Project Management Professional

In this course, students will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Get started with project management fundamentals.
• Identify organizational influences and project life cycle. Work with project management processes.
• Initiate a project.
• Plan a project.
• Plan for project time management.
• Plan project budget, quality, and communications.
• Plan for risk, procurements, and stakeholder management
• Execute a project.
• Manage project work, scope, schedules, and cost.
• Control a project.
• Close a project
Outline Course Contents

1. Getting Started with Project Management
• Components of Project Management
• Project Management and the Business

2. Project Management and the Organization
• Identify Organizational Influences
• Project Stakeholders and Governance
• The Project Team
• The Project Life Cycle

3. Working with Project Management Processes
• Project Management Processes and Knowledge Areas
• Identify Project Information

4. Initiating a Project
• Develop a Project Charter
• Identify Project Stakeholders

5. Planning a Project
• Develop a Project Management Plan
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Project Requirements
• Define Project Scope
• Create a WBS

6. Planning for Project Time Management
• Create Plan Schedule Management
• Define Project Activities
• Sequence Project Activities
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop a Project Schedule

7. Planning Project Budget, Quality, Communications
• Plan Project Cost Management
• Estimate Project Costs
• Determine the Project Budget
• Plan Quality Management
• Plan Human Resource Management
• Plan Communications Management

8. Planning for Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management
• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Plan for Risk Response
• Plan Project Procurements
• Plan Stakeholder Management

9. Executing a Project
• Direct and Manage Project Work
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage a Project Team
• Manage Communications
• Conduct Procurements
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement

10. Managing Project Work, Scope, Schedule and Cost
• IdeMonitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Validate Project Scope
• Control Project Scope
• Control the Project Schedule
• Control Project

11. Controlling the Project
• Control Project Quality
• Control Communications
• Control Project Risks
• Control Project Procurements
• Control Stakeholder Engagement

12. Closing a Project
• Close Project or Phase
• Close Procurements

Course Prerequisites

• A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent) and at least three years of project management experience, with 4,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.

OR

• A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent) with at least five years of project management experience, with 7,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.
Course Code: PMP
Duration: 5 day(s)