PMP® Exam Prep Boot Camp

PMP® Certification Course Overview 

Learning Outcomes 

• Master the PMBOK® Guide principles and Project Management processes 
• Develop leadership skills to lead cross-functional project teams 
• Gain expertise in project planning, scheduling, and budgeting 
• Prepare to pass the PMP® Certification Exam with confidence 

Prerequisites of the PMP® Certification Course   

• Four-Year College / University Degree  
• 36 months of experience leading projects within the past eight years  
• 35 hours of project management education/training or the CAPM® Certification  

• High School or Secondary School Diploma  
• 60 months of experience leading projects within the past eight years  
• 35 hours of Project Management education/training or the CAPM® Certification 

Who should attend this PMP® Certification Course?    

• Project Managers 
• Team Leaders 
• Business Analysts 
• Risk Managers 
• Quality Assurance Managers 
• Project Coordinators 

Course Structure  

• In the first 3 days, we will cover the essential materials needed to understand Project Management Professional (PMP)® 
• The remaining 2 days will cover the essential materials needed to take the PMP® exam 

PMP® Certification Course Outline 

• Project  
  
• Evolution of Project Management  
  
• Project Management Office (PMO)  
  
• OPM: A System for Value Delivery   
  
• Projects, Programs, Portfolios  
  
• Organisational Structures  
  
• Project Management Principles  
  
• Agile   
  
• Agile Manifesto for Software Development  
  
• Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto  
  
• Agile: The “Far Side” of Adaptive Approaches  
  
• Tailor Projects to Contexts  
  
• Tailor Hybrid Approaches, Processes, Practices and Methods   
  
• Activity   
  

• PMI Talent Triangle®  
• Strategic Alignment and Business Management Skills   
  
• Organisational Influences   
  
• External Business Environment   
  
• Internal Business Environment Factors  
  
• OPAs and EEFs   
  
• Activity  
  

• Business Value   
• Examine Business Value  
  
• Types of Business Value  
  
• Needs Assessment   
  
• Business Documents  
  
• Benefit Measurement Methods   
  
• Project Selection Using Present Value (PV) and Net Present Value (NPV)  
  
• How OKRs Help Deliver Business Value?   
  
• Incremental Value Delivery  
  

• Change Management  
• Manage Organisational Change Impacts on Projects  
  
• Organisational Cultures and Styles   
  
• Risk, Culture and Change in Organisations  
  
• Change Management Framework  
  
• Actions to Support Change   
  
• Plan for Change   
  

• Project Governance  
• Governance in Adaptive Projects   
  
• Governance Board   
  
• Governance Defines Escalation Procedures   
  
• Governance and Life Cycles   
  
• Project Phases  
  
• Apply Governance to Predictive Project Phases   
  

• Compliance  
• Compliance Requirements   
  
• Compliance Categories Classification   
  
• Compliance Threats   
  
• Treat Compliance as a Project Objective   
  
• Activity  
  

• Typical Project Stakeholders  
• Stakeholder and Communications Management  
  
• Stakeholder Identification  
  
• Assess Stakeholders  
  
• Create the Stakeholder Register  
  
• Know Stakeholders  
  
• Directions of Influence  
  
• Salience Model  
  
• Stakeholder Perceptions  
  
• Capture Stakeholder Feedback and Perceptions  
  
• Capture Stakeholder Feedback and Perceptions 
  
• Communication Requirements Analysis  
  
• Communication Methods and Technologies  
  
• Communication Challenges and Considerations  
  
• Communication Model  
  
• Stakeholder Engagement Strategy  
  

• Create a Collaborative Team Culture  
• Project Team Formation    
  
• Project Manager Role in Adaptive Teams  
  
• Hybrid Team Formation  
  
• Project Team Composition  
  
• Project Team Roles  
  
• Identify Project Resource Requirements  
  
• T-Shaped People and Self-Organising Teams  
  
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Standards  
  
• Experts and Expert Judgment  
  
• Focus on Team Strengths  
  
• Team Norms  
  
• PMI® Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct  
  
• Team Charter and Ground Rules  
  
• Team Communication  
  
• Colocated, Virtual or Both?  
  
• Virtual Team Challenges  
  
• Running Virtual Teams  
  
• Virtual Team Communication Technology  
  
• Address Virtual Team Member Needs  
  

• Seek Consensus for the Project Among the Team and Stakeholders  
• Building a Shared Understanding  
  
• Project Vision Statement  
  
• Holistic Understanding of the Project  
  
• Refer to Business Case and Business Needs  
  
• Negotiate and Agree on Project Success Criteria  
  
• Help Everyone Understand the Vision  
  
• Got Agreement on the Project Agreements?  
  
