Project Management For Professionals (PMP Exam Prep)

Course Price: $1,995.00 USD
Location: Slidell, LA or host a private course at your facility!
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Duration / PDUs Awarded: 4.00 Days / 35 PDUs

Objective

This course is for those who want to learn more about the principles and practices of managing projects and who are considering getting Project Management Professional (PMP) certified!


Materials

  • PMI's 4th Edition Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
  • Global Project Management's, PMI Certified, PMP Certification Exam Preparation, 8th Ed.
  • Materials include 700+ sample PMP exam questions!
  • PMP Jeopardy - Played as a class!
  • Final Assessment - An online, 200 question mock PMP exam is administered.
  • After Class - Students are given a username & password for 200 more practice questions!

What will you learn?

Day 1:

Lesson 1: Introduction:

  1. Instructor introduction
  2. Student introductions
  3. Goals and Objectives
  4. The Project Management Institute (PMI)
    • History of PMI
    • PMI Services & Certifications
    • Certification Requirements
    • All about the PMP Certification!
  5. Class Exercise: Students will get into teams for remaining class exercises.
Lesson 2: The Project Management Framework
  1. Project Management Overview
    • What is a Project?
    • What is Project Management?
  2. The Five Project Management Process Groups
    • An Introduction
  3. The Nine Knowledge Areas of Project Management
    • An Introduction
  4. Class Game: Students will test their skills playing Project Management Jeopardy
  5. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 3: Initiating a Project
  1. Select a Project -Students will get into teams and will select a sample project to develop for future exercises
  2. The Project Charter
    • Purpose of the charter
    • Creating a project charter
    • Case Studies
  3. Group Exercise: Creating a Project Charter
  4. Group Presentation: “Our Charter”
  5. The Preliminary Scope Statement
    • Purpose of the preliminary scope statement
    • Creating a preliminary scope statement
    • Case Studies
  6. Group Exercise: Preliminary Scope Statement
  7. Group Presentation: “Our Preliminary Scope Statement”
  8. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Day 2:

Lesson 4: The Process of Planning
  1. Integration Management: Developing an Project Management Plan
    • Roles and responsibilities in this effort
    • Why create a project management plan
    • What’s included in this plan?
  2. The Scope Statement
    • Purpose of the scope statement
    • Creating a scope statement
    • Case Studies
  3. Purpose of the preliminary scope statement
    • Creating a preliminary scope statement
    • Case Studies
  4. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
    • Importance of the WBS
    • Creating a WBS
  5. Group Exercise: Creating a WBS
  6. Group Presentation: “Our WBS”
  7. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 5: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
  1. Creating a Project Activity List
    • Work Packages
    • The Project Activities
  2. Group Exercise: Creating an Activity List
  3. The Network Diagram
    • Precedence Diagramming Method
  4. Activity Duration Estimates
    • Top Down and Bottom Up Estimating
  5. Critical Path Method (CPM)
    • What is the Critical Path?
    • Calculating the Critical Path
  6. Determine Resource Requirements
    • Examples of Resources
    • Allocation of Resources
  7. Develop a Project Schedule
  8. Group Exercise: Creating a Project Schedule
  9. Instructor Demo: Using Project Management Software: An Introduction to Primavera Project Planner version 3.1
  10. Project Costs
    • Cost Estimating
    • Cost Budgeting
  11. Establish a Cost Baseline
    • Plotting a Cost Baseline (S-Curve)
  12. Group Exercise: Plotting a cost baseline
  13. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Day 3:

Lesson 6: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
  1. Create a Quality Management Plan
  2. Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
  3. The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
  4. The Staffing Management Plan
  5. Assign Project Staff
  6. Create a Communications Management Plan
  7. Dimensions of Communications
  8. Communications Channels
    • Group Exercise: Creating a Communications Management Plan
  9. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 7: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
  1. Create a Risk Management Plan
  2. Identify Project Risks and Triggers
    • Risk Assessment Techniques
  3. Group Exercise: Identifying Project Risks
  4. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis & Quantitative Risk Analysis
  5. Develop a Risk Response Plan
  6. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 8: Planning Project Procurement
  1. The Statement of Work (SOW)
  2. Prepare a Procurement Document
    • Statement of Work
    • Evaluation Criteria
    • RFP, RFQ, IFB
  3. Contract Group Exercise: Creating a Contract
  4. Class Game: Students will test their skills playing Project Management Jeopardy
  5. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 9: Executing the Plan
  1. Execute the Project Plan
  2. Implement Quality Assurance
    • Quality Audits
  3. Develop the Project Team
    • Team Building Exercise
    • Case Studies
  4. Distribute Project Information
    • Reporting
  5. Receive Proposals, Quotes, or Bids and Select a Seller
  6. Administer a Contract
    • Contract Types
  7. Class Game: Students will test their skills playing Project Management Jeopardy
  8. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Day 4:

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
  1. Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
  2. Review Deliverables and Work Results
  3. Control Project Scope Changes
  4. Control the Project Schedule and Project Costs
    • Updating the Schedule
    • Reporting
  5. Project Quality
    • Quality Control
  6. Report Project Performance
    • Earned Value Management
    • Reporting
  7. Contract Group Exercise: Solve an Earned Value Problem
  8. Monitor and Control Project Risk
    • Class Game: Students will test their skills playing Project Management Jeopardy
  9. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 11: Project Closeout / Professionalism and Ethics in Project Management
  1. Obtain Formal Acceptance
    • The Staffing Management Plan: Releasing Resources
  2. Close Out a Contract
  3. Professionalism and Ethics in a Modern World
    • Case Studies
  4. Class Game: Students will test their skills playing Project Management Jeopardy
  5. PMP Exam Topics & Quiz
Lesson 12: Final: Take a Practice PMP Certification Exam - Optional
  • A two hundred (200) question mock PMP certification exam is administered & reviewed.

Requirements to get PMP Certified

  • Hold a baccalaureate or equivalent university degree
  • Sign a Code of Professional Conduct
  • Have a minimum of 4,500 (7,500 with high school diploma or equivalent) hours of project management experience within the five process groups
  • Have a minimum of 36 (60 with high school diploma or equivalent) non-overlapping (unique) months of personal project management experience
  • Have a minimum of 35 contact hours of specific instruction that addresses learning objectives in project management.

The final step in becoming a PMP is passing a computer-based multiple-choice examination designed to objectively assess and measure your project management knowledge. In addition, those who have been granted the PMP credential must demonstrate an ongoing professional commitment to the field of project management by satisfying continuing education hours.

Instructors / Certifications:

Global Project Management is a Global Registered Educational Provider (R.E.P.) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and, appropriately, requires that ALL instructors be certified Project Management Professionals (PMP) with PMI.