Project Management Professional - PMP Preparation Course SPPM01

Course Overview
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the Project Management Fundamentals course and covers in-depth the essential elements of managing a successful project. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI ®, this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Course Objectives

You will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI to successfully manage projects.

Target Audience

This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management.

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
. Initiate a project.
. Define project scope.
. Develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
. Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
. Analyze project risks.
. Define project procurement requirements.
. Execute the project.
. Control the project.
. Close the project.

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Introduction
. What is a Project?
. What is Project Management?
. Areas of Expertise
. Project Management context

Project Lifecycle and Organization
. The Project Life Cycle
. Project Stakeholders
. Organizational Influences

The Standard for Project Management of a Project
. Project Management Processes
. Project Management Process Groups
. Process Interactions
. Project Management Process Mapping

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREAS
 

Introduction
. Process Flow Diagrams
. Major Project Documents

Project Integration Management
. Develop Project Charter
. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
. Develop Project Management Plan
. Direct and Manage Project Execution
. Monitor and Control Project Work
. Integrated Change Control
. Close Project

Project Scope Management
. Scope Planning
. Scope Definition
. Create WBS
. Scope Verification
. Scope Control

Project Time Management
. Activity Definition
. Activity Sequencing
. Activity Resource estimating
. Activity Duration estimating
. Schedule Development
. Schedule Control

Project Cost Management
. Cost Estimating
. Cost Budgeting
. Cost Control

Project Quality Management
. Quality Planning
. Perform Quality Assurance
. Perform Quality Control

Project Human Resource Management
. Human Resource Planning
. Acquire project Team
. Develop Project Team
. Manage Project Team

Project Communications Management
. Communications Planning
. Information Distribution
. Performance Reporting
. Manage Stakeholders

Project Risk Management
. Risk Management Planning
. Risk Identification
. Qualitative Risk Analysis
. Quantitative Risk Analysis
. Risk Response Planning
. Risk Monitoring and Control

Project Procurement Management
. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
. Plan Contracting
. Request Seller Responses
. Select Sellers
. Contract Administration
. Contract Closure