PMP - VIRTUAL ONE DAY SESSION, Instructor Led Exam Prep Crash Course, Friday, Feb 28th, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)

PMP - VIRTUAL ONE DAY SESSION, Instructor Led Exam Prep Crash Course, Friday, Jan 31st, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)

INTRO TO PMP COURSE CERTIFICATION

DAY 1

• What is PMP® & PMI®?

• PMP® Exam Syllabus

• What is the PMP® exam like?

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

• Definition of a Project

• What is project management?

• What is Program management?

• What is portfolio management?

• Project Management Office (PMO)

• Project constraints

• Stakeholder management

• Organization structure

• Project life-cycle Vs Product life-cycle

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

• Project life-cycle Vs Project management processes

• The five project management process groups

• Process groups, knowledge areas and project management process mapping

• What is project integration management?

• The key role of the project manager, project team and project sponsor

• Project selection methods

PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT

• The integration management knowledge area

• Develop Project Charter
• Develop Project Management Plan
• Direct and Manage Project Work
• Monitor & Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase

SCOPE MANAGEMENT

• What is project scope management ?

• The key terms in project scope management

• Product scope Vs Project scope

• The project scope management process

• Plan scope management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create WBS
• Validate Scope

DAY 2

TIME MANAGEMENT

• What is Project time management?

• What is a project schedule?

• The key terms in project time management

• The project time management processes

• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities
• Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop Schedule
• Control Schedule

• Schedule Network Analysis techniques

COST MANAGEMENT

• What is project cost management ?

• Cost estimating vs Cost budgeting

• Control accounts

• The Project cost management processes

• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs

• Earned value management

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• What is quality?

• What is quality management?

• Cost of quality

• The project quality management processes

• Plan Quality Management
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Control Quality

• Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools)

• Introduction to Six Sigma

DAY 3

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team

• Conflict management

• Powers of project manager

• Organization theories

• Recap of the Entire Syllabus

• Practice Test

• Discussion on the Practice Test

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT

• What is communication ?

• Communication methods, technology & channels

• Basic communication model

• The Communications management knowledge area

• Plan Communications Management
• Manage Communications
• Control Communications

DAY 4

RISK MANAGEMENT

• What is risk?

• How is risk calculated?

• Risk categorization

• Decision tree

• Risk reserve

• The risk management knowledge area

• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Control Risks

PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

• What is contract?

• Centralized vs decentralized contracting

• Different types of contract

• Key terms in procurement management

• The procurement management knowledge area

• Plan Procurements Management
• Conduct Procurements
• Control Procurements
• Close Procurements

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

• Stakeholders

• Common stakeholders on a project

• Stakeholder classification models

• Stakeholder Engagement assessment matrix

• Skills needed to manage stakeholders

• The project stakeholder management processes

• Identify stakeholders
• Plan stakeholder management
• Manage stakeholder engagement
• Control stakeholder engagement

PMBOK® PART 2

• Process Group interactions

• Initiating Processes

• Planning Processes

• Executing Processes

• Monitoring and Controlling Processes

• Closing Processes