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PMP exam training and course content based on  PMBOK® : Fourth Edition Guide

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You Will Learn How To
  • Prepare to pass the PMP® exam
  • Navigate the process groups and knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide: Fourth Edition
  • Identify and map the inputs and outputs of the PMBOK®  fourth edition guide processes
  • Align your project management knowledge with PMBOK®  fourth edition guide terminology and definitions
  • Analyze PMBOK®  fourth edition Guide tools and techniques essential for PMP® exam success
  • Create a personalized plan for self-study to focus your efforts after the course

 

Course Benefits

The Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential is recognized as the universal standard of the profession. In this course, you gain skills to help you prepare for the PMP® exam. Through practice exams, workshops and overnight study, you learn essential PMBOK®  fourth edition guide terminology, tools and techniques. This course features extended class hours, providing you with the 35 contact hours/PDUs you need to take the PMP® exam.

 

Who Should Attend

Experienced project managers who plan to take the PMP® exam. Participants should be aware of exam eligibility criteria established by the PMI®. You should see the latest at www.pmi.org/pdf/pdc_pmphandbook.pdf 

 

Course Workshop

Through a series of individual practice workshops and simulated exams, you build a personalized study plan to ensure your exam preparedness. Workshops include:

  • Taking daily PMP®-style practice exams and cross-referencing answers to PMBOK® Guide

  • Speaking the PMBOK®  fourth edition guide language

  • Charting Input-Process-Output (IPO) diagrams

  • Creating a matrix to map PMBOK®  fourth edition guide knowledge areas and process groups

  • Developing a personalized exam preparation plan and study guide

Course Contents

Introduction

  • Knowledge areas and process groups of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide: Fourth Edition)

  • Characteristics of a project life cycle

  • Essential project management skills

 

Outlining the five process groups

  • Initiating

  • Planning

  • Executing

  • Monitoring and controlling

  • Closing

Defining the nine knowledge areas

  • Profiling each knowledge area

  • Mapping the interrelationships of knowledge areas to process groups

The Initiating Processes

Relevant tools and techniques

  • Project selection methods

  • Authorizing the project

Key concepts beyond the PMBOK® Guide: Fourth Edition

  • Net present value (NPV)

  • Internal rate of return (IRR)

The Planning Processes

Tools and techniques to study

  • AOA and AON methods

  • PDM, ADM and CDM diagrams

  • Analogous, parametric, bottom-up and computerized estimating techniques

  • CPM, PERT and GERT activity sequencing

  • Work breakdown structure (WBS)

  • Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis including EMV

  • Benefit/cost analysis

  • Decision trees

  • Make-or-buy

  • Contract type selection

  • Benchmarking

  • Flowcharting

  • Reserve analysis

  • The cost of quality (CoQ)

Significant inputs and outputs

  • Activity lists and resource requirements

  • Management plans for schedule, cost, risk and the project

  • Historical information

  • Expert judgment

  • Recruitment practices

  • Quality, risk response, communication and procurement management plans

Important planning concepts

  • Organizational theory

  • Design of experiments

The Executing Processes

Exam-relevant tools and techniques

  • Quality audit

  • Weighting systems

  • Team-building activities

  • Reward and recognition systems

  • Performance reporting

  • Virtual teams

Primary inputs and outputs

  • Change requests

  • Work results

  • Proposals

  • Contracts

Additional areas of study

  • The stages of team development

  • Motivational theories

  • Conflict resolution techniques

  • Communication theory

  • The five levels of power

The Monitoring and Controlling Processes

Applicable tools and techniques

  • Components of earned value analysis (EVA): PV, AC, EV

  • Configuration management

  • Subsidiary change control

The Closing Processes

Key concepts

  • Formal acceptance and closure

  • Project archives

  • Types of closing

Prominent inputs and outputs

  • Lessons learned

  • Corrective actions

Planning for the Exam and Preparing for test day

  • Gaining insight into the exam process

  • Applying proven tips for exam success

  • Conquering exam apprehension

  • Rising to the exam challenge

Personalizing your study plan
  • Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
  • Designing a plan that works for you
  • Incorporating study tips for best results
  • Optimizing your study time and focus

 
     
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