Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Training

• Learning goal: Learn the basic terms and concepts of a project environment.
• PMI, the PMP credential and the PMBOK Guide
• Projects, programs and portfolios
• The project management office (PMO)
• Project life cycle and process groups
• Stakeholders and project business documents
• Tailoring and measuring project success
• Use the key terms and concepts of a project environment
• Plan a basic course of action for a project

• Learning goal: Learn the project manager's role, skills and competencies, sphere of influence, and job as the project integrator.
• The project manager's sphere of influence
• Project manager competencies
• Integration by the project manager
• Apply the skills and abilities you need to be a more effective project manager

• Learning goal: Learn how to manage a project as one integrated whole, from the project charter to closing.
• Develop the project charter
• Develop and approve the project management plan
• Direct and manage project work
• Manage project knowledge
• Monitor and control project work
• Perform integrated change control
• Close the project or phase
• Manage project integration from start to finish

• Learning goal: Learn how to define, document and control what is and is not included in a project.
• Plan scope management
• Collect requirements
• Define scope
• Create the work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Validate scope
• Control scope
• Build a clear scope baseline and manage scope changes

• Learning goal: Learn how to build, communicate and control a realistic project schedule.
• Plan schedule management
• Define and sequence activities
• Estimate activity durations
• Develop the schedule
• Control the schedule
• Create a project schedule and keep it on track

• Learning goal: Learn how to estimate costs, set and manage the project budget, and track performance with earned value management.
• Plan cost management
• Estimate costs
• Determine the budget
• Control costs with earned value management
• Prepare a project budget and measure cost performance

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn quality planning, quality management and quality control, the quality requirements and standards that apply to a project, and the tools used to meet them.

• Plan quality management
• Manage quality
• Control quality
• Apply quality tools to meet project quality standards

• Learning goal: Learn how to plan, acquire and manage the people and physical resources a project needs, based on stakeholder needs.
• Resource planning
• Building and managing the project team
• Performance reporting
• Monitoring and controlling resources
• Plan project resources based on stakeholder needs
• Tailor and apply the right techniques, tools and methods to manage project resources

• Learning goal: Learn how to plan, manage and monitor project communications based on the information needs of stakeholders.
• Plan communications management
• Manage communications
• Performance reporting
• Monitor communications
• Plan project communications based on stakeholder needs
• Tailor and apply the right techniques, tools and methods to manage and monitor project communications

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn the procurement process for buying products or services from outside suppliers, the documents and contracts involved, and how to plan, manage and control sellers.

• Plan procurement management
• Conduct procurements
• Control procurements
• Contract types and procurement documents
• Apply good procurement practices in a project
• Review contract performance, manage contract changes and close contracts

• Learning goal: Learn how to identify the people affected by a project, understand their needs, and plan, manage and monitor their engagement.
• Identify stakeholders
• Plan stakeholder engagement
• Manage stakeholder engagement
• Monitor stakeholder engagement
• Identify stakeholders and analyze their needs and influence
• Keep stakeholders engaged throughout the project