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Project Management Professional (PMP) - Certification Training

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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Last modified November 7, 2019