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Overview
The PMP® certification is the number one globally recognized credential for project managers, opening the door to better job opportunities and higher salaries. Prepare to ace the PMP® exam, become a top rated project management professional and advance your career with this online course.
Highlights:
- 46 practical tutorials.
- Recognize the requirements and application process for the PMP® certification.
- Recognize the context and constraints of project management and project leadership.
- Identify the five process groups and the process within each group.
- Identify the ten knowledge areas and the processes with each area.
- Identify the inputs, outputs, tools and techniques of each project management process.
- Demonstrate how to calculate critical path and float.
- Demonstrate how to calculate earned value metrics and ratios.
- Based on The Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013.
- Earn 35 PDUs or contact hours to put towards certification with PMI.
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Summary
Skill level
Advanced
Certificate
Yes
Lessons
46
Accredited by
CPD
Pre-requisites
Versions supported
TBD
Accreditations and approvals
GoSkills has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute(PMI)®.
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Syllabus
PMI and PMP® Prep
Project Management Credentials
Project management credentials are used to ensure that individuals have the background and skills needed to be able to perform project management functions.
PMP® Application
The PMP® Application process can be time consuming. It is important to understand what is required so that you do not have to resubmit.
PMP® Exam
The PMP® examination is a serious and difficult element of earning the PMP® credential. The 200 question, proctored exam must be completed within four hours.
PMI® Code of Conduct
The PMI® Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct sets a standard for the profession of project management of what is right and honourable to do.
PMP® Exam Content Outline
The PMP® Exam Content Outline is a PMI document that provides lists of the domains, tasks, and skills that are tested on the PMP® Exam.
PMBOK® Guide Organization
PMBOK® Guide
The PMBOK® Guide is the reference document upon which much of the PMP® exam is based. The PMBOK® Guide contains a description of project management processes, tools, checklists, and templates.
PMBOK® Guide Processes
The PMBOK® Guide has organized project management into 47 processes.
PMBOK® Guide Annex
A portion of the PMBOK® Guide is a standard for project management. That portion is the Annex A1, The Standard for Project Management of a Project.
PMBOK® Guide Glossary
The PMBOK® Guide Glossary provides hundreds of definitions of terms and acronyms used throughout project management and the PMBOK® Guide.
PMBOK® Guide Context
Project Management Foundations
Projects, programs and portfolios are terms that describe an increasing complexity of project related work. Project management addresses how to manage a single unique project not necessarily programs or portfolios.
Project and Operational Activities
Operational activities manage and operate the business processes. Projects interact with operational activities by creating and changing operational processes, products, and services.
The Project Lifecycle
The project life cycle provides a general overview of the phases that a project goes through.
Project Manager
The project manager leads the project team. Their role and level of authority will vary depending upon the project organizational structure.
Interpersonal Skills
Projects managers must apply appropriate interpersonal skills to be effective.
Project Team
Most projects are conducted by a project team. There are many structures for forming a project team within an organization.
Project Management Process Interactions
Most projects are complex with multiple stakeholders, the five process groups, ten knowledge areas, the forty-seven processes and the many project management deliverables all interacting with each other.
Project Management Office (PMO)
The Project Management Office (PMO) is the organizational response to project management. The PMO manages the process of project management.
Organizational Processes and Environmental Factors
Organizational process assets are the business systems, processes and procedures that are used while managing the project. Enterprise Environmental factors are the constraints and impacts that the business and industry places on the project.
PMBOK® Guide Processes and Process Groups
Project Initiation Process Group
The two initiating project management processes define the boundaries of the project and authorize the project manager to start work.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 1
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 1.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 2
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 2.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 3
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 3.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 4
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 4.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 5
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 5.
Project Planning Process Group – Part 6
The project management planning processes integrate with each other to create all components of the project plan. There are 24 project management planning processes. Part 6.
Project Execution Process Group – Part 1
The project management executing processes are managing the majority of the work of the project. There are eight project management executing processes. Part 1.
Project Execution Process Group – Part 2
The project management executing processes are managing the majority of the work of the project. There are eight project management executing processes. Part 2.
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group – Part 1
The monitoring and controlling processes track the project progress and implement changes and corrective actions when needed. There are eleven monitoring and controlling processes. Part 1.
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group – Part 2
The monitoring and controlling processes track the project progress and implement changes and corrective actions when needed. There are eleven monitoring and controlling processes. Part 2.
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group – Part 3
The monitoring and controlling processes track the project progress and implement changes and corrective actions when needed. There are eleven monitoring and controlling processes. Part 3.
Closing Process Group
The Closing processes shut down a project; either because it has completed or because it has been aborted. There are two closing processes.
PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas
Project Integration Management
Integrating processes span the other knowledge areas and provide overall project management direction.
Project Scope Management
The project scope is the sum of all the work that must be done on the project. Scope management is focused on defining and controlling what must be done on the project and what does not need to be done.
Project Time Management
Time management processes span create and manage the project schedule.
Project Cost Management
Project Cost Management processes are used to manage and control costs on projects.
Project Quality Management
The Project Quality Management processes are used to implement an organization’s quality management system within a project.
Project Human Resources Management
The Human Resources Management processes provide guidance for managing the project team including the core team, extended team and any project staff.
Project Communication Management
Communication is at the heart of project management. These processes provide guidance on project communication.
Project Risk Management
Risk management processes guide the project manager and project team in the identification, analysis, response and control of risk.
Project Procurement Management
The Project Procurement Management processes address the contractual issues associated with any purchases made by the project and if the project is done under contract for a customer, these processes address those items also.
Project Stakeholder Management
Project Stakeholder Management is concerned with communicating with project stakeholders in order to understand and meet their needs.
PMBOK® Guide Analytical Topics Registers
Critical Path Calculations
Critical Path calculations are used to determine the critical path within a project.
Leads, Lags and Float
Project schedules are often modified to implement risk response plans. Leads, lags, float and levelling are used to understand and manage elements of project risk.
Expected Monetary Value and Decision Trees
The Expected Monetary Value (EMV) and Decision Trees are two quantitative risk analysis techniques that when paired can be used to select an optimum project approach.
Earned Value Analysis Planning and Tracking
The Earned Value Analysis technique integrates scope, schedule and budget attributes into a set of measurements that can be used for tracking project performance.
Earned Value Management: Variance Analysis and Forecasting
Project teams are often asked to provide a forecast for final project cost. Earned Value Management provides indices that support creating the project forecast.
