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PMP® Exam Preparation Online (New, Web-based)

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Overview:
Establish your credential as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) by taking a Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) certification examination. This online, self-study course is offered through a partnership with the University Learning Institute (ULI), and provides interactive lessons, a practice test bank of nearly 1,000 questions you can use as an examination simulation, and more.

This course (TheCourseTM) was developed and is conducted by a Registered Education Provider of the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). It is registered with PMI as a 56-hour course, surpassing their 35-hour certification requirement, and pre-approved by PMI to prepare you for certification as a Project Management Professional.

This is an online 56-hour course. All materials are included. Take six months to complete.

Who Should Attend?
Project managers who need to pass a PMI certification examination and who wish to prepare at their own pace.
Objectives:
  • Explain the core competencies of project management
  • Prepare to pass the PMP® certification examination
  • Complete the certification exam application
  • Recognize the examination format
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    Syllabus:
    Segment 1. The Background of Project Management (Includes PMBOK® Guide Chapter 1 & 2)
    1.1 Introductions, Course materials, Housekeeping & Homework
    1.2 Definition, Examples and Characteristics of Projects
    1.3 About Project Management Institute & Other PM Organizations
    1.4 Projects and Emerging Industries
    1.5 The Project Environment
    1.6 The Project Management Office
    1.7 Project & Product Life Cycles
    1.8 Stakeholders
    1.9 Organizational Structures & Influences

    Segment 2. The Gospel According to PMBOK® Guide (Includes PMBOK® Guide Chapter 3)
    2.1 PMBOK® Guide Organization
    2.1.1 Knowledge Areas, Processes & Process Groups
    2.2 The Production and Flow of Initiation and Planning Documents
    2.3 Scope, Schedule & Cost Control Processes
    2.4 Quality Processes
    2.5 Risk Monitoring & Control
    2.6 Project Execution & Change Control
    2.7 Course Guide

    Segment 3. Project Launch
    3.1 Develop Project Charter (PMBOK® Guide 4.1)
    3.1.1 The Project Proposal
    3.1.2 Enterprise Environmental Factors & Organizational Process Assets
    3.1.3 Mathematical models; Constrained Optimization
    3.1.4 Economic Evaluation
    3.1.4.1 Payback Period; Life-Cycle Costing; Net Present Value; IRR; Depreciation; Weighted Scoring Models
    3.1.5 The Project Charter
    3.2 Develop Preliminary Scope Statement (PMBOK® Guide 4.2)
    3.2.1 Scope Statement Contents

    Segment 4. Scope Planning & Definition
    4.1 Develop Project Management Plan (PMBOK® Guide 4.3)
    4.2 Scope Planning Process (PMBOK® Guide 5.1)
    4.2.1 Change Management Plan
    4.3 Scope Definition Process (PMBOK® Guide 5.2)
    4.3.1 Product Analysis: Product Breakdown; Systems Analysis; Systems Engineering; Value Engineering; Value Analysis; Functional Analysis
    4.3.2 Lateral Thinking; Brainstorming
    4.3.3 Stakeholder Analysis
    4.3.4 Scope Statement
    4.4 Create WBS Process (PMBOK® Guide 5.3)
    4.4.1 Work Breakdown Structure & Work Packages
    4.4.2 Scope Baseline

    Segment 5. Procurement & Activity Planning
    5.1 Plan Purchases & Acquisitions (PMBOK® Guide 12.1)
    5.1.1 Make or Buy Analysis
    5.1.2 Contract Options & Incentive Fees
    5.1.3 Procurement Management Plan & Statements of Work
    5.2 Schedule Management Plan
    5.3 Activity Definition Process (PMBOK® Guide 6.1)
    5.3.1 Activity Attributes
    5.4 Activity Sequencing (PMBOK® Guide 6.2)
    5.4.1 Dependencies; Precedence & Arrow Diagramming Methods
    5.4.2 Leads & Lags
    5.5 Activity Resource Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 6.3)
    5.5.1 Resource Requirements

    Segment 6. Estimating & Scheduling
    6.1 Activity Duration Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 6.4)
    6.2 Schedule Development (PMBOK® Guide 6.5)
    6.2.1 Critical Path Method
    6.2.2 Duration Compression
    6.2.3 Resource Leveling
    6.2.4 Critical Chain Scheduling
    6.2.5 Project & Resource Calendars
    6.3 The Cost Management Plan
    6.4 Cost Estimating Process (PMBOK® Guide 7.1)
    6.4.1 Resource Rates

    Segment 7. Budgeting, Quality & Risk Planning
    7.1 Cost Budgeting (PMBOK® Guide 7.2)
    7.1.1 Cost Baseline & Cash Flow
    7.1.2 The Performance Measurement Baseline (Budget)
    7.2 Quality Planning (PMBOK® Guide 8.1)
    7.2.1 Quality Gurus
    7.2.2 Six Sigma & Other Quality Movements
    7.2.3 Cost of Quality
    7.2.4 Quality Management Plan & Quality Improvement
    7.3 Risk Management Planning (PMBOK® Guide 11.1)
    7.3.1 Risk Management Plan
    7.3.2 Risk Categories
    7.3.3 Risk Breakdown Structure

