Online Preparing for the PMP Exam

MDO225 - Online Preparing for the PMP® Exam

Course description
This course prepares project managers for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). You will be able to develop your own custom study plan that increases your chances of successfully passing the exam. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK® Guide, Third Edition).

Who should attend
Anyone who has at least three years of experience working in a project-oriented environment, has already completed a rigorous Project Management certificate or self-study program and wants a compressed, targeted approach toward preparing for the PMP® Exam should attend this class.

This course alone is not adequate preparation for the PMP Certification Exam. This course is but one component of the student’s preparation for taking the exam.

What you will achieve

• An understanding of the PMP® Certification Exam registration requirements and process


• An orientation to the concepts and format of the PMP® Certification Exam, including a review of question breakdown by Process Group


• An opportunity to take a 100-question practice exam modeled after questions encountered on the PMP® Certification Exam


• Identification of key areas for further development in order to create a personal learning plan to improve performance in these areas


• A review of studying and test-taking techniques

What you will learn

• Project Integration Management – developing the project charter, preliminary scope statement, and project plan, directing and managing the execution of the project, monitoring and controlling the project, overall change control and closing the project


• Project Scope Management - planning, defining, creating a WBS, verifying deliverables and controlling project scope


• Project Time Management – defining, sequencing, and estimating activity resources and durations, schedule development and control


• Project Cost Management - resource planning, budgeting and control


• Project Quality Management - quality planning, assurance and control


• Human Resource Management – planning, acquiring, developing and managing the project team


• Project Communications Management – planning and distributing project information, reporting performance and managing stakeholders


• Project Risk Management – Planning, identifying, analyzing, and planning risk responses, monitoring and controlling risk


• Project Procurement Management – planning purchases and contracting, requesting seller responses, selecting sellers, administering and closing contracts
  
  After taking the practice exam, you may use the results to develop a custom study plan. You can use the online features and learning styles to review concepts. You may practice your knowledge by accessing multiple quizzes and a final exam. Course support from an instructor is provided via e-mail.
  
  Each concept is sequenced dynamically to allow learners to take different pathways represented by the different learning styles. This content follows the following learning styles: Step-by-Step and Active Learning, depending on the learner's choice. The switch is seamless, allowing effective pedagogy and motivation throughout the course.
  
  
  1. Step-by-Step: Takes the student through the content step-by-step, first explaining the principles, then applying the tools and techniques. Students are presented with interactive reviews at the end of each concept.
  2. Active Learning: Students reinforce course concepts by using interactive simulations.
  
  
  Course Outline
  
  1. Concept: Overview of PMP®
  1. Sub concepts
  1. PMP® Overview
  2. PMP® Certification
  2. Concept: Project Management Framework
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Management Framework
  2. What Is a Project?
  3. What Is Project Management?
  4. Project Manager Roles and Responsibilities
  5. Organizational Structures
  6. Project Stakeholders
  7. Project Life Cycles
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  3. Project Management Processes
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Project Management Processes Overview
  2. Initiating Process Group
  3. Planning Process Group
  4. Executing Process Group
  5. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
  6. Closing Process Group
  7. Project Knowledge Areas
  2. Interactive review
  3. Quiz
  4. Project Integration Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Integration Management
  2. Develop Project Charter
  3. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
  4. Develop Project Management Plan
  5. Direct and Manage Project Execution
  6. Monitor and Control Project Work
  7. Integrated Change Control
  8. Close Project
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  5. Concept: Project Scope Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Scope Management
  2. Scope Planning
  3. Scope Definition
  4. Create WBS
  5. Scope Verification Scope Control
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  6. Concept: Project Time Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Time Management
  2. Activity Definition
  3. Activity Sequencing
  4. Activity Resource Estimating
  5. Activity Duration Estimating
  6. Schedule Development
  7. Schedule Control
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  7. Concept: Project Cost Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Cost Management
  2. Cost Estimating
  3. Cost Budgeting
  4. Cost Control
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  8. Concept: Project Quality Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Quality Management
  2. Quality Planning
  3. Perform Quality Assurance
  4. Perform Quality Control
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  9. Concept: Project Human Resource Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Human Resource Management
  2. Human Resource Planning
  3. Acquire Project Team
  4. Develop Project Team
  5. Manage Project Team
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  10. Concept: Project Communications Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Communications Management
  2. Communications Planning
  3. Information Distribution
  4. Performance Reporting
  5. Manage Stakeholders
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  11. Concept: Project Risk Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Risk Management
  2. Risk Management Planning
  3. Risk Identification
  4. Qualitative Risk Analysis
  5. Quantitative Risk Analysis
  6. Risk Response Planning
  7. Risk Monitoring and Control
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  12. Concept: Project Procurement Management
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Project Procurement Management
  2. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
  3. Plan Contracting
  4. Request Seller Responses
  5. Select Sellers
  6. Contract Administration
  7. Contract Closure
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  13. Concept: Professional and Social Responsibility
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Overview of Professional and Social Responsibility
  2. Responsibilities to the Profession
  3. Responsibilities to Customers and the Public
  2. Interactive Review
  3. Quiz
  14. Organizational Development & Preparing for the PMP® Exam
  1. Sub concepts
  1. Topics Not Covered in PMBOK® Guide Third Edition
  2. Exam-Taking Tips and Practice Exam
  3. Individual Learning
  15. Practice Exam
  16. Bibliography
  17. Final Exam
  18. Course Evaluation