Techniques
Identify Risks: Outputs
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis: Inputs
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis: Tools and Techniques
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis: Outputs
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis: Inputs
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis: Tools and Techniques
Scenarios, modeling, and simulations
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis: Outputs
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Risk Responses: Tools and Techniques
Plan Risk Responses: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book V: Chapter 2: Getting Help — Procuring Project Scope
Procurement Basics
Plan Procurement Management
Plan Procurement Management: Inputs
Picking the right contract type
Plan Procurements: Tools and Techniques
Plan Procurements: Outputs
The procurement management plan
Source selection criteria
Procurement statement of work
Procurement documents
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book V: Chapter 3: Who Are All These People? Planning Stakeholder Management
Plan Stakeholder Management
Plan Stakeholder Management: Inputs
Plan Stakeholder Management: Tools and Techniques
Plan Stakeholder Management: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VI: Managing Your Project
Book VI: Chapter 1: Managing the Work and Assuring Quality
Knowledge and Skills for the Executing Processes
Direct and Manage Project Work
Direct and Manage Project Work: Inputs
Direct and Manage Project Work: Tools and Techniques
Direct and Manage Project Work: Outputs
Perform Quality Assurance
Perform Quality Assurance: Inputs
Perform Quality Assurance: Tools and Techniques
Perform Quality Assurance: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VI: Chapter 2: Managing the People Side of Your Project
Acquire Project Team
Acquire Project Team: Inputs
Acquire Project Team: Tools, Techniques, and Outputs
Develop Project Team
Develop Project Team: Inputs, Tools, and Techniques
Develop Project Team: Outputs
Manage Project Team
Manage Project Team: Inputs
Manage Project Team: Tools and Techniques
Manage Project Team: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VI: Chapter 3: Getting the Word Out to Stakeholders and Contractors
Manage Communications
Manage Communications: Tools and Techniques
Manage Communications: Outputs
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Manage Stakeholder Engagement: Inputs
Manage Stakeholder Engagement: Tools and Techniques
Manage Stakeholder Engagement: Outputs
Conduct Procurements
Conduct Procurements: Inputs
Conduct Procurements: Tools and Techniques
Conduct Procurements: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule
Book VII: Chapter 1: Monitoring, Controlling, and Managing Change
Knowledge and Skills for the Monitoring and Controlling Processes
Monitor and Control Project Work
Monitoring versus controlling
Monitor and Control Project Work: Inputs
Monitor and Control Project Work: Tools and Techniques
Monitor and Control Project Work: Outputs
Taking responsibility for project performance
Perform Integrated Change Control
A Change Control process
Configuration management
Comparing Control Processes
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VII: Chapter 2: Controlling Project Scope
Validate Scope
The flow of deliverables
Validate Scope: Inputs
Validate Scope: Tools, Techniques, and Outputs
Control Scope
Creep versus change
Control Scope: Inputs
Control Scope: Tools and Techniques
Control Scope: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VII: Chapter 3: Controlling Your Schedule
Control Schedule
Control Schedule: Inputs
Control Schedule: Tools and Techniques
Performance reviews
Resource optimization
Modeling techniques
Leads and lags
Schedule compression
Project management software and scheduling tool
Control Schedule: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More
Book VIII: Chapter 1: Controlling Cost and Using Earned Value
Control Costs
Control Costs: Inputs
Control Costs: Tools and Techniques
Earned value management
Planning with EVM
Monitoring with EVM
More cost control techniques
Control Cost: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VIII: Chapter 2: Controlling Quality
Quality Control Basics
Control Quality: Inputs
Validating change requests
Example of validating change requests
Control Quality: Tools and Techniques
Flow charts
Cause-and-effect diagrams
Checksheets
Histograms and Pareto charts
Run charts and control charts
Scatter diagrams
Control Quality: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VIII: Chapter 3: Controlling Communications and Stakeholders
Control Communications
Control Communications: Inputs
Control Communications: Tools and Techniques
Control Communications: Outputs
Control Stakeholder Engagement
Control Stakeholder Engagement: Inputs
Control Stakeholder Engagement: Tools and Techniques
Control Stakeholder Engagement: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book VIII: Chapter 4: Managing Your Risks and Procurements
Control Risks: Inputs
