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This course provides Project Managers with the knowledge and skills needed to master the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition and attain the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. The PMP® credential is the most widely accepted project certification in the world and the framework on which it is based has set the standard for the project management profession for over 25 years. This course is intended to enhance a student’s project experience with global terminology and the proven framework for leading and directing project teams and in delivering project results within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources. The Project Management Institute has modified the previous body of knowledge to consist of forty-nine project processes within five process groups and ten knowledge areas. This course will cover these processes in a logical, sequential, and effective way to quickly and effectively prepare learners for the PMP Certification Exam.

Objectives

Project Integration Management Overview

  • describe the role of Project Integration Management in a project
  • recognize relationships and interactions within the Project Integration Management processes
  • recognize the relationship between the project charter and the project management plan
  • identify types of business needs that may trigger project creation
  • identify inputs for developing the project charter
  • identify the tools and techniques you can use to develop the project charter
  • recognize the elements typically included in a project charter
  • identify the inputs to the Develop Project Management Plan process
  • recognize the types of information that should be included in a project management plan

Managing Projects for Strategic Alignment

  • arrange the elements within the business strategy hierarchy
  • identify elements of a project's strategic framework
  • recognize characteristics of strategic project leadership
  • identify actions that help to achieve and maintain strategic alignment
  • match types of business environment analysis with situations when they would be used
  • recognize project benefits analysis activities
  • distinguish between stakeholder groups impacted by projects
  • identify the stakeholders who are involved in the creation and communication of the project charter
  • recognize effective methods for managing stakeholder expectations

Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope

  • define the term project scope
  • recognize elements to include in the scope management plan and requirements management plan
  • identify inputs to the Collect Requirements process
  • identify the tools and techniques you use to collect project requirements
  • recognize examples of good project requirements
  • distinguish between the outputs of the Collect Requirements process
  • recognize the tools and techniques you use to define project scope
  • describe the purpose of a project scope statement
  • distinguish between the components to include in a project scope statement

Creating and Using a WBS

  • describe ways in which a work breakdown structure can be useful when planning and managing a project
  • recognize how to organize the layers of a work breakdown structure
  • identify inputs to the Create WBS process
  • recognize decomposition activities
  • recognize best practices for decomposing project deliverables
  • identify characteristics of verified deliverables in a WBS
  • identify the key activity for finalizing a WBS
  • identify the components of the scope baseline
  • recognize the role of the WBS dictionary in a project's scope baseline

Identifying Project Stakeholders

  • recognize examples of stakeholders
  • recognize the inputs of the Identify Stakeholders process
  • distinguish between the tools and techniques you use for identifying stakeholders
  • distinguish between types of information included in a stakeholder register

Overview of Project Management

  • recognize characteristics of projects
  • recognize responsibilities of effective project managers
  • distinguish between the three types of project management competencies
  • recognize characteristics of portfolios and programs
  • distinguish between project stakeholder roles
  • recognize organizational stakeholder roles
  • identify aspects of organizational culture that will influence a project
  • recognize examples of enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets
  • recognize organizational structure types
  • recognize characteristics of the Agile methodology

Projects and the PMBOK® Guide

  • recognize the characteristics of the project life cycle
  • recognize characteristics of the relationship between the product and project life cycles
  • identify characteristics of project phases
  • recognize the relationship between project phases and the project life cycle
  • identify characteristics of the Project Management Institute®
  • identify the role of the PMBOK® Guide
  • identify characteristics of the project management process groups
  • identify the project management Knowledge Areas

Project Management Process Groups

  • recognize the role of organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors in projects
  • distinguish between project management processes and product-oriented processes
  • recognize characteristics and interactions of process group activities
  • identify factors that cause dependencies between project management processes
  • identify considerations for managing process group dependencies
  • identify the outputs of the Initiating Process Group processes
  • identify key concepts related to project planning
  • identify examples of Executing Process Group project management activities
  • recognize examples of activities performed in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
  • recognize examples of activities carried out during phase or project close-out