The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Boot Camp

The Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is one of the top-paying certifications in the United States, and project managers who complete this certification earn 20% more than those without.

In this training course, you’ll gain the essential preparation needed to pass the PMP and CAPM® exams. Concentrating on exam content from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK®Guide) - Sixth Edition and other sources, this course includes a wide variety of learning tools, practice questions, study aids, and post-learning resources all using Project Management Institute (PMI) terminology.

Course Outline:

Part 1: Getting Started

1. Introductions
2. Course Goal
3. Team Agreement

Part 2: Keeping the Business in Mind

1. Manage compliance requirements
2. Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value
3. Evaluate and address internal and external business environment changes
4. Support organizational change
5. Employ continuous process improvement
6. Closing
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Part 3: Starting the Project

1. Determine Appropriate Project Methodology / Methods and Practices
2. Plan and Manage Scope
3. Plan and Manage Budget and Resources
4. Plan and Manage Schedule
5. Plan and Manage Quality of Products and Deliverables
6. Integrate Project Planning Activities
7. Plan and Manage Procurement
8. Establish Project Governance Structure
9. Plan and Manage Project / Phase Closure
10. Closing
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Part 4: Doing the Work

1. Assess and manage risks.
2. Execute the project with the urgency required to deliver business value.
3. Manage communications.
4. Engage stakeholders.
5. Create project artifacts.
6. Manage project changes.
7. Attack issues with the optimal action to achieve project success.
8. Confirm approach for knowledge transfers.
9. Closing
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Part 5: Keeping the Team on Track

1. Inspire, motivate, and influence team members and stakeholders.
2. Appraise team performance against key performance indicators.
3. Determine, prioritize, and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team.
4. Investigate and interpret the source and stage of a conflict and recommend an appropriate conflict resolution solution.
5. Evaluate stakeholder engagement needs and influence stakeholders to accomplish project objectives.
6. Recognize mentoring opportunities and mentor relevant stakeholders. Promote team performance through the application of emotional intelligence.
7. Closing
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Part 6: Keeping the Business in Mind

1. Determine necessary approach and action to address compliance needs.
2. Evaluate delivery options to achieve benefits and value.
3. Continually review internal and external business environment for impacts on project scope/backlog.
4. Evaluate the impact of the project on the organization and determine required actions.
5. Assess the existing continuous improvement framework and execute continuous improvement steps.

Part 7: Summary and Next Steps

1. Summary
2. Study tips
3. Study Plan

Audience/Prerequisites

If you are in IT where PMs skills are becoming a necessity or if you are interested in or planning to get your PMP certification, you must take this PMP Boot Camp course. The PMP® certification is a great tool for:

• Associate project managers
• Project managers
• IT project managers
• Project coordinators
• Project analysts
• Project leaders
• Senior project managers
• Team leaders
• Product managers
• Program managers
• Project sponsors
• Project team members seeking the PMP or CAPM certification

In this class you will learn how to:

• Prepare to take the PMP or CAPM® exams
• Become familiar with PMBOK® Guide terms, definitions, and processes
• Master test-taking techniques
• Learn styles and types of questions found on the PMP or CAPM exams
• PMBOK® Guide's five process groups, ten knowledge areas, and the area of professional and social responsibility