Duration
5 days
INTRODUCTION
The Project Management Professional (PMP®) is an acclaimed professional certification for project practitioners. Designed for those with extensive project experience, the PMP® demonstrates your understanding of the fundamental and application knowledge, terminology and best practice processes of successful project management. The PMBoK 6th Edition compared to the PMBoK of previous editions has a clear emphasis on adaptive or agile models in addition to the traditional and predictive waterfall model. If you are already serving as a subject matter expert in project teams, or you are looking forward to project management career advancement, the PMP® can get your career on the right path or take it to the next level
PREREQUISITES
PMP® candidates must have a "Bachelors or first degree in any discipline" or equivalent, INCLUSIVE of the following:
- At least 4,500 hours of professional experience in managing projects, AND
- At least 35 contact hours of formal project management education (this course provides 35 hours of project management education)
For those who could not fulfil the above academic requirement, candidates must have at least a minimum "high school certificate" INCLUSIVE of the following:
- At least 7,500 hours of professional experience in managing projects, AND
- At least 35 contact hours of formal project management education (this course provides 35 hours of project management education)
EXAMINATION
- The PMP® examination is taken separately and can be booked through Prometric test centres
- The examination consists of 200 multiple choice answers, and to be completed within 4 hours
CERTIFICATION
By attending this course, the PMP® candidates will have achieved the following:
- 35 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
- 35 hours of formal training towards the PMP® certification
- The PMP® credential is maintained through acquiring 60 PDUs over a period of 3 years from the date of passing the examination
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Skilled project managers, project team members and those interested in project management best practices who have already attained 4,500 hours or more project management experience required to take the PMP® examination
Day 1
- Certification process to become a PMP®
- Define processes, methodologies, and concepts within the 10 knowledge areas and the 5 process groups
- Define key terms
- Tailoring project management processes
- Adaptive/agile versus predictive/waterfall models
- Describe application of principles and techniques to manage projects
- Personal expectations correlated to learning objectives
- Identify need for project management
- Legal, ethical, and professional behaviour
- Relationship of professional responsibility domain and the 10 areas of knowledge in the PMBOK® 6th Edition
- Code of conduct
- Cultural sensitivity in international project management
- Review of PMP® certification process
- Test-taking strategies
Day 2
4.1 Develop Project Charter
4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
4.4 Manage Project Knowledge
4.5 Monitor and Control Project Work
4.6 Perform Integrated Change Control
4.7 Close Project or Phase
5.1 Plan Scope Management
5.2 Collect Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create WBS
5.5 Validate Scope
5.6 Control Scope
Day 3
6.1 Plan Schedule Management
6.2 Define Activities
6.3 Sequence Activities
6.4 Estimate Activity Durations
6.5 Develop Schedule
6.6 Control Schedule
7.1 Plan Cost Management
7.2 Estimate Costs
7.3 Determine Budget
7.4 Control Costs
Day 4
8.1 Plan Quality Management
8.2 Manage Quality
8.3 Control Quality
9.1 Plan Resource Management
9.2 Estimate Activity Resources
9.3 Acquire Resources
9.4 Develop Team
9.5 Manage Team
9.6 Control Resources
10.1 Plan Communications Management
10.2 Manage Communications
10.3 Monitor Communications
Day 5
11.1 Plan Risk Management
11.2 Identify Risks
11.3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
11.5 Plan Risk Responses
11.6 Implement Risk Responses
11.7 Monitor Risks
12.1 Plan Procurement Management
12.2 Conduct Procurements
12.3 Control Procurements
13.1 Identify Stakeholders
13.2 Plan Stakeholder Engagement
13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement
13.4 Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.