Control Risks: Tools and Techniques
Risk reassessment
Analysis
Risk audit
Control Risks: Outputs
Control Procurements
Control Procurements: Inputs
Control Procurements: Tools and Techniques
Control Procurements: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Book IX: Chapter 1: Closing Your Contracts and Your Project
Knowledge and Skills for the Closing Processes
Closing Your Procurements
Terminating a contract
Close Procurements: Tools and Techniques
Close Procurements: Outputs
Close Project or Phase
Close Project or Phase: Inputs
Close Project or Phase: Tools and Techniques
Close Project or Phase: Outputs
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IX: Chapter 2: The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
About the Code
Responsibility
Responsibility aspirational standards
Responsibility mandatory standards
Respect
Respect aspirational standards
Respect mandatory standards
Fairness
Fairness aspirational standards
Fairness mandatory standards
Honesty
Honesty aspirational standards
Honesty mandatory standards
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book IX: Appendix A: What’s on the Website
Customer Care
Book IX: Appendix B: Practice Test
Book IX: Sample Test Answers
Book IX: Appendix C: Lab Work
Book IX: Appendix D: Exam Objective Cross Walk
Initiating Knowledge and Skills
Planning Knowledge and Skills
Executing Knowledge and Skills
Monitor and Control Knowledge and Skills
Closing Knowledge and Skills
Book IX: Appendix E: Glossary
About the Authors
Cheat Sheet
Connect with Dummies
Introduction
The PMP is the preeminent certification in project management. Getting your PMP certification will enhance your career opportunities in your current or future positions. In addition, studying for the exam really helps you understand project management principles. I know that I became a better project manager after months of studying this material!
About This Book
PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is designed to be a hands-on, practical guide to help you pass the PMP exam on your first try. This book is written in a way that will take the information in the standard for project management, the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition, and help make it easily understandable so you can pass the exam.
This book provides all the information you will need to pass the exam (you just have to apply the time and effort) and practical information to help you in the real world. Except for the first chapter in Book I (which covers the nuts and bolts of taking the exam), each chapter covers various elements to help you pass your PMP exam:
As an exam prep guide, you will find all the information you need to pass the exam. And it’s presented in an easy-to-understand way in terms of inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs. This is how it’s presented in the PMBOK Guide as well as on the PMP exam. Pay particular attention to the For the Exam icons, which point out specific information you should keep in mind for the exam.
As a reference to help you on your job, you can rely on my years of experience as an active project manager, a professional trainer, and an author to help you see how you can apply this information on a daily basis.
Quick Assessment: Chapters start with a pretest to help you quickly identify what you already know or need to study in the chapter. These are simple fill-in-the-blank or true/false questions.
Icons: Icons draw your attention to information that will help you on the exam or in the real world. For more information on the icons, check out the later section, Icons Used in This Book.
Key terms: So much of the PMP exam depends on your understanding the terms in the PMBOK Guide and the specific definitions associated with them. Throughout the book, I use definitions straight from the PMBOK Guide Glossary, and each chapter lists all these terms at the end of the chapter. You should quiz yourself and make sure you understand every term listed in the “Key Terms” section.
Chapter summary: At the end of chapters, I summarize the key points discussed. If you’re unclear about something after reading these summaries, go back through the chapter for review.
Prep Test: Each chapter concludes with practice questions. These are presented as multiple-choice questions, just like the PMP exam. And, yes, I give you the answers there to explain the correct answer and tell you where to find that information.
The Online Prep Exam: The companion website contains a practice exam designed to mimic the real exam. This computerized test version will tell you how many you got right and how many you got wrong.
Web addresses appear in monofont. If you're reading a digital version of this book on a device connected to the Internet, note that you can click the web address to visit that website, like this: www.dummies.com.
Foolish Assumptions
I make a few assumptions about you as a reader and have written this book with these assumptions in mind:
You’re interested in attaining your PMP Certification. After all, the focus of this book is to help you do just that!
