PMP Certification Boot Camp

Overview

In this course, students will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI�) to successfully manage projects.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe professional project management

Initiate a project.

Plan project work.

Develop project schedules

Develop cost estimates, and budgets.

Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.

Analyze project risks.

Plan project procurement.

Manage project procurement

Execute project work.

Monitor and control project work.

Monitor and control project schedule and costs.

Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.

Monitor and control project risks and contracts.

Close the project.

Prerequisites

To become a PMP, a student must have - (a) Educational Background - High school diploma or equivalent; (b) Applicants with high School diploma are required to have 7500 hours in a position of responsibility leading and directing project tasks or Applicants who hold a baccalaureate degree or equivalent are only required to have 4500 hrs in a position of responsibility leading and directing project tasks; (c) Project Management Education - 35 hours of classroom training. Learnsoft's PMP class meets this requirement.

Audience

This course is designed for persons who have on the job experience performing project management tasks, whether or not project manager is their formal job role, who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, seek career advancement by moving into a formal Project Manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI�) Project Management Professional (PMP�) Certification. "Project Management Professional" and "PMP" are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

Course duration

5 days

Course outline

OVERVIEW

Define a Project and Project Management
Define a Project Life Cycle
Identify and Define Project Stakeholders.
Highlight the Skills Required for a Project Manager
Define a Project Manager's Responsibilities

INITIATING THE PROJECT

Apply Project Management Processes
Create a Project Charter
Develop a Draft Project Scope Statement

PLANNING PROJECT WORK

Develop a Project Management Plan
Create a Scope Management Plan
Create a Scope Statement
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

DEVELOPING PROJECT SCHEDULES, COST ESTIMATES AND BUDGETS

Create an Activity List
Create a Project Network Diagram
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Identify the Critical Path
Develop a Project Schedule
Estimate Project Costs
Establish a Cost Baseline

PLANNING PROJECT QUALITY, STAFFING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Create a Quality Management Plan
Document Roles, responsibilities and Reporting Relationships
Acquire a Project Team
Create a Communications Management Plan

ANALYSING RISK AND PLANNING RISK RESPONSE

Create a Risk Management Plan
Identify Project Risks and Triggers
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Develop a Risk Response Plan

PLANNING PROJECT PROCUREMENT

Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
Prepare a Procurement Document

EXECUTING PROJECT WORK

Project Plan Execution
Perform Quality Assurance
Develop the Project Team
Distribute Project Information
Request Seller Responses
Select Sellers

MONITORING AND CONTROLLING WORK

Control and Monitor Project Work
Management Changes to Performance Baseline
Review Deliverables and Work Results
Control Project Scope

MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROJECT SCHEDULES AND COST

Control the Project Schedule
Control project Costs

MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROJECT QUALITY, STAFFING, COMMUNICATIONS, RISK AND CONTRACTS

Perform Quality Control
Manage the Project Team
Report Project Performance
Manage Stakeholders
Monitor and Control Project Risk
Administer a Contract

CLOSING THE PROJECT

Close a Project
Close a Contract