Project Management Professional PMP Certification Preparation

Course Length: 5 days

Course Overview

This course enables you to further your project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management and prepare for the Project Management Institute (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam or Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM).

Contents

Lesson 1: Business Environment Learn foundational project management, organizational and business concepts integral to your role.

Lesson 2: Start the Project We’ll discuss what you need to think about right at the start of a project, in the pre-planning stage – stakeholders, the team, and how to build shared understanding and decide how best to approach the project.

Lesson 3: Plan the Project Here we go through the steps you’ll take to plan scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and quality.

Lesson 4: Lead the Team In this lesson, we focus on your leadership skills.

Lesson 5: Support Project Team Performance How do you get the best performance from a project team? Here are the tools, techniques, and further leadership skills to help you do that.

Lesson 6: Close the Project/Phase Finally, we discuss how and when to close a phase or project and the very important topic of benefits realization.

This course is for individuals who:

• Have on-the-job project management experience, regardless of whether their formal job role is project manager or desire for PMP/CAPM Certification
• Are not certified project management professionals; and
• Might or might not have received formal project management training.

Exam Requirements

This course fulfills the requirement of 35 hours of project management education/training.

• Four-year degree
• 36 months leading projects
• 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® certification

OR

• A high school diploma or an associate degree (or global equivalent)
• 60 months leading projects
• 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® certification

Materials included access to digital resources like:

• Student Materials: Contains your course content in PowerPoint documents.
• Spotlight Videos: Short (3-6 minutes) videos that enhance and extend the classroom learning experience.
• Student Resources: Contains a Glossary, Mastery Builder Questions, Course Outline, and a Case Study
• A 260 question PMP practice exam
• Certification FAQ: Contains a link to an FAQ for your certification.