Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification
Project managers who have proven skills and experience can find exciting, high-visibility
opportunities in a wide range of fields. This course is specifically designed to provide
you with the proven, practical body of project management knowledge and skills that you need
to demonstrate project management mastery on the job.
If you are taking this course, you probably have some professional exposure to the duties of a project
manager, or you may be considering embarking on a career in professional project management.
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job
and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today’s fast-paced
and highly technical workplace. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices
of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to successfully
manage projects
Target Audience/Prerequisites
This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (regardless of whether their formal job role is project manager), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI)® Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.
Obtaining a PMP certification improves your marketability to employers and commands a higher salary. According to the PMI Salary Survey – Sixth Edition, “A PMP increases your salary up to 10% more than your non-credentialed colleagues and peers.”
To earn your PMP, you need to have:
4 year degree
4500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education
Or
Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or equivalent
7500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education
Course Content
+ Lesson 1: Defining Project Management Basics
Topic A: Identify the Concepts of Project Management
Topic B: Identify the Relationship Between Project Management and the Business
Topic C: Identify Project Stakeholders and Governance
Topic D: Define Interpersonal and Team Skills
+ Lesson 2: Defining Project Management within the Organization
Topic A: Identify Organizational Influences
Topic B: Identify the Project Team
Topic C: Define the Project Life Cycle
Topic D: Define Agile Methodology
+ Lesson 3: Defining the PMI® Project Management Methodology
Topic A: Define the Project Management Processes
Topic B: Define the Knowledge Areas
Topic C: Identify Project Information
+ Lesson 4: Initiating a Project
Topic A: Initiating Process Group Map
Topic B: Develop a Project Charter
Topic C: Identify Project Stakeholders
+ Lesson 5: Planning a Project
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Develop a Project Management Plan
Topic C: Plan Scope Management
Topic D: Collect Project Requirements
Topic E: Define Project Scope
Topic F: Create a Work Breakdown Structure
+ Lesson 6: Planning a Project Schedule
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Schedule Management
Topic C: Define Project Activities
Topic D: Sequence Project Activities
Topic E: Estimate Activity Durations
Topic F: Develop a Project Schedule
+ Getting StartedLesson 7: Planning Project Costs
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Project Cost Management
Topic C: Estimate Project Costs
Topic D: Determine the Project Budget
+ Lesson 8: Planning Project Quality, Resources, and Procurements
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Quality Management
Topic C: Plan Resource Management
Topic D: Estimate Activity Resources
Topic E: Plan Project Procurements
+ Lesson 9: Planning for Risk
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Risk Management
Topic C: Identify Risks
Topic D: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Topic E: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Topic F: Plan Risk Responses
+ Lesson 10: Planning Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
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ITIL Service Management