Course Overview
TOPThe participants in this five-day virtual or classroom course will review all material covered in the Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, review and discuss practice test questions for a comprehensive understanding of what to expect when taking the PMP® Exam.
Scheduled Classes
TOPWhat You'll Learn
TOPThe participants will review all material covered in the Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017. Review and discuss practice test questions for a comprehensive understanding of what to expect when taking the PMP® Exam.
Learn to define terminology in the ten knowledge areas listed below:
- Scope
- Time
- Risk
- Cost
- Contract
- Quality
- Human resources
- Communication
- Integration
- Stakeholders
Outline
TOP0.0 — Introduction
- Introductions and overview of course material
1.0 — PMP® Certification Program Course Introduction
- Project stakeholders and governance
- The project team
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
2.0 — Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle
- Organizational structures
- The project life cycle
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
3.0 — Project Management Processes
- The project management process
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
4.0 — Ten Knowledge Areas
- Project integration management
- Project scope management
- Project time management
- The project schedule
- Common project scheduling terminology
- The project schedule life cycle
- Project cost management
- Project quality management
- Stakeholder roles and responsibilities
- Philosophies of modern quality management
- Project quality
- Project human resource management
- The project manager and the life cycle
- The project human resource management system
- Project communications management
- Project risk management
- Risk management terms
- Project risk management step-by-step
- Project procurement management
- Project procurement objectives
- Key contracting terms
- Project stakeholder management
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
5.0 — Initiating Process Group
- Project integration management
- Develop project charter
- Project stakeholder management
- Identify stakeholders
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
6.0 — Planning Process Group
- Project integration management
- Develop project management plan
- Project scope management
- Plan scope management
- Collect requirements
- Define scope
- Create WBS
- Project time management
- Plan schedule management
- Define activities
- Sequence activities
- Estimate activity resources
- Estimate activity durations
- Develop schedule
- Project cost management
- Plan cost management
- Estimate costs
- Determine budget
- Project quality management
- Plan quality management
- Project human resource management
- Plan human resource management
- Project communications management
- Plan communications management
- Project risk management
- Plan risk management
- Identify risks
- Perform qualitative risk analysis
- Perform quantitative risk analysis
- Plan risk responses
- Project procurement management
- Plan procurement management
- Project stakeholder management
- Plan stakeholder management
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
7.0 — Executing Process Group
- Project integration management
- Direct and manage project work
- Project quality management
- Perform quality assurance
- Project human resource management
- Acquire project team
- Develop project team
- Manage project team
- Project communications management
- Manage communications
- Project procurement management
- Conduct procurements
- Project stakeholder management
- Manage stakeholder engagement
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
8.0 — Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
- Project integration management
- Monitor and control project work
- Perform integrated change control
- Project scope management
- Validate scope
- Control scope
- Project time management
- Control schedule
- Project cost management
- Control costs
- Project quality management
- Control quality
- Project communications management
- Control communications
- Project risk management
- Control risks
- Project procurement management
- Control procurements
- Project stakeholder management
- Control stakeholder engagement
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
6.0 — Planning Process Group
- Project integration management
- Develop project management plan
- Project scope management
- Plan scope management
- Collect requirements
- Define scope
- Create WBS
- Project time management
- Plan schedule management
- Define activities
- Sequence activities
- Estimate activity resources
- Estimate activity durations
- Develop schedule
- Project cost management
- Plan cost management
- Estimate costs
- Determine budget
- Project quality management
- Plan quality management
- Project human resource management
- Plan human resource management
- Project communications management
- Plan communications management
- Project risk management
- Plan risk management
- Identify risks
- Perform qualitative risk analysis
- Perform quantitative risk analysis
- Plan risk responses
- Project procurement management
- Plan procurement management
- Project stakeholder management
- Plan stakeholder management
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
7.0 — Executing Process Group
- Project integration management
- Direct and manage project work
- Project quality management
- Perform quality assurance
- Project human resource management
- Acquire project team
- Develop project team
- Manage project team
- Project communications management
- Manage communications
- Project procurement management
- Conduct procurements
- Project stakeholder management
- Manage stakeholder engagement
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
8.0 — Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
- Project integration management
- Monitor and control project work
- Perform integrated change control
- Project scope management
- Validate scope
- Control scope
- Project time management
- Control schedule
- Project cost management
- Control costs
- Project quality management
- Control quality
- Project communications management
- Control communications
- Project risk management
- Control risks
- Project procurement management
- Control procurements
- Project stakeholder management
- Control stakeholder engagement
Group exercise answering sample exam questions
Prerequisites
TOPYou can watch a quick two minute video on why you should become PMP® certified which includes PMP® eligibility requirements and a link to more information. Highly Recommended: Project Management Fundamentals With A Team Approach (30 PDUs).
