Project Management Professional® Certification Exam Boot Camp

Course Code: 1949

$2995

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Overview

The Project Management Professional certification preparation training helps participants learn project management using the context of the PMI^® process groups through skill-based training to meet PMP^® goals. The course begins by introducing the participants to the project management lifecycle, covering project management the way it is practiced – from start to finish. The course builds on the participants’ existing knowledge base and discusses the specific language and standardized terminology of PMI, while helping participants imbibe real-world project management skills. The course examines the essential skillset of project management through the perspective of the ten knowledge areas. Special emphasis is laid on the memorization of guides and diagrams and intense question review.

“PMI”, “Project Management Professional” and “PMP” are registered marks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 5 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 5 days

What You'll learn

Understand how to use Earned Value Analysis to keep a project on-budget and on-time
Clearly define the scope of a project and effectively manage it throughout the project’s life
Learn calculation concepts – not just formulas – that allow the answering of computational questions, no matter how they are presented
Minimize the risk of a project through proper risk management and response planning
Learn the fundamentals of stakeholder analysis and how to manage stakeholder expectation
Learn key procurement terms, concepts and calculations such as Privity, the risk profiles of different contracts and Point of Total Assumption
Learn the five processing groups that form the basis of the project management lifecycle
Understand the ten knowledge areas and how they apply to each of the process groups
Filling out the PMP examination application

Outline

Part I: The Project Management Lifecycle

Module 1: Introduction

PMP certification boot camp process

Module 2: PMP certification – the credential

The Project Management Institute
The PMP certification
Applying for the examination
The PMP examination
The professional code of conduct
Test subject areas

Module 3: Project Management Overview

What is a ‘project’
Project portfolio management
Program vs. projects
Project management office
Project phases
Project life cycle
The process groups
Knowledge areas
Stakeholder and stakeholder management
Project sponsor, project manager, project definitions

Module 4: The Project Environment

Organizational types
Functional organizations
Matrix organizations
Projectized organizations

Module 5: The Project Management Lifecycle

Initiating process group
Planning process group
Executing process group
Monitoring and controlling process group
Closing process group

Part II: The PMI Knowledge Areas

Module 6: The Knowledge Areas

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

Module 7: The elements of Project Management

Initiating process groups inputs and outputs
The project charter
The preliminary project scope statement
Planning process group inputs and outputs
Project management plan
Executing process group
Deliverables, changes, corrective actions
Monitoring and controlling process group inputs and outputs
Integration management
Integrated management
Scope management
Earned value, planned value, actual value
Cost performance index, schedule performance index
Closing process group inputs and outputs

Module 8: Exam memorization guide

Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle
The nine knowledge areas
Project integration management activities
Project scope management activities
Triple constraints model
Time management activities
Cost management activities
Earned value analysis
Quality management activities
Pareto diagram
Sigma values
The control chart
Ishikawa diagram
Quality vs. grade
Human resource management activities
Communications management activities
Risk management activities
Risk responses
Procurement management activities

Prerequisites

Participants need to meet specific work experience and educational requirements in order to qualify for the PMP certification. These are as below –

Four-year degree (Bachelor’s or the global equivalent)	Secondary diploma (High school or the global equivalent)
At least 3 years of project management experience	At least 5 years of project management experience
4500 hours leading and directing projects	7500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education	35 hours of project management education

Who Should Attend

This course is highly recommended for –

Project managers
IT managers/directors
Outsourcing professionals
QA managers/directors
Application development managers/directors
Business analysts
Systems analysts
Systems architects

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Certification

Upon completion of this course participants are prepared to attempt the Project Management Professional certification exam.

The PMP exam blueprint is as follows –

Particular	Weightage
Initiation	13%
Planning	24%
Executing	30%
Monitoring and controlling	25%
Closing	8%
Total	100%

The exam details are as follows –

Exam name	Project Management Professional certification exam
Exam format	Multiple-choice questions
Number of unscored questions	25
Number of scored questions	175
Exam duration	4 hours