Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Preparation

Course details

Who Should Attend:

• Project Managers & Executives
• Project Coordinators
• Project Engineers

• Define projects, project management and project managers
• Identify the importance of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and Project Management Institute (PMI) 
• Identify the five process groups and nine knowledge areas as defined by the (PMI) 
• Describe and explore the triple constraint
• Perform a project needs assessment and write goals, requirements and deliverables
• Create key project documents (SOW, planning worksheet, project charter)
• Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs and resources
• Understand and use the work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Create project planning documents (schedule, risk plan and comms plan)
• Use planning tools, including the Gantt chart, network diagramme and RACI chart
• Establish and use baselines
• Monitor and maintain the project.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the practical importance and background of Project Management
• Identify project characteristics, perform resource analysis and develop timelines and deadlines
• Manage each stage of the project life cycle
  • Develop the right organisational structures
  • Identify project scope, cost and constraints
  • Create realistic project schedules and deliverables
  • Assess, monitor and control project performance
• Lead, manage and empower project team members to effectively communicate, negotiate and resolve any project issues.

• Introduction
  •  (PMP)  and CAPM exam requirements
  • Exam questions
  • Maintaining certification
  • Exam - taking tips
  • Assessment quiz
• PM Foundation
  • PM definitions
  • Project Life Cycle vs. Project Management Life Cycle
  • Organisational structure
• PM Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
  • PM process groups
  • PM knowledge areas
• Project Integration Management
  • Overview of project integration
  • 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
  • Code of ethics and project integration management
• Project Scope Management
  • Overview of project scope management
  • Collect requirements
  • Define scope
  • Create WBS
  • Verify scope
  • Control scope
• Project Time Management
  • Overview of project time management
  • Define activity
  • Sequence activity
  • Estimate activity resource
  • Estimate activity duration
  • Develop schedule
  • Control schedule
  • Code of ethics and project scope management
• Project Cost Management
  • Overview of Project Cost Management
  • Estimate costs
  • Determine budget
  • Control costs
  • Code of ethics and project cost management
• Project Quality Management
  • Overview of project quality management
  • Plan quality
  • Perform quality assurance
  • Perform quality control
  • Code of ethics and project quality management
• Project Human Resource Management
  • Overview of project human resource management
  • Develop human resource plan
  • Acquire project team
  • Develop project team
  • Manage project team
  • Code of ethics and project human resource management
• Project Communication Management
  • Overview of project communication management
  • Identify stakeholders
  • Plan communications
  • Distribute information
  • Manage stakeholder expectations
  • Report performance
  • Code of ethics and project communications management
• Project Risk Management
  • Overview of project risk management
  • Plan risk management
  • Identify risks
  • Perform qualitative risk analysis
  • Perform quantitative risk analysis
  • Plan risk response
  • Monitoring and control risks
  • Code of ethics and project risk management
• Project Procurement Management
  • Overview of project procurement management
  • Plan procurements
  • Conduct procurements
  • Administer procurements
  • Close procurements
  • Code of ethics and project procurement management
• Course Exercises
  • Each chapter contains practical exercises targeted at the range of learning styles (Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory)
  • Network diagramme exercises
  • Earned value exercises
  • Summary exercises
  • Practice exercises
  • Practice tests