PMP is a globally recognized Certification by the Project Management Institute and an essential tool for professional Project Managers. Experience this reduced-cost course on campus with an instructor who guarantees a 100% pass rate on the PMP exam.
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Certification Training
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Here are some of the benefits you receive in this training:
- Satisfies 35 contact hours required by PMI
- PMP-certified advisers who will help you complete your PMI application
- Print copy of the 450-page PMP course manual.
- PMP training aids (process group and Inputs, Tools & Techniques, Outputs (ITTO) memory sheets)
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 6th Edition (paperback)
- Over 2,500+ exam prep sample questions with simulator
- Access to complete web-based video course
- Documented 99% pass rate.
Course Outline
- Inputs, Tools & Techniques, Outputs (ITTO)
- Initiating, Planning, Executing, Control, Closing
- 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
- Professional Responsibility
- Practice Exam and Test Simulator
Course Agenda
Topics: Day 1
- Welcome to the class. Instructor and PMP candidate introductions
- 25 test-taking strategies to know and memorize
- Complete PMP Examination Overview - Chapter 1
- What types of questions to expect on the test
- What is the Project Life Cycle and Project Organization - Chapter 2
- Review the five Project Management Process Groups
- Differences between Projects, Programs and Portfolios
- Complete workbook memory checks for Chapter 2
- Explaining the Project Management Knowledge Areas - Chapter 3
- What you need to know about Inputs, Tools, Techniques and Outputs
- Mapping the 47 major processes by knowledge area
- Organizing Integration Management processes into the PM process - Chapter 4
- Listing the components of a good project management plan
- Complete workbook memory checks for Chapters 3 & 4
- Assigning Scope Management processes into the PM process - Chapter 5
- Understanding the key ITTO of the Scope Management knowledge area
- Review practice test answers - Chapter 5
- Wrap Up/Review
Topics: Day 2
- Complete the Project Time Management Overview - Chapter 6
- Put the project time management processes into PM process groups
- Defining network diagrams, critical path and possible test topics
- Take Chapter 6 Practice Test
- Grade and Review Practice Test Answers
- Review Chapter 7 - Project Cost Management
- Place cost management processes into PM process groups
- Define and compute earned value for exam mastery
- Apply all earned value formulas needed for the exam
- Complete Workbook Memory Check for Chapter 7
- Begin the Project Quality Management Overview - Chapter 8
- Place the quality management processes into the PM process groups
- Understanding the key ITTO of the Quality Management knowledge area
- Implement techniques used in cost-benefit analysis
- Take Chapter 8 Practice Test
- Grade and Review Practice Test Answers
- Wrap Up/Review
Topics: Day 3
- Review Chapter 9 - Project Human Resources Management
- Describing how to create staffing and human resource plans
- Listing the stages of team development and team theory
- Testing for understanding - Chapter 9
- Complete Memory Check - Chapter 9
- Explaining the importance of Project Communications - Chapter 10
- Assigning Project Management Communications into the PM process
- Listing the components of a communications management plan
- Describing stakeholders and perform stakeholder analysis
- Grade and Review Practice Test Chapter 10 Answers
- Complete the Project Risk Management Overview - Chapter 11
- Understanding the various categories of risk and how tested on the exam
- Describing risk planning and response strategies
- Take Chapter 11 Practice Test
- Grade and Review Practice Test
Topics: Day 4
- Review Chapter 12 - Project Procurement Management
- Align Project Procurement Management with the PM process
- Detail the key inputs, tools, techniques and outputs of procurement
- Define various contract types and legal terms needed for the exam
- Complete Workbook Memory Check for Chapter 12
- Understanding Project Stakeholder Management - Chapter 13
- Create a stakeholder register and engagement matrix
- Plan and control stakeholder engagement
- Complete Workbook Memory Check for Chapter 13
- Take Chapter 13 Practice Test
- Discussing Chapter 14 - Professional Responsibility
- Understanding how ethics might be tested on the exam
- Grasping the meaning of Professional and Social Responsibility
- Complete Workbook Memory Check for Chapter 14
- Ethics Discussion and Review
- Wrap Up/Review
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