Project Management Professional (PMP)Preparation Course

Description

If you are intending to pursue the recognised Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification, then this course is for you. This is a MUST DO for all Project Managers or those who want to get involved in the profession of project management. The course is designed to review and emphasize the project processes and knowledge areas, terms, tools, and formulas required for taking and passing the PMP® certification examination. The entire course content is compliant with the “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, fifth edition, (PMBOK® Guide)” of the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI), USA. This course will feature:
• Thorough review of the five project management process groups
• Complete review and study of the 10 knowledge areas and the 47 process steps, including the inputs, tools and techniques and outputs of each
• Review and hands on practice with sample test questions, problems and practical exercises supporting project scheduling, earned value management and expected monetary value
• The application process, the testing process and completing a full PMP practice test

Upon completion of this course, attendees will
have a:
• comprehensive understanding of the PMP
certification requirements and testable
materials
• comprehensive review of the various
processes, knowledge areas, formulas,
terms and individual process steps for
project management
• understanding of advanced set of projects
management tools and techniques for
continued use or new implementation at
the workplace
• being prepared for PMP certification
resulting in greater project management
confidence and credibility
Day One
PMP® Application
The Project Management Basics,
Framework and Processes
• Project definitions
• The Project Management Office
• Project organisational structures
• Project and product life cycles
• Enterprise environmental factors
• and organisational process assets
• The ten knowledge areas within
• PMBOK®
• Framework Practice Exams

Day Two
Project Integration Management
• Developing the project charter
• Develop the project management plan
• Direct and Management Project Work
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase
• Integration Practice Exam
Project Scope Management
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create the Work Breakdown Structure
• (WBS)
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope
• Scope Practice Exam
Project Time Management
• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop Schedule
• Control Schedule
• Time Practice Exam

Day Three
Project Cost Management
• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs - Earned Value
• Cost Practice Exam
Project Quality Management
• Quality Management terms and
concepts
• Plan Quality Management
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Control Quality
• Quality Practice Exam
Project Risk Management
• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Expected Monetary Value analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Control Risks
• Risk Practice Exam

Day 4
Project Procurement Management
• Plan Procurement Management
• Understanding contracts
• Conduct Procurement
• Control Procurements
• Close Procurements
• Procurement Practice Exam
Project Human Resources Management
• Plan Human Resource Management
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team
• Human Resources Management
Theories
• HR Practice Exam
Project Communications Management
• Plan Communications Management
• Manage Communications
• Communications Channels
• Control Communications
• Communication Practice Exam
Project Stakeholder Management
• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Stakeholder Management
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Control Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Practice Exam
PMP Simulated Exam

Aim

• Understand qualifications and application processes for the PMP exam
• Meeting education requirements for the PMP exam
• Being prepared to pass the PMP certification exam.
• Understanding existing project practices or new project process
• Understanding project tools and procedures that can or may be implemented to improve or establish formal project management methodologies

Participant requirements

There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
However, experience in project management is recommended

Participant

• Professionals who have been directly involved in initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing of any kind of projects
• Professionals who are working as project managers or key project or program team members
• Those who want to get a recognized Project Management qualification and who recognize project management as a core part of their professional experience