Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Preparation - Evenings

Buffalo Dates: 9/3/2013

Rochester Dates: Please call for availability

Length: 15 nights

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Cost: $1,995.00

* Discounting may be available for multiple students attending from the same organization and for private training classes; contact us for more information.

Course Description: This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management and offers a job-related approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Course Objective: You will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to successfully manage projects.

Target Student: This course is designed for experienced project managers who want to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management, and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Project Management Fundamentals

Performanced-Based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Initiate a project.
• Plan project work.
• Develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets.
• Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Analyze project risks.
• Plan project procurement.
• Execute project work.
• Monitor and control project work.
• Monitor and control project schedule and costs.
• Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Monitor and control project risks and contracts.
• Close the project.

Course Content: Full Course Outline

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts

Lesson 12: Closing the Project

Appendix A: PMP Certification Mapping

Appendix B: Certification Lightning Round Supplemental Lesson PMP Certification Practice Test

Appendix C: Schedule Management Plan Example

Appendix D: Statement of Work (SOW) Example

Appendix E: Professional and Social Responsibility