PMP Certification

Professionally Certified Project Managers are a benchmark for excellence in terms of performance and productivity in their profession and also bring a repeatable, consistent quality to the projects they manage. Certification gives project managers a competitive edge in job opportunities, promotions and they also retain higher salaries than those without certification. This course is geared towards achieving PMP certification.

This Project Management Professional training course is aimed at experienced Project Managers. If you meet any one of the following, then this (PMP® preparation) course is the perfect choice for your path to Project Management Professional Certification with the PMI®.

• 3 + years Industry experience of involvement in Project
• Experienced Project Managers with no formal PM qualifications
• Project Managers looking for professional PM Certification
• Professionals from a Construction, Information Technology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, Engineering or Service Industry etc. who are seeking to expand or develop their career into Project Management

On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply PMI recognised project management tools, techniques and methods for during the 5 process groups of planning, execution and monitoring and controlling and closing
• Comprehend and appreciate PMI® methodologies and definitions
• Demonstrate project management skills at a professional level
• Appreciate and manage the Triple constraints of Time, Cost & Quality with respect to project performance
• Exhibit the essential skills necessary for project managers
• Evaluate the importance of effective management of the project life cycle
• Apply methods, tools and techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects and for managing risk
• Demonstrate the core project management competencies
• Satisfy the 35 hour formal project management training requirement for PMI®’s PMP® professional certification.
• Be comfortable with the examination format and typical question styles
• Pass the PMP® exam

Introduction:

• Welcome & Introductions
• The project life cycle
• Key stakeholders
• Exercise: Review of well-known project failures
• PMI® requirements of candidates
• The PMP application process
• Exercise: Start experience calculation required for PMP application
• Exam makeup & Format
• Question Types
• Exercise: Identification of areas of weakness & analysis

Project Integration Management:

• Develop project charter
• Exercise: Create Project Charter
• Develop project management plan
• Direct and manage project execution
• Monitor and control project work
• Perform Integrated change control
• Close project
• 20 Question Exam Project Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Exercise: WBS
• Verify Scope
• Control Scope
• 20 Question Exam

Project Time Management:

• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Exercise: Critical Path
• Estimate Activity Resource
• Estimate Activity Duration
• Exercise: Estimation
• Develop Schedule
• Exercise: Crashing and Fast Tracking of schedules
• Control Schedule
• 20 Question Exam Project Cost Project Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs
• Exercises: Earned value
• 20 Question Exam

Project Quality Management:

• Plan Quality
• Exercise: Quality Planning
• Perform quality assurance (QA)
• Perform quality control (QC)
• Exercise: Quality Assurance & Control
• 20 Question Exam

Project Risk Management:

• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Exercise: Risk Identification
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Exercise: Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Exercise: Risk Response Planning
• Monitor & Control Risks
• 20 Question Exam

Project Communications Management:

• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Communications
• Exercise: Communication Planning
• Distribute Information
• Manage stakeholders
• Report Performance
• Exercise: Project Progress Report
• 20 Question Exam

Project Human Resource Management:

• Develop HR Plan
• Acquire project team
• Develop project team
• Manage project team
• Exercise: Managing teams
• 20 Question Exam

Project Procurement Management:

• Plan procurements
• Exercise: Contract Types calculations
• Conduct procurements
• Administer procurements
• Close Procurements
• 20 Question Exam

Project Professional Responsibility/Ethics:

• Ensuring individual integrity and professionalism
• Contributing to the project management knowledge base
• Enhancing individual competence
• Balancing stakeholders’ interests
• 10 Question Exam

Review:

• Recap/Q&A session
• Plan from here to certification exam
• Close

The course will:

• Provide assistance with the PMI® membership, PMP® Exam registration, PMP® Application form preparation and credential application procedure.
• Provide 30 hours of accredited project management training required by PMI® prior to the PMP® application process.
• Modules covering all exam material, broken up similarly to the PMI®’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Provide 20 PMP® questions after each section to confirm participants understanding of subject matter
• Email and Phone support as necessary from PMP® certified tutor until PMP® Certification is achieved
• Provide a framework of to enable trainees to obtain the PMI® specific understanding required to pass the examination.
• Provide access to our 800 PMP® Exam questions in the PMP® Exam Simulator
• Provide one-on-one feedback regarding performance in each knowledge area to allow trainees to focus on areas requiring improvement.

To apply for the PMP® Credential you must first satisfy the following requirements:

Category 1: With a baccalaureate degree

PMP® candidates must:

• Document at least three calendar years experience in project management (during the past six years), including at least 4,500 hours experience within the five recognized project management process groups.
• Document at least 35 contact hours of formal training in project management.
• Pass the PMP® Certification Exam.


Category 2: Without a baccalaureate degree

PMP® candidates must:

• Document at least five calendar years experience in project management (within the past eight years), including at least 7,500 hours experience within the five recognized project management process groups.
• Document at least 35 contact hours of formal training in project management.
• Pass the PMP® Certification Exam.

Following successful completion of the separate Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam, the award of PMP® will be awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).