PMP Training

1. Introduction

 

• What are PMI® and PMP® Certification

 

• Application Requirements for the PMP® Exam

 

• Guidelines to Complete the PMP® Application

 

• About the PMP® Exam

 

• PMP® Exam Syllabus

 

• About this Tutorial

 

• Introduction to Projects

 

• Projects, Examples, Characteristics and Drivers

 

• Definition of Project Management

 

• Value of Project Management

 

• Role of a Project Manager

 

• Project Management Skills

 

• Why do projects fail?

 

• Portfolios, Programs, Projects

 

• Program Management

 

• Features of Program Management

 

• Portfolio

 

• Portfolio Management

 

• Relationships between Portfolios, Programs, and Projects

 

 

 

• Stakeholder

 

• Stakeholder Management

 

• Summary

 

 

 

2. Professional and Social Responsibility

 

• Objectives

 

• Code of Ethics

 

• Responsibility

 

• Regulation and Legal Requirements

 

• Ethics

 

• Fairness

 

• Honesty

 

• Ensuring Individual Integrity

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Contributing to the Project Management Knowledge Base

 

• Enhancing Professional Competence

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Promoting Stakeholder Collaboration

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Summary

 

3. Project Management Framework

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Management Office (PMO)

 

• Organization Structure

 

• Functional Organization

• Projectized Organization

 

• Matrix Organization

 

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Organizational Structures

 

• Project Lifecycle vs. Product Lifecycle

 

• Project Lifecycle vs. Project Management Process

 

• Project Management Process

 

• Definition of a Process

 

• Project Flow and Key Terms

 

• Project Management Processes

 

• Project Process

 

• Process Group Interactions

 

• Project Lifecycles

 

• Agile Mindset

 

• Project Framework

 

• Project Management Process Map

 

• PMI’s Process Framework

 

• Common Inputs

 

• Project Terms

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

4. Project Management Processes

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Management Process Groups

 

• Project Management Process Map

 

 

 

• Reading a Process Diagram

 

• Initiating Process Group

 

• Project Initiation

 

• Planning Process Group

 

• Project Planning

 

• Executing Process Group

 

• Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

 

• Closing Process Group

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

5. Project Integration Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Integration Management

 

• Role of Project Manager, Team, and Sponsor

 

• Project Selection Methods

 

• Present Value, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, Benefit Cost Ratio, Return on Investment, Opportunity Cost

 

• Project Integration Management Knowledge Areas

 

• Develop Project Charter

 

• Initial Scope Statement

 

• Develop Project Management Plan and its contents Key Terms

 

• Direct and Manage Project Work Execution

 

• Manage Project Knowledge

 

 

 

 

 

• Monitor & Control Project Work, challenges, and lessons learned

 

• Perform Integrated Change Control

 

• Change Management Process

 

• Integrated Change Control Business Scenario

 

• Close Project or Phase

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

6. Project Scope Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Scope Management

 

• Project Scope Management Activities

 

• Product Scope vs Project Scope

 

• Definition of Work Breakdown Structure

 

• Key Terms

 

• Examples of WBS

 

• Project Scope Management Knowledge Area

 

• Plan Scope Management

 

• Collect Requirements Business Scenario

 

Group Creativity and Decision-Making Techniques Requirements Traceability Matrix

 

• Define Scope

 

• Create WBS

 

• Validate Scope

 

 

 

• Control Scope

 

• Important Outputs

 

• Data–Information–Knowledge–Wisdom

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

7. Project Schedule Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Schedule Management

 

• Project Schedule Management Activities

 

• Project Schedule

 

• Gantt Chart

 

• Gantt Chart – Relationships, Examples, Dependencies

 

• Network Diagram and Examples

 

• Key Terms

 

• The Project Schedule Management Processes

 

• Plan Schedule Management

 

• Define Activities

 

• Sequence Activities

 

• Estimate Activity Durations Business Scenario

 

• Develop Schedule

 

Schedule Network Analysis

 

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Example Critical Path Method

Calculation of Float Schedule Compression

 

Other Scheduling Techniques

 

• Control Schedule Business Scenario

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

8. Project Cost Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Cost Management

 

• Cost Management Plan

 

• Control Account

 

• The Project Cost Management processes

 

• Plan Cost Management

 

• Estimate Costs

 

• Determine Budget

 

• Control Costs

 

• Difference between Planned Value and Earned Value

 

• Earned Value Management

 

• Earned Value Formulae

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Earned Value Management: Examples

 

• Key Terms

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

9. Project Quality Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Quality

 

• Quality Related Terms

 

• Optimal Level of Quality

 

• Quality Management

 

• Quality Planning vs. Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control

 

• Quality Management Concepts

 

• Cost of quality

 

• The Project Quality Management Processes

 

• Plan Quality Management

 

• Manage Quality

 

• Control Quality

 

• Seven basic tools of quality

 

• Control Charts

 

• Cause and effect diagram

 

• Flowcharting

 

• Histogram

 

• Pareto Diagram

 

• Check Sheets

 

• Scatter Diagram

 

• Six Sigma

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

 

 

 

10. Project Resource Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Project Resource Management

 

• Functional Manager vs. Project Manager

 

• The Project Resource Management Processes

 

• Plan Resource Management

 

Organization Charts and Role Descriptions Responsibility Assignment Matrix

 

Resource Histogram

 

• Estimate Activity Resources

 

• Acquire Resources

 

• Develop Team

 

• Manage Team

 

• Team Dynamics

 

• Conflict management

 

• Conflict Resolution Techniques

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Powers of Project Manager

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Organizational Theories

 

• Leadership Styles

 

• McKinsey’s 7-S Framework

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

 

 

 

 

11. Project Communications Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Communication

 

• Communication Methods, Technology & Channels

 

• Basic Communication Model

 

• The Project Communications Management Processes

 

• Plan Communications Management Business Scenario

 

• Manage Communications

 

• Monitor Communications Business Scenario

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

12. Project Risk Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Risk

 

• Positive and Negative Risk Responses

 

• Key Terms

 

• Calculation of Risk

 

• Risk Categorization

 

• Decision Tree

 

• Risk Reserve

 

• Project Risk Management

 

• Business Scenario

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The Risk Management Processes

 

• Plan Risk Management

 

Definition of Impact Scale

 

• Identify Risks

 

• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Probability and Impact Matrix

 

• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

 

• Plan Risk Responses

 

• Implement Risk Responses

 

• Monitor Risks

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

13. Project Procurement Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Contract and its Characteristics

 

• Centralized vs. Decentralized Contracting

 

• Types of Contract, Advantages and Disadvantages

 

• Business Scenario

 

• Key Terms

 

• Project Procurement Management

 

• The Procurement Management Processes

 

• Plan Procurements Management

 

• Conduct Procurements

 

• Control Procurements

 

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

 

14. Project Stakeholder Management

 

• Objectives

 

• Stakeholders

 

• Classification Models for Stakeholder Analysis

 

• Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix

 

• Stakeholder Management Skills

 

• The Project Stakeholder Management Processes

 

• Identify Stakeholders

 

• Plan Stakeholder Engagement

 

• Manage Stakeholder Engagement

 

• Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

 

• Quiz

 

• Summary

 

15. Appendix: PMP® List of Knowledge and Skills

 

• Objectives

 

• Knowledge and Skills

 

• Cross-Cutting Knowledge and Skills