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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam
Course: 276
Type: Workshop Course
Duration: 5 Days
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
- Analyze PMBOK® Guide tools and techniques essential for PMP® exam success
- Create a personalized plan for self-study to focus your efforts after the course
Course Benefits The Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential is recognized 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 personalized 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 personalized exam preparation plan and study guide
Course 276 Contents
- Key project management terms and the project life cycle
- Identifying External Environmental Factors (EEFs) and Organizational Process Areas (OPAs)
- Organizational structure and influences
- Outlining the five process groups
- Defining the nine knowledge areas
- Identifying a new project, business case and strategic plans
- Defining and coordinating all subsidiary plans
- Change control and configuration management
- 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 analyzing variances
- 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
- Identifying costs and calculating performance baseline
- Assessing EVM key dimensions, variances and indices
- Forecasting with EVM
- Performance reporting
- Preventing nonconformance through Cost of Quality (CoQ)
- Performing continuous improvements
- Planning for quality using statistical tools
- Implementing quality metrics and audits
- Creating hierarchical and matrix charts (RAM & RACI)
- Developing the team
- Reward and recognition
- Motivational theories
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Analyzing stakeholders and their expectations
- Distributing information with communication models
- Applying communication theory and the levels of power
- Choosing contract types
- Performing make-or-buy analysis
- Formally accepting the product and closing the project or phase
- Identifying risks and risk awareness
- Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
- Evaluating Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
- Developing threat/opportunity response strategies
- Reassessing and controlling risks
- Gaining insight into the exam process
- Applying proven tips for exam success
- Conquering exam apprehension
- Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
- Designing a plan that works for you
- Incorporating study tips for best results
- Optimizing your study time and focus
- The PMI® Code of Professional Conduct
- Balancing the interests of stakeholders
- Doing the right thing at the right time
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Related Courses The PMI R.E.P. logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMP is a registered certification mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMBOK® is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI is a registered trademark and service mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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