Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Prep Course

Course Description

While the course is very theory-based, it will also be collaborative and interactive in applying the techniques of Project Management. All examples will be chosen based on real-life scenarios with practical application of knowledge in the students’ own field of work and expertise. The course covers both predictive and adaptive methods of project management based on the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)® 

Outline:

• People 

  • Managing conflict 
  • Leading a team 
  • Supporting team performance 
  • Empowering team members and stakeholders 
  • Ensuring team members/stakeholders are adequately trained 
  • Building a team 
  • Addressing and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team 
  • Negotiating project agreements 
  • Collaborating with stakeholders 
  • Building shared understanding 
  • Engaging and Supporting virtual teams 
  • Defining team ground rules 
  • Mentoring relevant stakeholders 
  • Promoting team performance through the application of emotional intelligence  

  Processes

  • Executing project with the urgency required to deliver business value 
  • Managing communications 
  • Assessing and Managing risks 
  • Engaging stakeholders 
  • Planning and Managing budget and resources 
  • Planning and Managing schedule 
  • Planning and Managing quality of products/deliverables 
  • Planning and Managing scope 
  • Integrating project planning activities 
  • Managing project changes 
  • Planning and Managing procurement 
  • Managing project artifacts 
  • Determining appropriate project methodology/methods and practices 
  • Establishing project governance structure 
  • Managing project issues 
  • Ensuring knowledge transfer for project continuity 
  • Planning and Managing project/phase closure or transitions 

   Business Environment 

  • Planning and Managing project compliance 
  • Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value 
  • Evaluate and Address external business environment changes for impact on 
  • scope 
  • Supporting organizational change 

This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (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, and 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.