This series complements the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) in preparing a learner for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. This series will provide the learner with an understanding of the exam and how the Project Management Institute (PMI) views the topical areas associated with the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closeout of projects.
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Project Management Framework and Initiating the Project
This course introduces the learner to project management. It provides an overview of the Initiating Process Group with a focus on passing the PMP exam.
Objectives:
Comprehend the mapping of the 44 project management processes to the five project management process groups
Identify the differences between functional, matrix and projectized organizations
Understand the importance of Initiating the Project
Identify the two general types of project selection methods
Topics:
Project Management Basics
Project Management and Related Areas
General Management Skills
Project Management Processes
The Importance of Project Initiation
Project Scope Management
Project Selection Methods
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Project Planning
This course introduces the learner to the development and maintenance of a project management plan. It provides an overview of the Planning Process Group with a focus on passing the PMP exam.
Objectives:
Identify how to develop a project team
Explain what makes the Work Breakdown Structure so important to a project
Describe the Golden Guidelines of estimating
Describe how effective risk management can impact a project
Explain the PMI philosophy
Topics:
The Planning Process Group
Work Breakdown Structure
Time estimating and schedule development
Presenting a project schedule
Risk management principles and the PMI philosophy
Integrated Change Control
Team development
Communications Planning
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Project Execution and Quality Management
This course focuses on the fact that the majority of the project management processes do not execute only once during the course of a project, but rather they take place at multiple times as the project evolves through its lifecycle. It provides an overview of the Executing Process Group with a focus on passing the PMP exam.
Objectives:
Explain the impact of organizational policies on the Direct and Manage Project Execution process
List the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of Information Distribution
Identify the six processes involved in Project Procurement Management
List the key PMI quality management principles
List the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs to Perform Quality Assurance
Explain the role of the change control board and how they can impact a project
Topics:
Directing and managing project execution
Information Distribution
Procurement management principles and the PMI philosophy
Project Quality Management
Perform Quality Assurance
Performance Reporting
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Project Monitoring and Control
This course provides an introduction to project monitoring and control and contract administration in the context of project management.
Objectives:
Understand what project control is and how it can minimize the negative effects of change on a project
Create a framework for corrective action
Illustrate how risk response control fits within the overall risk management process
Administer contracts
Topics:
Performance Reporting
Providing Corrective Action
Performing Quality Control
Contract Administration
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Project Closing
This course provides the learner with information about the activities associated with closing a project and a contract.
Objectives:
Define and describe the Monitoring and Closing Process Group
Identify the documents that are a part of contract documentation
List the criteria necessary to ensure project closure
Describe the methods for ending a contract or project
Topics:
Closing the project
Contract closure criteria
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Professional Responsibility
This course focuses on the PMP Code of Professional Conduct and how to handle conflicts of interest.
Describe when and how to report violators
Explain the Code of Professional Conduct
Identify conflicts of interest
Describe how to maintain professional standards
Topics:
What is professional responsibility
Responsibilities to the profession
Responsibilities to customers and the public
Project Management Professional Certification 2005 Series: Practice Exams
After taking this course, the learner will know how to complete the application process and be prepared to take the PMP certification exam.
Objectives:
Practice for the PMP certification exam
Topics:
The PMP certification process
Taking the exam
Practice exam 1
Practice exam 2
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