PMI/PMP Project Management Professional

Course details

The Project Management Institute (PMI) sponsors a project management accreditation programme. This course prepares participants for the PMP Online Exam

Course Content: 

Module 1

• Course outline
• PMP Certification
• Exam Structure and Format
• Understanding the PMBOK, Knowledge Areas, Process Groups
• Process Iterations – Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs
• Foundation (Project Management Essentials)
• Project Fundamentals
• The Project Context
• Project Stakeholders
• The Project Lifecycle
• Project Success Factors

Module 2

• Project Integration Management
• Develop Project Charter
• Develop Project Management Plan
• Direct and Manage Project Execution
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase
• Project Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create WBS
• Verify Scope
• Control Scope

Module 3

• Project Time Management
• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop Schedule
• Control Schedule
• Project Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs

Module 4

• Project Quality Management
• Plan Quality
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Perform Quality Control
• Project Human Resource Management
• Develop Human Resource Plan
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team

Module 5

• Project Communications Management
• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Communications
• Distribute Information
• Manage Stakeholder Expectations
• Report Performance
• Project Risk Management
• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Perform Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Monitor and Control Risks

Learning Outcomes: 

• The process of project management
• The framework of project managemen
• Integration management
• Scope management
• Time and Cost management

Course Assessment: 

The final step to becoming a PMP is passing a multiple-choice examination designed to objectively assess and measure an inpiduals ability to apply project management knowledge in the following six domains: initiating the project, planning the project, executing the project, monitoring and controlling the project, closing the project, and professional and social responsibility. This computer-based examination is administered globally by Prometric.

Course Requirements: 

• This course fulfils the Project Mgmt Education i.e. the 35 contact hours of formal education requirement.
• Participants interested in taking the exam should also note the following:
• The exam can ONLY be taken in Dublin
• Participants will be required to do self-study (approximately 40 hours) in preparation for the exam
• Prior to sitting exam, participants are required to fill in a lengthy application form outlining their Project Management experience. Exam costs are not covered.