PMP® Exam Prep Training

Four Day Workshop

How You Will Benefit

• Accelerate the learning curb and be ready to write the exam, to try the new project, or apply for the new job sooner
• Increase your knowledge and confidence levels relative to project best practices

You Will Learn

• To grasp the concepts and the interactions between the various processes that provide the structure of project management as outlined in the PMBOK® 4th Edition.
• Your current level of understanding of these project notions prior to class based on a pre-test
• Areas to focus on when preparing for and taking the Exam Prep course based on your post-test
• How to apply study, memorization, and test taking strategies to improve you performance on the exam

Prerequisite

Students should already have met PMI’s requirements put forth in PMP® Credential application and have a solid background and understanding of project management.

Course Outline

Test Taking

• Receive an orientation to the format and content areas of the PMP exam
• Discuss study strategies and techniques for memorization as well as exam taking strategies
• Walk through preparation for writing the exam
• Experience an exam simulation and receive the score you would get if it were the actual exam
• Receive feedback on your performance designed to guide future study

Framework

• Review the foundations of projects as part of a larger business context
• Explore project and product life cycles
• See how the 9 knowledge areas are essential to creating the foundations for success on projects and therefore essential knowledge for the exam
• Study the project culture and stakeholder management
• Go through the organizational structures and how they impact project decision making and the project manager’s power

Project Management Processes

• Define the project processes and their cyclical natures
• Explore the impact of project management maturity

Knowledge Area 1 – Integration

• Review the key roles of the Project manager
• Itemize the tools necessary to keep a project moving forward effectively

Knowledge Area 2 – Scope

• Define what will be produced by the project
• Protect against the project inadvertently changing
• Explore the back bone of the project plan – the Work Breakdown Structure

Knowledge Area 3 – Time

• Walk through the principles of sequencing and networks to produce 4 types of logic diagrams
• Review connector types and their uses
• Calculate the critical path
• Explore three types of scheduling tools and their uses
• Analyze recommended duration compressions techniques as well as cautions for some techniques

Knowledge Area 4 – Cost

• Review the principle concepts of costing and the development of a budget
• Apply the principles of determining financial performance on a project
• Compare different project results to select the most appropriate for the parameters given
• Study the related formulas
• Explore estimating

Knowledge Area 5 – Quality

• Go through Quality Management, Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and the philosophies of quality based on Deming, Crosby, Taguchi, Juran, ISO, 6 sigma and more
• Itemize and compare the different quality principles
• Review how one captures and analyzes the statistical findings
• Explore the quality tools and their application

Knowledge Area 6 – Human Resources

• Define the key roles and related responsibilities
• Assess the principles of authority, power, and influence as they apply to projects
• Compare the tools and techniques for managing the human component of projects
• Record the steps and the place of decision making, delegating, conflict resolution and many of the management theories that apply to human dynamics in projects

Knowledge Area 7 – Communication

• Explore the types, formats, and principles of communication
• Review the tools and techniques for facilitating good project communication
• Assess the place of stakeholder management and value of document management

Knowledge Area 8 – Risk

• The 5 step process for managing project risks is applied and analyzed
• The tools and techniques are itemized
• Interconnection to other areas such as communication, quality and schedule are explored

Knowledge Area 9 – Procurement

• Walk through identifying the need for procurement through to closing out the contract
• Itemize the contract types, benefits of each, and when to use them
• Explore the extensive lexicon of related terms

 Professional Responsibility

• Review the code and analyze its application in order to better understand PMI’s expectation of the Project Management Professionals.

The PMI Perspective

• The Project Management Institute, through programs such as the PMP® designation, search to further the application of project management based on best practices.  Here, we review the ‘real world’ versus the ideal application of project concepts and explore their impact on the exam.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is designed specifically for project managers and project leads who wish to gain their Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation. It is recommended that participants already have completed their application to write the exam prior to attending the workshop.

Professional Recognition

This workshop is recognized by PMI - Project Management Institute for 35 Professional Development Units (PDU).

The DMS Pledge

If you do not pass your PMP® exam on the first try, DMS will assign to you a personal coach to help you with the areas where you are experiencing difficulties.

What You Will Receive

3 texts                    PMP® Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide

PMP® Exam Prep participant’s manual

PMP® Exam Prep workbook containing definitions and practice exam questions

CD                         containing an electronic copy of the study guide

Flash cards           to assist in your review of the materials necessary for the exam

Audio files            13 audio files that review essential exam related content

4 exams                 over 450 practice exam questions

                              300 practice exam question available in an electronic format simulating the exam

Your scores         course pre-test and post-test to provide you with guidance to focus study efforts

Training Options and Costs

• Enrolment fee of $2495 per participant Click here to register for this program.
• Inquire about group rates info@durivageonline.com

Customized or Adapted Options

• You may choose to have us bring our training right to your door. Click here to ask us how
• For training tailored to your business and corporate culture that uses your own real world examples, click here to ask us how.