PMP Exam Preparation

Course Specifications

Course length: 5.0 day(s)

Course Objective: 

You will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project

• Identify Project Management Processes 
• Identify Professional and Social Responsibilities
• Identify the Interpersonal Skills Required for a Project Manager
• Create a Project Charter
• Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work 

• Develop Project Management Plan
• Create a Scope Management Plan
• Document Stakeholder Requirements
• Create a Scope Statement
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

• Create an Activity List
• Create a Project Network Diagram
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Identify the Critical Path
• Develop a Project Schedule
• Estimate Project Costs
• Establish a Cost Baseline
• Reconcile Funding and Costs

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• Create a Quality Management Plan
• Document Project Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
• Acquire Project Team
• Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analysing Risks and Planning Risk Response

• Examine a Risk Management Plan
• Identify Project Risks and Triggers
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement

• Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
• Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work 

• Direct and Manage Project Execution
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations
• Information Distribution
• Obtain Seller Responses
• Determine the Project Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

• Monitor and Control Project Work Process
• Develop an Integrated Change Control System 
• Review Deliverables and Work Results
• Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs

• Control the Project Schedule
• Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• Perform Quality Control
• Manage Project Team
• Report Project Performance

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts 

• Monitor and Control Project Risk
• Administer Project Procurements

Lesson 12: Closing the Project

• Close a Project
• Close a Contract or Project Phase