Preparing for the PMP Examination

5 Days

In recent years the Project Management Professional (PMP^®) Certification from the Project Management Institute has become the most sought after certification in the world of project management professionals.   To earn PMI’s PMP credential, you must demonstrate the required "long-term commitment" to project management professionalism and pass a rigorous, 200-question exam covering the project management processes and knowledge areas in PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^®), 3rd edition.

Improve your chances of passing the grueling PMP certification exam on the first try with this well-proven and successful course. You’ll find out exactly what you need to know and how to prepare yourself to successfully tackle any question on the exam.  We do not believe in drilling you on the PMP exam questions; we believe in teaching the practical methodology of project management.  Through mastery of the project management methodology you will pass the certification exam.

Although the course requires no pre-requisite it is expected that all participants hold the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree and have several years of experience.

This course covers all of the areas of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge and much more. The PMBOK is the most accepted global standard for project management.

This course will earn participants 35 Professional Development Units and 3.5 Continuing Education Units

Who Should Attend

Project Managers and Program Managers who are or will be involved in the areas of engineering, production, data processing, research and development, construction, manufacturing corporate planning, finance and marketing.  This course is of particular importance to executives, managers and supervisors in government and industry who are concerned with effectively managing ventures and projects where cost, schedule and performance of programs must meet rigid requirements.

Course Objectives

Participants will learn how to:

Class Outline

Introduction to Project Management

 Project Management Knowledge Areas

 Integration Management

 Scope Management

 Time Management

 Cost Management

 Quality Management

 Human Resources Management

 Communications Management

 Risk Management

 Procurement Management

 Project Management Code of Ethics

 Project Management Process Groups

 Initiating processes

 Planning processes

 Controlling processes

 Executing processes

 Closing processes

Project Phases and the Project Life Cycle

Examples of Project Life Cycles

Stakeholders

Organizations

Project Management Skills

Project Integration Management

Project plan development

Historical information

Constraints and assumptions

Project plan execution

Change Control Management

Project Scope Management

Initiation

Project Goals

Project Strategic Plans

Project Charter

Scope statement and Definition

Project Justification

Project Objectives

Project Deliverables

Work Breakdown Structure

Change management

Project Cost Management

Resource Planning

Resource histogram

Project Management Software

Staffing Plans

Estimating and forecasting

Cost and Schedule Estimates

Chart of Accounts

Present value

Types of Estimates

Budgeting

Cost Baseline

Contingency Budgets

Management Reserves

Cost control

Contingency management

Earned-value reporting

Revised Estimates

Time Management

Activity Definition

Activity Sequencing

Duration Estimating

Schedule Development

PERT

CPM

Monte Carlo

Gantt Chart

Milestone Charts

Optimum Schedules

Duration Compression

Resource Leveling

Schedule Control

Performance Management

Schedule Change Management

Project Management Software

Project Risk Management

Risk Identification

Group Dynamic Techniques

Experts

Risk Quantification

Risk Tolerance

Risk Impact

Risk Probability

Risk Severity

Expected Value

Priority Ranking

Statistical Techniques

Risk Response Development

Contingency Plans

Management Reserves

Risk Response Control

Project Quality Management

Quality planning

Determining Quality Policy

Economics of Quality

Quality Assurance

Quality Plans

Quality Audits

Quality control (QC)

Six-sigma rule

Zero defects

Quality Control Tools

Sampling Techniques

Cause and Effect Diagrams

Project Human Resource Management

Organizational planning

Project organizational structure

Reporting relationships

Staff acquisition

Resource staffing

Negotiations for team members

The Delegation Process

Team development

Theories of motivation

Conflict resolution

Influence factors

Project Communications Management

Communication Process

Communications Management Plan

Performance Reporting

Performance Reviews

Earned Value Reporting System

Information Distribution

Administrative Closure

Project Procurement Management

Procurement planning

Contract Types

Solicitation planning

Vendor Selection

Evaluation Criteria

Solicitation

Source selection

Contract administration

Contract closeout

Project Management Professional Responsibility

Responsibility of the Project Manager

Ethical Practices in Project Management

Legal Issues for project Managers

Nature of the PMP Exam

History of the PMP Certification and Exam

Latest Developments in the Exam Process

Test Procedure

What you Can and cannot do

Fees and Refunds

Application Process and Requirements

How to Fill In the Forms

The Nature and Type of Questions

Recertification and the Professional Development Program