• Project Charter  
  

• Understand How and Why Approaches Differ  
• Tailored Development Approaches  
  
• Project or Product?  
  
• Life Cycle and Development Approach  
  
• Predictive Life Cycle  
  
• Adaptive Life Cycle  
  
• Cadence  
  
• Development Approach and Life Cycle Terminology  
  
• Hybrid Life Cycle and Development Approach  
  
• Hybrid Project Approaches  
  
• What Can Be Tailored?  
  
• Development Approaches  
  
• Assess Complexity  
  
• Suitability Filter  
  
• Scrum  
  
• Scrum Ceremonies  
  

• Project Management Plan  
• Project Documents  
  
• Collaborative Planning  
  

• Adaptability and Resilience in Planning  
• MVP or MBI?  
  
• Product Roadmap  
  
• Milestones  
  
• Requirements  
  
• Requirements Management Plan  
  
• Collect Requirements Process  
  
• Data Gathering  
  
• Represent Data  
  
• Context Diagrams  
  
• Prototyping  
  
• Scope Management Plan  
  
• Project Scope Statement  
  
• Scope Planning  
  
• Create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)  
  
• Decompose Work in the WBS  
  
• Scope Baseline  
  
• Plan for Transitions / Handovers  
  
• Scope Planning in Adaptive Environments  
  
• Release and Iteration Planning  
  
• Backlogs  
  
• User Stories, Story Maps, Roadmaps  
  
• Prioritise and Refine the Backlog  
  

• Schedule Management Plan  
• Hybrid Schedules  
  
• Predictive Schedule Planning  
  
• Break Down Project Activities  
  
• Activity Dependency Types  
  
• Precedence Relationships  
  
• Activity Duration Estimate Terminology  
  
• Critical Path Method  
  
• Network Diagram with Date and Dependencies  
  
• Project Schedule  
  
• Schedule Presentation Formats  
  
• Resource Optimisation  
  
• Schedule Compression Techniques  
  
• Schedule Baseline  
  
• Special Intervals  
  
• Schedule Management in Adaptive Environments  
  
• Working with Features  
  
• Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD)  
  
• Reprioritise Sprint / Iteration Backlog*  
  
• Hybrid Scheduling Models  
  

• Resource Management Plan  
• Assign Resources and Allocate Responsibilities  
  
• Use Resource Calendars  
  
• Responsibility Assignment Tools  
  
• Adaptive Resource Planning  
  
• Filling Resource Needs  
  
• Plan the Procurement Strategy  
  
• Procurement Management Plan  
  
• Procurement Documents  
  
• Formal Procurement Processes  
  
• Source Selection Criteria  
  
• Qualified Vendors  
  
• Contracts  
  
• Types of Contracts  
  
• Components of Contracts  
  

• Budget Planning  
• Predictive Budget Planning  
  
• Check with Organisation  
  
• Historical Data  
  
• Project Budget  
  
• Budget Considerations  
  

• Project Risks  
• Create Risk Strategy  
  
• Refine Risk Management Approach  
  
• Inherent Risk  
  
• Risk Identification Techniques  
  
• Risk Breakdown Structure  
  
• Assess Risks  
  
• Probability and Impact Matrix  
  
• Quantitative Risk Analysis Methods  
  
• Risk Response  
  
• Plan Risk Response  
  
• Risk Response Strategies  
  

• Stakeholder and Customer Expectations of Quality  
• Quality Management Plan  
  
• Compliance Requirements  
  
• Quality Standards and Regulations  
  
• Discussion  
  
• Quality Metrics, Checklists, and Processes  
  
• Quality Methods for Continuous Improvement  
  

• Introduction   
• Plan for Complexity and Change  
  
• How to Approach Complex Plans? 
  

