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
- PMP is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
- PMI is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
- PMBOK is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
- The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the PMP® Certification Course?
The PMP® Certification Course is a training course designed to equip delegates with the tools to gurprepare participants for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification exam.
Who is eligible to attend the PMP® Certification Course?
Professionals with Project Management experience and aspiring Project Managers looking to obtain the PMP® Certification can attend this course.
What topics are covered in the PMP® Certification Course?
The course covers Project Management processes, PMBOK® Guide principles, leadership skills, risk management, and stakeholder management.
Will the PMP® Course help me advance my career?
Yes, obtaining the PMP® Certification can significantly enhance career prospects by demonstrating proficiency in Project Management, leading to potential promotions and increased job opportunities.
How long is the course?
The PMP® Course is a 5-day course.
Is there a prerequisite for attending the PMP® Certification Course?
Yes, participants must meet specific experience requirements set by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The prerequisites are mentioned in detail under the ‘Course Overview’ section.
Is the PMP® Certification globally recognised?
Yes, it is recognised as a prestigious certification in the arena of Project Management worldwide.
Is the PMP® Certification Course available online or in-person?
The course can be accessed in both online and offline mode.
What is the validity period of the PMP® Certificate?
The PMP® Certification needs to be renewed every three years through earning and reporting Professional Development Units (PDUs) to demonstrate ongoing commitment to professional development.
How can I maintain my PMP® Certification after passing the exam?
PMP® credential holders must earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) through ongoing education and project management-related activities to maintain their certification.
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