Business Skills     Project Management

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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.

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Objectives

Managing Project Work and Knowledge distinguish between monitoring activities and controlling activities recognize examples of the inputs to the Monitor and Control Work process identify the tools and techniques used in the Monitor and Control Project Work process identify the outputs of the Monitor and Control Project Work process recognize the principles associated with updating project baselines Managing Change and Closing the Project describe key principles of how to control change during a project distinguish between configuration management activities identify inputs to the Perform Integrated Change Control process determine the outcome of a change control process, given an example identify outputs of the Perform Integrated Change Control process Validating and Controlling Scope identify the purpose of the Control Scope process identify inputs to the Control Scope process recognize activities in the variance analysis technique recognize examples of outputs of the Control Scope process Control Schedule identify inputs to the Control Schedule process recognize tools and techniques used to control the schedule perform earned value management calculations to assess a project’s schedule performance recognize examples of the outputs of the Control Schedule process Controlling Costs identify the inputs to the Control Cost process recognize the tools and techniques you can use to control project costs match earned value management values with their formulas recognize the situations in which different estimate at completion (EAC) formulas are used calculate the to-complete performance index (TCPI) for a project given earned value management (EVM) figures recognize how outputs of the Control Costs process are used calculate the planned value and earned value, given the budget, percent of time passed, and percent of work completed calculate the schedule variance and schedule performance index, given the earned value and planned value calculate the cost variance and cost performance index, given the earned value and actual costs determine project performance, given a set of raw data points utilize work performance data to determine project performance determine the estimate at completion, using the formulas for scenarios 1 and 2 recognize how the choice of EAC formula depends on the project situation