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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:

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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.

check 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:

check You’re interested in attaining your PMP Certification. After all, the focus of this book is to help you do just that!

check 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!

check 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:

check 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.

check 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

check 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.

check 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!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!