Who Should Attend:
Individuals who want to possess basic project management skills and concepts and sit for the PMP Exam. No prerequisites.

Location:   Main Campus

Weekend Option:  

XPPO 631-501	5/9, 5/16	F	6-9:30 p.m.	$2,199
	5/10, 5/17, 5/24	S	8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
	5/11, 5/18	Su	1-4:30 p.m.

Day Option:

XPPO 631-502

7/21-25

MTWThF

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

$2,199

Registration Information:

Call Michele Shinn at 843.574.6655 or e-mail michele.shinn@tridenttech.edu.

PROGRAM FEATURES:

• PMP certified facilitators bring real-world experience to every workshop.
• You are led, not lectured, through a hands-on case study.
• As a team, you work through scenarios that provide an experimental environment where you can take risks and make adjustments based on your results.
• Learn concepts and techniques applicable to any tool or methodology.
• This program is consistent with the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
• A broad base of information is provided for participants who will be taking the PMP exam.
• Course materials contain 200 practice exam questions.
• Each student receives a copy of the PMBOK Guide.
• Students leave the program with an exam test plan for ensuring their success on the PMP Exam.

DISCOVER HOW TO:

• Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Use a network diagram to display a Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart.
• Use the Critical Path Method (CPM) in the network diagram to ensure the correct project duration.
• Estimate and schedule project tasks.
• Apply resources to a project plan.
• Explore different personality types and learn how they affect project management.
• Experience no surprises when you take the exam.
• Gain exposure and awareness of the broad range of project management terms, conditions, and business situations that mirror the scenarios presented on the exam.
• Understand their personal baseline knowledge, comfort level, and what areas that will require additional study.
• Know the intellectual, physical, and emotional effort required to pass the PMP Exam.

COMPETENCIES

Initiation	Activity Definition	Organizational Planning
Cost Budgeting	Team Development	Project Plan Development &   Execution
Procurement	Source Selection	Scope Change Control
Staff Acquisition	Activity Sequencing	Risk Response Planning
Scope Planning & Definition	Resource Planning	Contract Administration
Quality Planning & Control	Change Control	Administrative Closure
Schedule Development & Control	Risk Identification & Analysis	Information Distribution
Solicitation	Scope Verification	Risk Monitoring & Control
Quality Assurance	Contract Close-Out	Communications Planning
Cost Estimation & Control	Performance Reporting	Risk Management Planning




OUTLINE SUMMARY  

An Overview of Project Management
Project characteristics
Project management processes
Project success and failure
Critical success factors and components
The effective project manager — skills and characteristics
Roles and responsibilities
Time, cost and scope target

The People Side of Project Management
Understanding people
Learn the use of style models
Flexing your style
Understanding differences
Communicating

Planning the Project
Plan components
Introduction to the case study
Project charter
Work plan
Control plans
Functions of a good project plan

Work Breakdown Structure
(Work Plans)
Defining the work to be done
Creating the BS — demonstration of technique
The WBS task and the work package
Methods of subdivision
Uses of the WBS

Estimating
Estimating accuracy
Estimating concepts and methods
Task-based estimation
Effort, productivity factors, influence factors

Scheduling
Schedule concepts and methods
Network diagrams
Precedence logic
Estimate duration
Create a network diagram — demonstration of technique
PERT/CPM
Allocation of resources
Gantt charts/histograms

Risk Management
Evaluation of risk
Identification, assessment, quantification and contingency planning
Risk consequences and contingencies
A technique for planning for risk
Cost/benefit/risk considerations

Project Control
Measurement, evaluation and quality control
Prerequisites to effective control
Key indicators
Change management and control
Progress reporting

Project Completion
Management of project completion
Post implementation

PM Knowledge Areas:

Integration Management	Quality Management	Management
Scope Management	Human Resource	Risk Management
Time Management	Management	Procurement
Cost Management	Communications

PMP Preparation Outline
Becoming a PMP^®
Benefits of PMP^® certification
Review of the certification process

Project Management Framework
Project phases
Project life cycles
Areas of knowledge
Project stakeholders
Process groups

Project Integration Management
Project plan development
Project plan execution
Overall change control

Project Scope Management
Project initiation definition
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Scope verification
Scope change control

Project Time Management
Schedule network development
Resource loading and leveling
CPM and PERT

Project Cost Management
Definitions, types of costs
Economic analysis
Cost estimating and budgeting
Cost control
Earned value

Project Quality Management
Quality planning
Quality assurance
Quality control
Statistical process control

Project Human Resource Management
Motivation and leadership
Team development

Project Communications Management
Communications planning
Information distribution
Performance reporting

Project Risk Management
Risk planning
Risk identification
Qualitative and quantitative risk management
Risk response development and control
Monte Carlo simulation

Project Procurement Management
Procurement planning
Solicitation and source selection
Contract administration and close-out

Professional Responsibility
PMI® Code of Conduct
Professional responsibility performance domain
Legal, ethical and professional behaviors
International cultural sensitivities

Final Review