Preparation for Project Management Professional Certification
This course is to prepare participants for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification by discussing the exam’s requirements and analyzing the its questions. Participants will get the opportunity to practice many similar exam questions. The course also aims at assisting participants in employing the project life cycle through an in-depth description of the five process groups and ten knowledge areas related to project management.
· Review the PMP exam requirements and application process
· Define several key terms and recognize the relationship between portfolio, program and project management
· Describe how organizational influences affect the methods for managing projects
· Identify the integration of various processes and PM activities
· Breakdown the project’s scope to include all required project work
· Compute all activities’ durations required to complete the project
· Estimate project’s budgets
· Outline the quality policies & objectives
· Assemble the project team and manage its performance
· Create and properly communicate project information
· Develop a project risk management plan and examine project risks
· Plan the procurement steps to acquire products and services needed from outside the project team
· Analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact on the project
PMP credential overview
· The Project Management Institute (PMI)
· Credential overview
· Exam overview
· Application process
· Question format
PMP introduction
· The PMBOK guide
· Key definitions
· Portfolios, programs and projects
· PMBOK guide components
Projects environment
· Project influences
· Organizational systems
· Organizational types
· The role of the project manager
Integration management
· Developing the project charter
· Developing the project management plan
· Directing and managing project work
· Managing project knowledge
· Monitoring and controlling project work
· Performing integrated change control
· Closing the project or phase
Scope management
· Planning scope management
· Collecting requirements
· Defining the scope
· Creating the WBS
· Validating the scope
· Controlling the scope
Schedule management
· Planning schedule management
· Defining activities
· Sequencing activities
· Estimating activity duration
· Developing the schedule
· Controlling the schedule
Cost management
· Planning cost management
· Estimating costs
· Determining the budget
· Controlling costs
Quality management
· Planning quality management
· Managing quality
· Controlling quality
Resource management
· Planning resource management
· Estimating activity resources
· Acquiring resources
· Developing and Managing the team
· Controlling resources
Communications management
· Planning communications management
· Managing communications
· Monitoring communications
Risk management
· Planning risk management
· Identifying risks
· Performing qualitative risk analysis
· Performing quantitative risk analysis
· Planning risk responses
· Implementing risk responses
· Monitoring risks
Project Management Office, (PMO) directors and managers, Members of project offices
Project sponsors, Functional managers, Senior managers, Project managers, and individuals interested in PMP certification.