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Project Management Professional (PMP®) Preparatory Training (35 PDUs)
August 21 - 24, 2008 @ Bangalore, INDIA
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has grown to be recognized as the global association for project management standards. PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) has received recognition from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as the standard document for project management knowledge. The PMP® certificate process emphasizes the process framework involved in providing successful project management.
This course covers processes, concepts, definitions and practices that are outlined in PMBOK, whose understanding is required to pass PMI’s Project Management Professionals (PMP) Certification examination.
This course is based on PMBoK 3rd Edition (2005).
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The contents of this course are designed to:
- Provide information to participants on the PMP® certification requirements and process
- Prepare participants to pass the PMP exam
- Help participants to apply knowledge learned, through practice tests
- Help participants to memorize key terms, equations, and graphs.
- Provide study tips and tricks
- Provide information on additional resources available
After completing this seminar, participants will have understood:
- The concepts and terminologies that will be used in the PMP examination.
- The five Process Groups discussed in PMI’s Guide to the PMBOK® that form the basis of the project management life cycle.
- The nine Knowledge Areas discussed in PMI’s Guide to the PMBOK® and how they apply to each of the process groups
- The 44 key processes of project management and how they relate to the Knowledge Areas and Process Groups
- PMI’s concepts on Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Course Duration - 4 days (35 hours)
Participants and Faculty introductions
PMP Certification Process
- The Project Management Institute
- The PMP Credential
- Requirements for Certification
- Applying for the Examination
- The PMP Examination
Part I - Project Management Overview
Introduction
- What is a Project
- Project Portfolio Management
- Programs versus Projects
- Project Management Office
- Project Phases
- Project Life Cycles
- The Process Groups
- The Knowledge Areas
- Stakeholders and Stakeholder Management
The Project Environment
- Organizational Types
Process Groups of the Project Management Life Cycle
- Initiating Process Group
- Planning Process Group
- Executing Process Group
- Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
- Closing Process Group
Part II – Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
INITIATION PROCESSES
Project Integration Management
- Develop Project Charter
- Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
- Sample quiz - Project Management Framework
PLANNING PROCESSES
Project Scope Management
- Scope Planning
- Scope Definition
- Create WBS
- Sample quiz - Project Scope Management
Project Schedule Management
- Activity Definition
- Activity Sequencing
- Activity Resource Estimation
- Activity Duration Estimation
- Schedule Development
- Sample quiz - Project Schedule Management
Project Cost Management
- Cost Estimating
- Cost Budgeting
- Sample quiz - Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
- Quality Planning
Project Risk Management
- Risk Management Planning
- Risk Identification
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Response Planning
- Sample quiz - Project Risk Management
PLANNING PROCESSES (contd.)
Project Human Resources Management
- Human Resource Planning
Project Communications Management
- Communications Planning
Project Procurement Management
- Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- Plan Contracting
Project Integration Management
- Develop Project Management Plan
EXECUTING AND CONTROLLING PROCESSES
Project Integration Management
- Direct and Manage Project Execution
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Integrated Change Control
- Sample quiz - Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
- Scope Verification
- Scope Control
Project Schedule Management
- Schedule Control
Project Cost Management
- Cost Control
Project Quality Management
- Perform Quality Assurance
- Perform Quality Control
- Sample quiz - Project Quality Management
Project Risk Management
- Risk Monitoring and Control
- Sample quiz - Project Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality and Risk Control
EXECUTING AND CONTROLLING PROCESSES (Contd.)
Project Human Resources Management
- Acquire Project Team
- Develop Project Team
- Manage Project Team
- Sample quiz - Project Human Resources Management
Project Communications Management
- Information Distribution
- Performance Reporting
- Manage Stakeholders
- Sample quiz - Project Communications Management
Project Procurement Management
- Request Seller Responses
- Select Sellers
- Contract Administration
- Sample quiz - Project Procurement Management
CLOSING PROCESSES
- Close Project
- Contract Closeout
- Sample quiz - Project closure
Ethics, Professional Responsibility
- PMP Code of Conduct Review
- Professional Responsibility and Ethics Practice Exam
- Sample quiz - Professional Responsibility
Sample Exam
- Answering 50 questions (1 hour)
- Discussion of answers
Part III – Preparing for the PMP Certification Exam
- Create a study plan and next steps schedule
- Tips & Tricks for taking the exam
- Q&A
Shobha Ramesh has a career spanning 20 years in the IT industry in organizations such as Satyam, SLK Software, Kirloskar Computer Services Ltd and BFL Software Ltd.
She has over 12 years of experience as a Project / Program Manager and has handled projects of sizes ranging from 1 – 100 person-years on UNIX, J2EE, Microsoft, TIBCO and Livelink platforms in various types of client engagement models like offshore model, onsite-offshore model, multi-site / multi-vendor model, staff augmentation model etc.
She has managed large ODCs containing development, maintenance and production-support activities.
As part of her project management activities, she has specialized in product development and in Release & Configuration Management for large projects with multiple teams.
She has managed projects for a wide variety of customers including domestic, US, Japanese, Chinese and Australian customers in the Retail, Automotive, Banking, Manufacturing and Business Performance Measurement domains.
Shobha’s analysis and design skills include OOAD, SSAD, Database Modeling and UML.
Shobha has completed her M.Sc in Mathematics in 1985 from IIT Chennai.
Some of the organizations where Shobha has trained:
- HCL Shipara Technologies
- IBM
- Intellinet
- Microsoft
- Misys
- Satyam Computer