You have a copy of the PMBOK Guide in its fifth edition, as of this writing.Much of the information on the PMP exam is based on the fifth edition of the PMBOK Guide. Although this book will help you understand and apply that information, you really should buy that book and study it!
You will put the time in to pass the exam. This is not an easy exam. If your plan is to cram for two weeks and then sit for the exam, you will likely be disappointed in the result. Many people take classes, use books like this one, and study for four to six months prior to sitting for the exam. You should probably go over the PMBOK Guide at least once, read through this book two or more times, do the labs, use the practice questions, and find other ways to prepare (flash cards, study groups, online communities, and so on).
How This Book Is Organized
Like all All-in-One For Dummies books, chapters are organized into minibooks. The chapters in each minibook are related by a specific theme or topic. For example, Book VI presents all the processes in the Executing Process Group.
This section tells you what you can find in each minibook.
Book I: PMP Foundation
In Chapter 1 of this first minibook, I discuss how the PMP exam is developed and scored as well as the application process and some test-taking tips. The next three chapters cover fundamental concepts you will need to master to do well on the exam.
Book II: Starting Off Right
Book II covers how projects are selected and processes you need to initiate a project. I talk about the chartering process and identifying project stakeholders.
Book III: Planning Integration, Scope, and Schedule
The first chapter in Book III discusses the elements in a project management plan. In the second chapter, I discuss the importance of planning the project scope by collecting requirements, defining the scope, and decomposing scope by using a work breakdown structure. The next chapter goes through the six processes necessary to develop a viable project schedule.
Book IV: Planning Cost, Quality, Human Resources, and Communication
Book IV covers four important aspects of planning your project. For cost, I look at developing estimates and establishing the project budget. For quality, I discuss some basic statistics and how to establish the quality requirements and standards for the project. A discussion of human resources develops a human resource management plan with a responsibility assignment matrix and a staffing management plan. The communications management plan rounds out this minibook.
Book V: Planning for Risks, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
I cover five risk assessment processes in the first chapter in Book V. In the next chapter, I discuss the various types of contracts you can use, procurement documents, and a procurement management plan. The last chapter describes how to develop a plan that will optimize stakeholder engagement.
Book VI: Managing Your Project
Book VI covers what you do when you’re managing the project. A lot of the information focuses on the interpersonal skills you apply when managing and developing your team and when you’re managing stakeholder expectations. I also discuss distributing project information and conducting project procurements.
Book VII: Controlling Scope and Schedule
Book VII discusses how you monitor the progress of your project and control change. You will also see information on how to validate and control scope. The minibook wraps up by discussing how to control the schedule.
Book VIII: Controlling Cost, Quality, and More
This minibook starts out by discussing how to control cost, including a special section that discusses earned value management. Controlling quality applies many technical techniques, which I explain and illustrate with examples that demonstrate the concepts. I spend some time discussing the similarities and differences in controlling communications and controlling stakeholder engagement in Chapter 3. Monitoring and controlling risks entails risk reassessment and looking at project and product risk. The section on contracts discusses how to monitor contractor performance and manage the claims, payments, and disputes aspects of contracting.
Book IX: Closing Your Project and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Book IX covers the two closing processes: Close Project or Phase and Closing Procurements. It also covers the information in the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is not tested per se, but the standards in the Code are integrated into the test questions.
Appendixes
The appendixes provide useful quizzes and tools to help you study for the exam.
Appendix A. Turn to this appendix for more on how to access and take the online Prep Exam that accompanies this book.
Appendix B. Find 100 test questions, topically weighted by subject area percentage just like the actual PMP exam. Take this practice test after you’ve been through the material in this book at least once. You should be able to get at least 70 of the 100 questions right on this mini-test before you sit for the exam.
Appendix C. This appendix contains labs, where you find exercises for matching definitions with terms, conduct calculations, and answer fill-in-the-blank questions to ingrain the key information into your brain.
Appendix D. This appendix has a matrix that maps which chapters in this book cover the exam objectives.
