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Project Management Professional (PMP)®

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Project Management Professional (PMP)®

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisite:

Familiarity with project management concepts and some working experience with project management are required. Experience with a specific project management software tool is not required. Basic computing skills and some experience using Microsoft Office is desirable but not required.

Course Description:

The PMP certification is designed by project professionals, for project professionals and validates that you are among the best—highly skilled in:

  • People: emphasizing the soft skills you need to effectively lead a project team in today's changing environment.
  • Process: reinforcing the technical aspects of successfully managing projects.
  • Business Environment: highlighting the connection between projects and organizational strategy. 

PMP certification validates that you have the project leadership skills employers seek. The new PMP includes three key approaches:

  • Predictive (waterfall)
  • Agile
  • Hybrid

What you will Learn 

  • Prepare to take the PMP or CAPM® exams 
  • Become familiar with PMBOK® Guide terms, definitions, and processes 
  • Master test-taking techniques 
  • Learn styles and types of questions found on the PMP or CAPM exams 
  • PMBOK® Guide's five process groups, ten knowledge areas, and the area of professional and social responsibility

Intended Audience:

This course is designed for individuals who have onthe-job project management experience (whether or not project manager is their formal job role), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Course Outline:

1. Defining Project Management Basics 

  • Identify the Concepts of Project Management
  • Identify the Relationship Between Project Management and the Business 
  • Identify Project Stakeholders and Governance

2. Defining Project Management within the Organization 

  • Identify Organizational Influences 
  • Identify the Project Team 
  • Define the Project Life Cycle 
  • Define Agile Methodology

3. Defining the PMI® Project Management Methodology 

  • Define the Project Management Processes 
  • Define the Knowledge Areas 
  • Identify Project Information

4. Defining the PMI® Project Management Methodology 

  • Initiating Process Group Map 
  • Develop a Project Charter 
  • Identify Project Stakeholders

5. Planning a Project 

  • Planning Process Group Map 
  • Develop a Project Management Plan 
  • Plan Scope Management 
  • Collect Project Requirements 
  • Define Project Scope 
  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure

6. Planning a Project Schedule 

  • Planning Process Group Map 
  • Plan Schedule Management 
  • Define Project Activities 
  • Sequence Project Activities 
  • Estimate Activity Durations 
  • Develop a Project Schedule

7. Planning Project Costs 

  • Planning Process Group Map
  • Plan Project Cost Management 
  • Estimate Project Costs 
  • Determine the Project Budget

8. Planning Project Quality, Resources, and Procurements 

  • Planning Process Group Map 
  • Plan Quality Management 
  • Plan Resource Management 
  • Estimate Activity Resources 
  • Plan Project Procurements

9. Planning for Risk 

  • Planning Process Group Map 
  • Plan Risk Management 
  • Identify Risks 
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis 
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 
  • Plan Risk Responses

10. Planning Stakeholder Engagement and Communications 

  • Planning Process Group Map 
  • Plan Stakeholder Engagement 
  • Plan Communications Management

11. Executing a Project 

  • Executing Process Group Map 
  • Direct and Manage Project Work 
  • Manage Project Knowledge 
  • Manage Quality
  • Implement Risk Responses 
  • Conduct Procurements

12. Working with Stakeholders 

  • Executing Process Group Map
  • Acquire Resources 
  • Develop a Team 
  • Manage a Team 
  • Manage Stakeholder Engagement 
  • Manage Communications

13. Monitoring a Project 

  • Monitor and Control Project Work Data Flow Diagram 
  • Monitor and Control Project Work 
  • Validate Project Scope 
  • Monitor Risks 
  • Monitor Stakeholder Engagement 
  • Monitor Communications

14. Controlling a Project 

  • Controlling Process Group Map 
  • Perform Integrated Change Control 
  • Control Project Scope 
  • Control the Project Schedule 
  • Control Project Costs 
  • Control Project Quality 
  • Control Resources 
  • Control Project Procurements

15. Closing a Project 

  • Closing Process Group Map 
  • Close Project or Phase