• Power Skills  
• Inclusive Leadership Competencies  
  
• Interpersonal and Team Skills  
  
• Leadership Styles  
  
• Leadership Management  
  
• Servant Leadership  
  
• Growth Mindset  
  
• Team-Building  
  
• Balance Team Tone with Sense of Urgency  
  
• Virtual Team Member Engagement  
  

• Where and How the Team Works? 
• “Agile” Space for Hybrid Teams  
  
• Work Information Management Systems  
  
• Information Storage and Distribution   
  
• Standardise Artifacts  
  
• Tailor Artifacts  
  
• Maintain Artifacts  
  
• Version Control  
  

• Empowerment, Unity, Autonomy  
• Support Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)  
  
• Psychological Safety and Embrace Diversity  
  
• McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y  
  
• Uphold Team Charter and Ground Rules  
  
• Use Rewards and Recognition  
  
• Decision-Making  
  
• Display Task Accountability  
  

• Manage and Lead  
• Assess Team Member Performance  
  
• Performance Assessment Tasks  
  
• Personality Indicators  
  
• Personality Research to Coach Team Members  
  
• Emotional Intelligence  
  
• Social Skills  
  

• Monitor Stakeholders   
• Managing Project Communications  
  
• Reports and Formal Communication  
  
• How to Collaborate?  
  
• Use Information Radiators  
  
• Collaboration Activities  
  
• Communicate and Collaborate to Negotiate  
  
• Meetings  
  
• Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix (SEAM)  
  

• Sharing Culture  
• How to Acquire Required Competencies?  
  
• Plan for Training, Coaching and Mentoring  
  
• Value of Training, Coaching and Mentoring  
  
• Elements of Training  
  
• Coach Teams and Individuals in Project Management  
  
• Self-Organising Teams Collaborate and Learn  
  
• Measure Training Outcomes  
  
• Maintain Mentorships  
  

• Why Conflict Management Matters? 
• Causes of Conflict  
  
• Conflict as Part of Team Culture  
  
• How to Handle Conflict? 
  

• Continuous Improvement (CI)  
• Kaizen  
  
• Assess Current CI Methods  
  
• Conduct Retrospectives  
  
• Improve Your Improvement Methods  
  
• Update Processes and Standards  
  
• Interactive/Discussion  
  

• Project Team Leadership Objectives  
• Manage with Objectives, Tolerances, Thresholds  
  
• Optimise Communication  
  
• Feedback to Support High Performance  
  
• Support Team Task Accountability  
  
• Show Roles and Responsibilities  
  
• Curate Knowledge as an Asset  
  
• Incorporate Knowledge Transfer Opportunities  
  
• Knowledge Management  
• Right Way to Motivate Team  
  
• Continuously Realign Team Efforts with Value Delivery  
  
• Check on Artifact Maintenance  
  

• Guidelines to Measuring Performance  
• Report on Performance  
  
• Schedule Management Tools  
  
• Task Board  
  
• Estimate Velocity  
  
• Continuous Flow Diagram  
  
• Budget Challenges  
  
• Earned Value Management (EVM)  
  
• EAC/ETC Analysis  
  
• EVM  
  
• Manage and Lead Resources  
  
• Physical Resource Management  
  
• Update Resource Allocation  
  
• Handle Contract Changes and Disputes  
  
• Quality Management Guidelines  
  
• Quality Audit  
  
• Control Quality Tools  
  
• Control Quality Process  
  
• Data Visualisation  
  
• Data Visualisation Quality Tool  
  
• Ensure Quality of Processes and Product  
  
• Verify Deliverables  
  
• Evaluate and Manage Risk  
  
• Monitor Risks  
  
• Review Reserves  
  
• Risk Register  
  
• Interactive/Discussion  
  
• Manage Compliance as the Highest Priority  
  
• Examine Business Value  
  

• Issue or Impediment? Just Solve the Problem  
• Risks and Issues  
  
• Issue Resolution  
  
• Discover and Solve Impediments Using Scrum  
  
• Remove Impediments  
  

• Causes of Project Changes  
• Changemaker and a Change Leader  
  
• Monitor the External Business Environment  
  
• Change Requests  
  
• Change Control Systems  
  
• Manage Contract Changes and Resolve Problems  
  
• Contract Change Control System  
  
• Types of Contract Changes  
  
• Legal Concepts When Managing Disputes  
  
• Process, Adjudicate and Communicate Claims  
  
• Update Project Management Plan  
  

• Why Projects or Phases Close? 
• Transitions  
  
• Transition / Handover Readiness  
  
• Transition / Handover Activities  
  
• Interactive / Activity  
  
• Paying and Closing Contracts  
  
• Finalising Contracts  
  

• Early and Long-Term Benefits Realisation  
• Benefits Management Plan  
  

• Knowledge Management During Closing  
• Conduct Project Retrospective  
  
• Finalise Lessons Learned  
  
• Consolidating Lessons Learned 
  
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