This highly interactive program gives participants a solid foundation in the concepts, tools and techniques of formal project management. While introductory in nature, this course is extremely comprehensive, covering the five key process groups and 38 core competencies associated with effective and efficient project management practice. Participants not only acquire technique-based proficiencies, but also explore and practice essential people skills and teamwork using a case study. The concepts and methods learned are immediately usable in the workplace, leading to a greater retention of newly acquired skills, measurable project improvements, and the achievement of desired project results.
This program also includes PMP Exam preparation. It focuses on key concepts in each of the process and knowledge areas, including the recently added professional responsibility section. The exam preparation begins with an introduction to the exam and why it exists. Students are then given a practice test, and the facilitator adapts the duration of each section of the course accordingly based on the needs of the program participants.
Visit the Project Management Institute website for more information regarding certification: http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/Obtaining-Credential.aspx
Who Should Attend:
Individuals who want to possess basic project management skills and concepts and sit for the PMP Exam. No prerequisites.
| XPPO 631-509 |
9/15-19 |
MTWThF |
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
$2,199 |
M |
| XPPO 631-512 |
12/1-5 |
MTWThF |
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
$2,199 |
M |
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 |
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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
