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COURSE 4200B | 4-DAY
The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Boot Camp (4 day)
Course Outline
Part I The Project Management Life Cycle
1. Introduction
An introduction to the format and scope of the Course
- PMP Boot Camp Process
2. PMP Credential
An overview of the PMI requirements for the PMP credential
- The Project Management Institute
- The PMP Credential
- Applying for the Examination
- The PMP Examination
- The Professional Code of Conduct
- Test Subject Areas
3. Project Management Overview
An introduction to Project Management: what it is, and what it isn’t
- What is a Project
- Project Portfolio Management
- Programs versus Projects
- Project Management Office
- Project Phases
- Project Life Cycles
- The Process Groups
- Knowledge Areas
- Stakeholders and Stakeholder Management
- Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Project Definitions
4. The Project Environment
An overview of the various organizational structures in which a project might operate
- Organizational Types
- Functional Organizations
- Matrix Organizations
- Projectized Organizations
5. The Project Management Life Cycle
The five process groups that make up the Project Management Life Cycle
- Initiating Process Group
- Planning Process Group
- Executing Process Group
- Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
- Closing Process Group
Part II The PMI Knowledge Areas
1. The Knowledge Areas
The nine knowledge areas that operate within the five process groups
- Integration Management
- Scope Management
- Time Management
- Cost Management
- Quality Management
- Human Resource Management
- Communications Management
- Risk Management
- Procurement Management
2. The Elements of Project Management
A detailed look at each of the Process groups by means of the Knowledge Areas
- Initiating Process Group Inputs and Outputs
- The Project Charter
- The Preliminary Project Scope Statement
- Planning Process Group Inputs and Outputs
- Project Management Plan
- Executing Process Group
- Deliverables, Changes, Corrective Actions
- Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Inputs and Outputs
- Integration Management
- Integrated Management
- Scope Management
- Earned Value, Planned Value, Actual Value
- Cost Performance Index, Schedule Performance Index
- Closing Process Group Inputs and Outputs
3. Exam Memorization Guide
Useful memorization charts to aid in test taking
- Plan-Do-Check-Act-Cycle
- The Nine Knowledge Areas
- Integration Management Activities
- Scope Management Activities
- Triple Constraints Model
- Time Management Activities
- Cost Management Activities
- Earned Value Analysis
- Quality Management Activities
- Pare to Diagram
- Sigma Values
- The Control Chart
- Ishikawa Diagram
- Quality versus Grade
- Human Resource Management Activities
- Communications Management Activities
- Risk Management Activities
- Risk Responses
- Procurement Management Activities
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