    Segment 8. Risk Analysis & Response
    8.1 Risk Identification (PMBOK® Guide 11.2)
    8.1.1 Brainstorming; Delphi Technique; SWOT Analysis
    8.1.2 Diagramming Techniques
    8.2 Qualitative Risk Analysis (PMBOK® Guide 11.3)
    8.2.1 Risk Event Impact & Probability, Scoring
    8.2.2 Prioritization of Risks
    8.3 Quantitative Risk Analysis (PMBOK® Guide 11.4)
    8.3.1 Decision Trees & Expected Monetary Value
    8.3.2 Path Convergence
    8.3.3 Triangular & Beta Distributions
    8.3.4 Simulation
    8.4 Risk Response Planning (PMBOK® Guide 11.5)
    8.4.1 Avoidance, Transference, Mitigation & Acceptance of Risks
    8.4.2 Positive Risk Responses
    8.4.3 Risk Response Plan, Risk Register & Risk Database

    Segment 9. Wrapping up the Plan
    9.1 Human Resources Planning (PMBOK® Guide 9.1)
    9.1.1 Project Interfaces
    9.1.2 RAM Charts, Organization Chart & Staffing Management Plan
    9.2 Acquire Project Team (PMBOK® Guide 9.2)
    9.2.1 Resource Pools & Virtual Teams
    9.3 Communications Planning (PMBOK® Guide 10.1)
    9.3.1 Sender-Receiver Models
    9.3.2 Barriers to Communication
    9.3.3 Information & Stakeholder Analysis
    9.3.4 The Communications Management Plan
    9.4 Maintenance Transactions

    Segment 10. Watching the Front Lines
    10.1 Develop Project Team (PMBOK® Guide 9.3)
    10.1.1 Organizational vs. Project Roles
    10.1.2 Training Proposals
    10.1.3 Motivational Theories
    10.1.4 Leadership
    10.2 Manage Project Team (PMBOK® Guide 9.4)
    10.2.1 Power
    10.2.2 Conflict
    10.2.3 Constructive & Destructive Behavior
    10.3 Direct & Manage Execution (PMBOK® Guide 4.4)
    10.3.1 Project Management Methodology
    10.3.2 Work Performance Information

    Segment 11. Watching the Baselines
    11.1 Scope Control (PMBOK® Guide 5.5)
    11.2 Schedule Control (PMBOK® Guide 6.6)
    11.2.1 Variance Analysis & Additional Planning
    11.2.2 Schedule Revisions & Rebaselining
    11.3 Cost Control (PMBOK® Guide 7.3)
    11.3.1 Cash Flow & Funding
    11.3.2 Earned Value Analysis
    11.3.3 Completion Forecasting & To-Complete Performance Index
    11.3.4 Variance Analysis & Additional Planning

    Segment 12. Watching the Flanks
    12.1 Risk Monitoring (PMBOK® Guide 11.6)
    12.1.1 Workaround Plans & Corrective Action
    12.1.2 Risk Audits & Reviews
    12.2 Quality Assurance (PMBOK® Guide 8.2)
    12.2.1 Quality Audits
    12.3 Quality Control (PMBOK® Guide 8.3)
    12.3.1 Quality & Statistics
    12.3.2 Quality Tools
    12.3.3 Process Adjustments

    Segment 13. Stakeholders & Reporting
    13.1 Monitor Project Work (PMBOK® Guide 4.5)
    13.2 Information Distribution (PMBOK® Guide 10.2)
    13.3 Performance Reporting (PMBOK® Guide 10.3)
    13.4 Manage Stakeholders (PMBOK® Guide 10.4)
    13.5 Applying for and Taking the PMP® Examination

    Segment 14. Acceptance & Closure
    14.1 Scope Verification (PMBOK® Guide 5.4)
    14.2 Integrated Change Control (PMBOK® Guide 4.6)
    14.2.1 Maintenance Transactions
    14.2.2 Change Control Process
    14.2.3 Configuration Management
    14.3 Close Project (PMBOK® Guide 4.4)
    14.3.1 Administrative & Contract Closure Procedures
    14.3.2 Archives & Lessons Learned
    14.4 Introduction to Contract Law and the UCC

    Segment 15. Procurement
    15.1 Plan Contracting (PMBOK® Guide 12.2)
    15.1.1 Procurement Documents & Evaluation Criteria
    15.2 Request Seller Responses (PMBOK® Guide 12.3)
    15.2.1 Bidders Conferences
    15.2.2 Proposals
    15.3 Select Sellers (PMBOK® Guide 12.4)
    15.3.1 Screening
    15.3.2 Weighting System
    15.3.3 Contract Negotiation
    15.4 Contract Administration (PMBOK® Guide 12.5)
    15.4.1 Contract Change Control
    15.5 Contract Closure (PMBOK® Guide 12.6)
    15.5.1 Procurement Audit
    15.5.2 Formal Acceptance & Closure

    Segment 16. Professional & Social Responsibility
    16.1 PMI® Member Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct
    16.2 PMP® Code of Professional Conduct


    Course Details
    CODE:  PROJ8395A
    TYPE:  Distance Education
    LENGTH:  56 Hour(s)
    CREDIT:  5.6 CEU
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