Project Management Professional (PMP)

Course details

Project Management Professional (PMP ) is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI - USA). Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP  demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects. This recognition is seen through increased marketability to employers and positively impacts project manager salaries. (Source: www.pmi.org)

The Project Management Institute (PMI ) has grown to be recognized as the global association for project management standards. PMI's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ) has received recognition from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as the standard document for project management knowledge.

Objectives

• Understand the value of project management, organizational project management maturity and the PMP  certification process
• Know an overview of what a PMP  certified project management must know how to apply
• Know the knowledge areas of PMI's Guide to the PMBOK 
• Know the five process groups of processes for project management

Outcomes

• Explain the requirements for eligibility to sit the PMP exam and relate this to personal context and professional experience
• Describe the PMIs project management framework and processes that are fundamental to their body of knowledge
• Identify the ten core knowledge areas that comprise the PMBOK Guide  and relate key sub-processes to each knowledge area and process group
• Recognize appropriate responses and behaviors consistent with the PMIs Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Interpret typical PMP exam questions and select best answers in a simulated exam environment

Who Should Attend?

• Project Managers
• IT Managers/Directors
• Outsourcing Professionals
• QA Managers/Directors
• Application Development Managers/Directors
• Business Analysts, Systems Analysts
• Systems Architect
• Engineering and Construction
• IT
• Telecommunications
• Maintenance and Operations
• Manufacturing
• Power
• Oil and gas
• Communications and Marketing sectors

Eligibility Criteria

• Project management introduction
• Project management practices and their distinctiveness in business management
• The value, benefits & advantages of implementing project management practices
• Project management maturity for organizations
• Project management certification for professionals
• The Project Management Institute's (PMI ) Project Management Professional certification (PMP )
• PMP  certification
• Requirements for certification
• Certification examination process
• Project management overview and context
• Project management knowledge areas
• Project integration management
• Project scope management
• Project time management
• Project cost management
• Project quality management
• Project human resource management
• Project communication
• Project risk management
• Project procurement management
• Professional and social responsibility
• Project management process groups
• Initiation
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing
• Project management process dependencies and flow
• PMP  examination and preparation
• A practice/sample multiple choice examination
• Other Project management frameworks
• Overview of other frameworks for project management success