Project Management Professional (PMP) Course

Course Overview:

The course for preparation for PMP certification is suitable for the project management professional possessing at least three years of practical experience and intends to educate them on the required knowledge in order to qualify for the PMP exam.

Accordingly, lecturers will teach participants how to address PMI’s processes, knowledge areas, formulae and indeed how to take the test itself. The course includes areas of project management including scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management.

Also, this gives participants the understanding for seeking PMP certification by assessment of eligibility and application process through practical exercises and concentrates on how PMI manages big projects.

Course Objectives:

The course is intended for project management professionals in any business work area who have been working as project managers or key members of project teams for at least 3 years. The course will provide the following benefits to these participants:

• Comprehensive understanding of the PMP certification requirements and testable materials.
• A comprehensive review of the various processes, knowledge areas, formulas, terms, and individual process steps for project management.
• Having an advanced set of project management tools and techniques for continued use or new implementation at the workplace.
• Being prepared for PMP certification resulting in greater project management confidence and credibility
• By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand qualifications and application processes for the PMP exam
• Meeting education requirements for the PMP exam
• Being prepared to pass the PMP certification exam.
• Understanding existing project practices or new project process
• Understanding project tools and procedures that can or may be implemented to improve or establish formal project management methodologies.
• What are the Goals?
• Understand terms, acronyms, and formulas specific to PMI
• Learn the processes and knowledge areas specific to PMI
• Recognize inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for 47 separate process steps
• Comprehend test-taking strategies
• Understand PMI’s specific methods and expectations for managing large projects called PMI’ isms

Who Should Attend?

This program is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals who have been directly involved in initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing any kind of projects
• Professionals who are working as project managers or key project or program team members
• Those who want to get a recognized Project Management qualification and who recognize project management as a core part of their professional experience

Course Outlines:

The Project Management Basics, Framework, and Processes

• Project definitions
• The Project Management Office
• Project organizational structures
• Project and product life cycles
• Enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets
• The ten knowledge areas within PMBOK® Guide
• The project selection process
• Practical Exercise: Framework practice exam
• Project Exercise: Project Selection exercises
• Project Exercise: Processes practice exam 

Project Integration Management

• Developing the project charter
• Develop the project management plan
• Direct and Management Project Work
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase
• Practical Exercise: Integration Management practice exam
• Project Scope Management
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope
• Practical Exercise: Scope Management practice exam
• Project Time Management

• Plan Schedule Management

• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations

Project Time Management

• Develop Schedule
• Control Schedule
• Practical Exercise: Network diagramming practice
• Practical Exercise: Time management practice exam
• Project Cost Management
• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs
• Practical Exercise: Earned Value Management calculations practice
• Practical Exercise: Cost management practice exam
• Project Quality Management
• Quality Management terms and concepts
• Plan Quality Management
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Control Quality
• Practical Exercise: Quality Management practice exam
• Project Human Resources Management
• Plan Human Resource Management
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team
• Human Resources Management Theories
• Practical Exercise: Human Resources Management practice exam
• Project Communications Management
• Plan Communications Management
• Manage Communications
• Communications Channels
• Control Communications
• Practical Exercise: Communications Management practice exam 

Project Risk Management

• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Expected Monetary Value analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Control Risks
• Practical Exercise: Risk Management practice exam
• Project Procurement Management
• Plan Procurement Management
• Understanding contracts
• Conduct Procurement
• Control Procurements
• Close Procurements
• Practical Exercise: Procurement Management practice exam

Project Stakeholder Management

• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Stakeholder Management
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Control Stakeholder Engagement
• Practical Exercise: Stakeholder Management practice exam
• Professional Ethics and Responsibility
• The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Practical Exercise: Professional Ethics and Responsibility practice exam
• PMP Practice Exam: Evaluate PMP exam
• Practical Exercise: Create end course lessons learned and final exam plan