Appendix E. The glossary lists all of the PMBOK Guide definitions you’ll need to know for the exam.
Icons Used in This Book
I use a number of icons in this book to draw your attention to pieces of useful information.
This icon gives you a heads-up on information you should absolutely know for the PMP exam.
This icon presents meanings of terms as they are defined in the PMBOK Guide Glossary.
This icon gives you information on how to apply information in real life, or how to make your job easier.
This icon points out something you should avoid or not do at all.
This icon flags information that I already presented, or helps you remember things that will help you on your job.
Beyond the Book
I have written some extra content that you won’t find in this book. Go online to find the following:
The Cheat Sheet for this book is at
www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/pmpcertificationaio
Here, you’ll find handy collections of info you’ll need to master, from scheduling relationships and estimating techniques to strategies for conflict resolution and quality control tools.
Online articles covering additional topics can be found at
www.dummies.com/extras/pmpcertificationaio
You’ll find links to the articles on the parts pages at the beginning of each minibook, and, if relevant, at helpful points in the chapters, too. You’ll find articles on
• Initiating knowledge and skills
• The role of the project management plan
• Planning knowledge and skills
• The importance of project stakeholder management
• Quick tips for working with your team
• Executing knowledge and skills
• Monitoring and controlling knowledge and skills
• Earned value basics: It’s not about the numbers
• Closing knowledge and skills
Updates to this book, if any, are at
www.dummies.com/extras/pmpcertificationaio
Updates will be posted to the Downloads tab on the book’s product page.
You’ll find the online prep exam on the Downloads tab at
www.dummies.com/extras/pmpcertificationaio
The exam has more than 200 questions that will prepare you for taking the official exam. With each question, you find out whether you answered the question correctly by clicking the Explanation button. If you answered incorrectly, you are told the correct answer with a brief explanation of why it’s correct. Read Appendix A for more on how to access the exam on the Downloads tab.
Where to Go from Here
You can start reading this book at any chapter you like. If I mention something that appeared earlier in the text, I will put a reference to point you to the book and chapter where you can find the information. If you want to focus on a specific process group, you can start at the appropriate minibook. For example, Initiating processes start in Book II, Planning processes in Book III, Executing processes in Book VI, Monitoring and Controlling processes in Book VII, and Closing in Book IX. If you’re familiar with the PMP Exam, you can skip Book I, Chapter 1.
There are a lot of websites and blogs that have practice test questions, discussion groups, and tips for passing the exam. There are also a number of apps you can get download onto your smartphone that offer a tip of the day or a bank of questions you can work through any time you have a few minutes. Try entering PMP Exam Questions or PMP Prep Blog into a search engine, and pages of options will come up. The point is, there are many ways that you can augment your preparation for the exam in addition to this book. So don’t be shy — try out some!
Book I
PMP Foundation
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Contents at a Glance
Book I: PMP Foundation
Book I: Chapter 1: The PMP Exam
The PMP Exam Blueprint
The Exam Domains
Applying for the Exam
Taking the Exam
Preparing for the Exam
Book I: Chapter 2: Foundations of Project Management
Grasping the Terminology
The Project Management Office
Understanding Environmental Constraints
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 3: Project Life Cycles, Organizational Structures, and Organizational Process Assets
The Project Life Cycle
Organization Structures
Leveraging Your Organization’s Assets
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Book I: Chapter 4: It’s All about the Process
Managing Your Project Is a Process
Understanding Project Management Process Groups
Before the Project Begins
The Ten Knowledge Areas
Mapping the 47 Processes
Key Terms
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1: The PMP Exam
Chapter Objectives
The PMP exam blueprint
The exam domains
The application process
Taking the exam
So you decided to take the Project Management Professional Certification Exam. That’s a big step in moving forward in your profession.
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI), which has more than 400,000 members worldwide. Its credentialing program is designed to ensure competence and professionalism in the field of project management. PMI offers several credentials, and the PMP certification is the most well known by far. In fact, the PMP is the most widely recognized project management certification in the world, and there are more than 500,000 certified PMPs around the globe.
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Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!
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