Practical PMP Exam Preparation Workshop
Overview: The most practical, extensive workshop for project managers and potential project managers who require PMP certification.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be prepared to easily pass the PMP exam. They will have the opportunity to take a 200 question practice test in preparation for the actual Project Management Institute PMP exam.
Course Outline
Duration: 5 Days
- Introduction/Overview
- Participants and Instructor
- Course Content and Logistics
- Practical Listening Exercise
- Project Management Concepts & Standards
- The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- The Project Life Cycle (PLC)
- Case Study for Project Planning
- Select Project Teams
- Determine Team Projects, Names and Logos
- Review Case Study Requirements
- Scope Management
- Project Initiation
- Scope Planning
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Scope Definition
- Project Scope Statement
- Implications of Scope Creep
- Milestones vs. Deliverables
- Project Charter
- Scope Verification
- Scope Change Control
- Human Resources Management
- Organizational Planning
- Phases of Team Dynamics
- Staff Acquisition
- Team Development
- Project Team Management
- Communications Management
- Communications Planning
- Listening Skills
- Types of Communications
- Information Distribution
- Performance Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- Administrative Closure
- Time Management
- Activity Definition
- Duration vs. Work/Effort
- Time Estimation Techniques
- P.E.R.T. Formula
- Factors in Estimation
- Dependency Theory/Activity Sequencing
- Schedule Development
- Critical Task/Critical Path
- Network Diagram and Gantt Chart
- Calculating Total Duration and Work/Effort
- Schedule Optimization Techniques
- Cost Management
- Resource Planning
- Cost Estimating
- Cost Budgeting
- Cost Control
- Earned Value Analysis
- Total Project Costing
- Risk Management
- Risk Management Planning
- Risk Identification
- Risk List
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Matrix
- Risk Response and Contingency Planning
- Risk Monitoring and Control
- Preparation for Presentations
- Create Project Scope Statement
- Create WBS and Gantt Chart with Costs
- Create Risk List and Matrix
- Procurement Management
- Procurement Planning
- Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- Plan Contracting
- Request Seller Responses
- Select Sellers
- Contract Administration
- Contract Closure
- Quality Management
- Quality Planning
- Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Quality Control (QC)
- Cost of Quality
- Preparation for Presentations
- Create Ishikawa Diagram
- Develop Request for Approval
- Presentations
- Present Case Study Projects
- Feedback Session
- Integration Management
- Project Charter
- Preliminary Project Scope Statement
- Project Management Plan
- Manage Project Execution
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Integrated Change Control
- Project Closure
- Review Practice Exam Questions
- Tips and Techniques
- Practice Test
- Workshop Evaluations & Next Steps