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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35   CPE: 35
 
 

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 from after the course to your exam date

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 newly revised PMP® credential 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

Related Courses

 
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. 		 

Training Dates

Live online classroom training.Participate in person or in live, online events (highlighted) via Learning Tree AnyWareTM.
Feb 13 - 17Chicago (Schaumburg)
Feb 13 - 17Alexandria, VA
Feb 27 - Mar 2Ottawa 
Feb 27 - Mar 2Rockville, MD
Mar 5 - 9Reston, VA
Mar 12 - 16New York 
Mar 19 - 23Annapolis, MD 
Mar 19 - 23Los Angeles 
Mar 26 - 30Atlanta 
Mar 26 - 30Rockville, MD
Apr 9 - 13Chicago (Schaumburg)
Apr 9 - 13Philadelphia 
Apr 16 - 20Toronto 
Apr 16 - 20Reston, VA
Apr 23 - 27Boston 

For AnyWare enrollments, please register at least 10 days prior to the start of the course.


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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35   CPE: 35
 
 
Course 276 Contents
 

Introduction to the PMBOK® Guide

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition)

  • Key project management terms and the project life cycle
  • Identifying External Environmental Factors (EEFs) and Organizational Process Areas (OPAs)
  • Organizational structure and influences

Mapping the interrelationships of knowledge areas to process groups

  • Outlining the five process groups
  • Defining the nine knowledge areas

Project Integration and Scope Management

Identifying and integrating processes and activities

  • Identifying a new project, business case and strategic plans
  • Defining and coordinating all subsidiary plans
  • Change control and configuration management

Defining, verifying and controlling the scope

  • 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

Project Time and Cost Management

Time management

  • 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

Determining the cost baseline and applying Earned Value Management (EVM)

  • Identifying costs and calculating performance baseline
  • Assessing EVM key dimensions, variances and indices
  • Forecasting with EVM
  • Performance reporting

Project Quality Management

Implementing systems for quality

  • Preventing nonconformance through Cost of Quality (CoQ)
  • Performing continuous improvements

Tools and techniques to study

  • Planning for quality using statistical tools
  • Implementing quality metrics and audits

Project Human Resource, Communication and Procurement Management

Developing the plan and acquiring the team

  • Creating hierarchical and matrix charts (RAM & RACI)
  • Developing the team
  • Reward and recognition
  • Motivational theories
  • Conflict resolution techniques

Managing the stakeholders through communication

  • Analyzing stakeholders and their expectations
  • Distributing information with communication models
  • Applying communication theory and the levels of power

Procurement management

  • Choosing contract types
  • Performing make-or-buy analysis
  • Formally accepting the product and closing the project or phase

Project Risk Management

Assessing project risks

  • Identifying risks and risk awareness
  • Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
  • Evaluating Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

Exam-relevant tools and techniques

  • Developing threat/opportunity response strategies
  • Reassessing and controlling risks

Planning for the Exam

Preparing for test day

  • Gaining insight into the exam process
  • Applying proven tips for exam success
  • Conquering exam apprehension

Personalizing your study plan

  • Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
  • Designing a plan that works for you
  • Incorporating study tips for best results
  • Optimizing your study time and focus

Professional Responsibility and Ethics

  • The PMI® Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Balancing the interests of stakeholders
  • Doing the right thing at the right time
 
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Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam

 
Course: 276   Duration: 5 Days   PMI: 35   CPE: 35
 
 
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$ 3,190Standard Tuition
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  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
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  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)

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You receive the PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition and 600 practice exam questions.
 
 

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