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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35
 
 

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® Guide processes
  • Align your project management knowledge with PMBOK® Guide terminology and definitions
  • Analyse PMBOK® Guide tools and techniques essential for PMP® exam success
  • Create a personalised plan for self-study to focus your efforts from after the course to your exam date

Course Benefits

The Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential is recognised as the universal standard of the profession. In this course, you gain skills to help you prepare for the newly revised PMP® credential exam. Through practice exams, workshops and overnight study, you learn essential PMBOK® 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®.

Workshop Course

Through a series of individual practice workshops and simulated exams, you build a personalised 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® Guide language
  • Charting Input-Process-Output (IPO) diagrams
  • Creating a matrix to map PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas and process groups
  • Developing a personalised exam preparation plan and study guide

Related Courses

  • 286 Project Risk Management
  • 287 Complex Project Management
  • 296 Project Management: Skills for Success
  • 346 Project Team Leadership
  • 299 Microsoft Project 2007 Comprehensive Introduction
  • 923 Project Budgeting and Estimating

 
PMI R.E.P. logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMP is a registered certification mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMBOK is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI is a registered trademark and service mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
   Preparing for the PMP Exam

Upcoming Dates

Live online classroom training.Attend highlighted events in person or live, online via Learning Tree AnyWareTM.

UK Dates

18-22 JunLondon
5-9 NovLondon

US East Coast Dates

27 Feb - 2 MarWashington, DC*
5-9 MarWashington, DC*
12-16 MarNew York*

*New York and Washington, DC Courses – Available online with a run time of 2pm to 9pm BST.

For AnyWare enrolments, please register at least 10 days prior to the start of the course.

Mainland Europe Dates

18-22 JunBrussels
5-9 NovBrussels

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Productivity through Education®
 
 

Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35
 
 
Course Content
 

Introduction to the PMBOK® Guide

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition)

  • Key project management terms and the project life cycle
  • Identifying External Environmental Factors (EEFs) and Organisational Process Areas (OPAs)
  • Organisational structure and influences

Mapping the interrelationships of knowledge areas to process groups

  • Outlining the five process groups
  • Defining the nine knowledge areas

Project Integration and Scope Management

Identifying and integrating processes and activities

  • Identifying a new project, business case and strategic plans
  • Defining and coordinating all subsidiary plans
  • Change control and configuration management

Defining, verifying and controlling the scope

  • Facilitating requirements-gathering using interviews, workshops, group creativity and decision-making techniques
  • Requirements changes and traceability matrices
  • Determining scope through product analysis and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
  • Creating the WBS through decomposition
  • Setting the scope baseline and analysing variances

Project Time and Cost Management

Time management

  • Defining and sequencing activities
  • Estimating activity resources and durations with analogous, parametric and three-point techniques
  • Developing the schedule using PDM, ADM and CDM diagrams

Determining the cost baseline and applying Earned Value Management (EVM)

  • Identifying costs and calculating performance baseline
  • Assessing EVM key dimensions, variances and indices
  • Forecasting with EVM
  • Performance reporting

Project Quality Management

Implementing systems for quality

  • Preventing nonconformance through Cost of Quality (CoQ)
  • Performing continuous improvements

Tools and techniques to study

  • Planning for quality using statistical tools
  • Implementing quality metrics and audits

Project Human Resource, Communication and Procurement Management

Developing the plan and acquiring the team

  • Creating hierarchical and matrix charts (RAM & RACI)
  • Developing the team
  • Reward and recognition
  • Motivational theories
  • Conflict resolution techniques

Managing the stakeholders through communication

  • Analysing stakeholders and their expectations
  • Distributing information with communication models
  • Applying communication theory and the levels of power

Procurement management

  • Choosing contract types
  • Performing make-or-buy analysis
  • Formally accepting the product and closing the project or phase

Project Risk Management

Assessing project risks

  • Identifying risks and risk awareness
  • Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
  • Evaluating Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

Exam-relevant tools and techniques

  • Developing threat/opportunity response strategies
  • Reassessing and controlling risks

Planning for the Exam

Preparing for test day

  • Gaining insight into the exam process
  • Applying proven tips for exam success
  • Conquering exam apprehension

Personalising your study plan

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

Professional Responsibility and Ethics

  • The PMI® Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Balancing the interests of stakeholders
  • Doing the right thing at the right time
 
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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35
 
 
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