Certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as a project management professional (PMP®) shows the world that you’ve mastered essential project management skills and knowledge. To earn PMI’s PMP® credential, you must demonstrate the required "long-term commitment" to project management professionalism and pass a rigorous, 200-question exam covering the five project management processes and nine knowledge areas in PMI’s project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
The PMP® Program supports the international community of Project Management Professionals and is designed to objectively assess and measure professional knowledge. The certificate is recognized by the majority of large companies and government institutions all over the world.
Improve your chances of passing the grueling PMP® certification exam on the first try with this well-proven and successful course. You’ll find out exactly what components of your project management background will be tested so you know where to focus your attention during the vital weeks of preparation.
You will also receive Project Management Institute’s: Q&As for the PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition, including 200 questions and answers that cover key themes and concepts of project management. The handy pocket size of Q&As for the PMBOK® Guide Third Edition makes it convenient to refer to the book anytime, anywhere.
Course Topics
1. Project Management Process Groups
a. Initiating processes
b. Planning processes
c. Controlling processes
d. Executing processes
e. Closing processes
2. Project Integration Management
a. Develop project charter
b. Develop preliminary project scope statement
c. Develop project management plan
d. Direct and manage project execution
e. Monitor and control project work
f. Integrated change control
g. Close project
3. Project Scope Management
a. Scope planning
b. Scope definition
c. Create WBS
d. Scope Verification
e. Scope control
4. Project Quality Management
a. Quality planning
b. Perform quality assurance (QA)
c. Perform quality control (QC)
5. Project Time Management
a. Activity definition
b. Activity sequencing
c. Activity resource estimating
d. Activity duration estimating
e. Schedule development
f. Schedule control
6. Project Cost Management
a. Cost estimating
b. Cost budgeting
c. Cost control
d. Earned value
7. Project Risk Management
a. Planning
b. Identification
c. Qualitative analysis
d. Quantitative analysis
e. Response planning
f. Risk monitoring and control
8. Project Human Resource ¬Management
a. Human resource planning
b. Acquire project team
c. Develop project team
d. Manage project team
9. Project Procurement ¬Management
a. Plan purchases and acquisitions
b. Plan contracting
c. Request seller responses
d. Select sellers
e. Contract administration
f. Contract closure
10. Project Communications ¬Management
a. Communications planning
b. Information distribution
c. Performance reporting
d. Manage stakeholders
11. Professional Responsibility
a. Ensuring individual integrity and ¬professionalism
b. Contributing to the project management knowledge base
c. Enhancing individual competence
d. Balancing stakeholders’ interests
e. Interacting in a professional and ¬cooperative manner
12. Studying for the Exam
Recquired book:
- PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide);
Please, remember to bring the book with you.
Recommended bibliography:
- PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, ESI Intl
- PMP® Challenge!, ESI Intl
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