This programme has been rewritten and updated to reflect the changes in the new Project Management Body of Knowledge book published by the PMI.

Overview

The Project Management Professional (PMP) exam is offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), who have been acknowledged as pioneers in the field. Their membership represents a truly global community with more than 200,000 professionals, representing 125 countries. The PMP is the profession?s most globally recognized and respected credential.

For whom:

This is an intense three-day course leading to delegates sitting the Project Management Professional exam with the PMI.

This course is aimed at those wishing to gain the qualification and to understand the terminology and principles behind the methods.

This course would benefit:

Project managers and team leaders who have several years project experience and who feel they have the necessary exposure but require assistance and direction to pass the examination.

Participants must be familiar with the basic elements of work breakdown structures, activity network diagrams and activity duration estimating, cost estimating, contracting, leadership and team development, quality management, risk, earned value management, and procurement.

Aims and Objectives:

This course provides a comprehensive walk through of all of the PMBOK knowledge and process areas. The programme has been revised and updated in line with the PMBOK 3rd edition (2004).

On completion you will:

• Have a thorough understanding of the principles and processes described in the PMBOK.
• Be able to cite the nine essential processes, their sub-processes and where each process fits into the five process groups etc.
• Understand the major tools and techniques described in the PMBOK.
• Be familiar with the type of questions regularly posed in the PMP exam (all sessions are complemented with sets of typical questions).
• Complete a simulation PMP exam at the end of the course.

Course Content:

Day 1

• Review of the application & certification process
• Project Phases & Process Groups
• Project Integration Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• Scheduling Tools & Techniques ? Workshop.
   

Day 2

• Project Cost Management
• Earned Value ? Workshop
• Project Quality Management
• Project Human Resource Management

Day 3

• Project Communication Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Procurement Management
• Social and Professional Responsibilities
• Final Review

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