Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam

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 after the course

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 PMP^® 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

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 techiques 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 Professional Conduct
Balancing the interests of stakeholders
Doing the right thing at the right time

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