Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification Training Course
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Project Management Professional (PMP) Training Course Description:

This 5 day PMP course will help current Project Managers to develop their abilities in order to utilize best practices both on the job and throughout their professional certification exam, which is rapidly becoming the universal standard to compete in today’s highly technical and fast-paced workplaces. In this particular training course, managers will apply many of the generally recognized practices of quality project management that are acknowledged by the renowned Project Management Institute (PMI®) to effectively and efficiently manage projects.

This course is optimal for an individual who wishes to both develop professionally and increase their project management skills. This course also applies a standards-based and formalized approach to project management. Our students will seek career advancement by ultimately moving into an official project manager job role, and applying for the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional Certification.

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will have the ability to:

• Define professional project management
• Initiate various projects
• Plan all types of project work
• Develop schedules for projects
• Develop budgets and cost estimates
• Plan communications, staffing and project quality
• Analyze various risks and plan responses for them
• Plan project procurements
• Execute work involved with the project
• Manage project procurement
• Control and monitor project work
• Control and monitor project schedule and costs
• Control and monitor project performance and quality
• Control and monitor project risks and procurements
• Finish the project

Project Management Professional (PMP) Course Outline:

Module 1: The Fundamentals of Professional Project Management

Lesson 1A: Key Procedures for Successful Management

Lesson 1B: Responsibilities of a Project Manager

Lesson 1C: Interpersonal Communication for Quality Management Techniques

Module 2: New Project Initiation Phase

Lesson 2A: Determine Project Context from a Management Perspective

Lesson 2B: Project Selection

Lesson 2C: Statement of Work Preparation Phases

Lesson 2D: Project Charters

Lesson 2E: Project Stakeholders

Module 3: Project Planning Phase

Lesson 3A: Determine the Elements of a Project Plan

Lesson 3B: Stakeholder Requirements

Lesson 3C: Project Scope

Lesson 3D: Task Structure

Module 4: Effective Project Scheduling

Lesson 4A: Creating a List of Key Tasks

Lesson 4B: Network Diagrams for Project Scheduling

Lesson 4C: Task Resources

Lesson 4D: Task Duration

Lesson 4E: Creating a Structured Project Schedule

Lesson 4F: Creating a Critical Project Path with Specific Milestones

Lesson 4G: Schedule Optimization

Lesson 4H: Schedule Baseline

Module 5: Budgeting and Cost Estimates

Lesson 5A: Estimating Total Project Cost

Lesson 5B: Estimating Baseline Cost

Lesson 5C: Funding and Cost Reconciliation

Module 6: Project Quality and Communications Planning

Lesson 6A: Creating a Substantial Plan for Management Procedures

Lesson 6B: Specify Project Team Members’ Responsibilities, Roles and Reporting Procedures

Lesson 6C: Documenting a Specific Communications Plan

Module 7: Risk Analysis and Response Planning

Lesson 7A: Establishing a Clear Plan for Risk Management Procedures

Lesson 7B: Identify Triggers and Potential Project Risks

Lesson 7C: Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis

Lesson 7D: Establishing a Plan for Risk Response Procedures

Module 8: Project Procurement Planning

Lesson 8A: Planning Procurements

Lesson 8B: Procurement Statement of Work

Lesson 8C: Organizing Procurement Documents

Module 9: Project Execution

Lesson 9A: Effective Project Execution Management Techniques

Lesson 9B: Quality Assurance Management

Lesson 9C: Acquisition, Development and Management of a Project Team

Lesson 9D: Establishing a Plan for Information Distribution

Lesson 9E: Stakeholder Expectation Management

Module 10: Project Procurement Management Procedures

Lesson 10A: Procurement Process Analysis

Lesson 10B: Seller Responses

Lesson 10C: Identify Project Sellers

Module 11: Project Work Control and Observation

Lesson 11A: Control and Observation Work Processes

Lesson 11B: Development and Utilization of an Integrated Change Control Structure

Lesson 11C: Deliverables and Result Review

Lesson 11D: Project Scope Controlling Procedures

Module 12: Control and Observation of the Project Schedule and Cost

Lesson 12A: Controlling the Project Schedule

Lesson 12B: Controlling Project Costs

Module 13: Control and Observation of Project Quality and Enactment

Lesson 13A:  Quality Control Procedures

Lesson 13B: Project Enactment Reports

Module 14: Control and Observation of Project Risks and Procurements

Lesson 14A:  Observe and Control Potential Project Risks

Lesson 14B: Project Procurement Management

Module 15: Completing the Project

Lesson 15A: Complete Project Procurements

Lesson 15B: Procedures for Finalizing the Project

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam:

Details of the Exam:

• Questions: 200 questions
• Score Needed to Pass: The exam is a Pass or Fail. There is no score given. The candidates must get 61% of the questions correct in order to pass.
• Duration of the Test: 4 Hours
• Format of the Test: multiple choice
• Delivery of the Test: The Project Management Professional (PMP) exam is offered as a computer-based test. The test is distributed through the global network of Prometric testing centers.

The Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Measures The Following Skills:

• Initiating is 11%: 23 questions
• Planning is 23%: 43 questions
• Executing is 26%: 53 questions
• Control & Monitor is 21%: 42 questions
• Closing is 9%: 18 questions
• Professional Responsibility is 9%: 18 questions

Price of the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam: $555.00

Phoenix TS is a certified testing center for Prometric. Students can register their Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam at any of the Phoenix TS test centers located in the Washington DC, Baltimore, Columbia, Maryland, and Northern Virginia areas. Students can register by going to the Prometric website and/or calling us directly at 301-258-8200.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Training Course Standard Price:

Total Price: $1,950.00

5 Day Course

GSA Eligible

Cost Includes:

• Class exercises and training instruction
• Courseware books, notepads, highlighters, pens and other material
• Option of retaking the course
• Sample exam questions provided by leading industry vendors
• A full breakfast that includes an assortment of fruits, bagels, yogurt juices and doughnuts
• Coffee/tea/soda will be available all day
• Freshly baked cookies in the afternoon (participating locations)

*This course does not include an exam voucher *

Project Management Professional (PMP) Group Price:

Please call us at 301-258-8200 in order to discuss group pricing. 

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