PMP Exam Prep: Third Edition
Course Specifications
Course number: 6102
Title: Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Prep: Third Edition
Course length: 5.0 day(s) Course Description
Course Description
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the Project Management JumpStart course, and offers a job-related approach to successful project management across application areas and industries while preparing you for Project Management Institute’s (PMI) professional credentialing exam.
Course Objective: Review PMI® framework and standard for project work while practicing some suggested tools and techniques. Secondly, begin the preparation for the Project Management Institute (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) credentialing or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) examination.
Target Student: This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management and/or apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Credential exam or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following course or have equivalent knowledge:
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on, minds-on activities. Each participant will receive one text book authored by Kim Heldman, P.M.P., and current Chief Information Officer for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Participants will also receive a companion CD with six PMP practice exams and two additional CAPM exams. Electronic flashcards for exam prep are also provided along with the entire book in PDF form. A participant guide is provided to each attendee with copies of all slides shown in class along with ancillary content.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- initiate a project.
- plan project work.
- develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets.
- plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
- analyze project risks.
- plan project procurement.
- execute project work.
- monitor and control project work.
- monitor and control project schedule and costs.
- monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
- monitor and control project risks and contracts.
- close the project.
Course Content
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
Getting Started / viiThe Program In Perspective / viii
Training At A Glance / xMODULES
Introduction / 1Program Overview / 2
Chapter 1 What Is A Project / 8Is It a Project / 9
What Is Project Management / 12
Defining Skills Every Good Project Manager Needs / 15
Understanding Organizational Structures / 17
Understanding Project Life Cycles & Project Management Processes / 23
Project Management Knowledge Areas / 27
How Projects Come About / 36
Kicking Off the Project Charter / 38
Using Tools & Techniques for Charter Development / 41
Formalizing & Publishing the Project Charter / 47
Developing a Preliminary Project Scope Statement / 50
Developing the Project Management Plan / 54
Scoping Out the Project / 57
Formulating Scope Definition / 60
Writing the Project Scope Statement / 64
Creating the Work Breakdown Structure / 70
Communicating the Plan / 78
Identifying Quality Standards / 81
Planning for Risks / 100
Risk Management Planning / 102
Identifying Potential Risk / 105
Analyzing Risks Using Qualitative Techniques / 110
Quantifying Risks / 114
Developing a Risk Response Plan / 119
Understanding Purchases & Acquisitions / 123
Plan Purchases & Acquisitions / 124
Plan Contracting / 129
Human Resource Planning / 132
Activity Definition / 136
Activity Sequencing / 139
Activity Resource Estimating / 145
Activity Resource Estimating / 146
Estimating Activity Durations / 149
Developing the Project Schedule / 153
Cost Estimating / 166
Cost Budget Baseline / 171
Bringing It All Together / 175
Executing the Project Plan / 179
Acquiring the Project Team / 184
Developing the Project Team / 186
Distributing Project Information / 192
Requesting Seller Responses / 200
Selecting Sellers / 204
Elements of a Contract / 206
Laying Out Quality Assurance Procedures / 208
Monitor & Control Project Work / 210
Administering the Contract / 212
Managing Project Teams / 214
Managing Stakeholders / 217
Establishing Performance Measures / 219
Managing Integrated Change Control / 222
Managing Cost Changes / 227
Monitoring & Controlling Schedule Changes / 235
Monitoring & Controlling Risk / 239
Utilizing Perform Quality Control Techniques / 243
Verifying Project Scope / 254
Controlling Scope Changes / 256
Formulating Project Closeout / 258
Closing Out the Project / 259
Contract Closure / 261
Releasing Project Team Members / 263
Ensure Personal Integrity & Professionalism / 267
Contribute to the Project Management Knowledge Base / 270
Enhance Personal Professional Competence / 272
Promote Interaction Among Team Members & Other Stakeholders / 274
The PMP Certification Process / 280
Exam Topics Review / 284
Practice Quiz / 294
The 44 Project Management Processes / 295