Practical PMP Exam Preparation Workshop

Course Outline

Duration: 5 Days

• Introduction/Overview
• Participants and Instructor
• Course Content and Logistics
• Practical Listening Exercise
• Project Management Concepts & Standards
• The Project Management Institute
• The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• The Project Life Cycle (PLC)
• Case Study for Project Planning
• Select Project Teams
• Review Case Study Requirements
• Scope Management
• Project Initiation
• Scope Planning
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Scope Definition
• Project Scope Statement
• Implications of Scope Creep
• Milestones vs. Deliverables
• Project Charter
• Scope Verification
• Scope Change Control
• Human Resources Management
• Organizational Planning
• Matrix vs. Projectized Organizations
• Phases of Team Dynamics
• Staff Acquisition
• Team Development
• Project Team Management
• Communications Management
• Communications Planning
• Listening Skills
• Types of Communications
• Information Distribution
• Performance Reporting
• Stakeholder Management
• Administrative Closure
• Time Management
• Activity Definition
• Duration vs. Work/Effort
• Time (Duration and Work/Effort) Estimation Techniques
• P.E.R.T. Formula and others
• Factors in Estimation
• Dependency Theory/Activity Sequencing
• Schedule Development
• Critical Task/Critical Path
• Network Diagram and Gantt Chart
• Calculating Total Duration and Work/Effort
• Schedule Optimization and Control
• Cost Management
• Resource Planning
• Cost Estimating
• Cost Budgeting
• Cost Control
• Earned Value Analysis
• Total Project Costing
• Risk Management
• Risk Management Planning
• Risk Identification
• Risk List
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Risk Matrix
• Risk Response Planning
• Contingency Planning
• Risk Monitoring and Control
• Preparation for Presentations
• Create Project Scope Statement
• Create WBS and Gantt Chart with Costs
• Create Risk List and Matrix
• Procurement Management
• Procurement Planning
• Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
• Plan Contracting
• Request Seller Responses
• Select Sellers
• Contract Administration
• Contract Closure
• Quality Management
• Quality Planning
• Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Quality Control (QC)
• Cost of Quality
• Preparation for Presentations
• Create Ishikawa Diagram
• Create Request for Approval
• Presentations
• Present Case Study Projects
• Feedback Session
• Integration Management
• Project Charter
• Preliminary Project Scope Statement
• Project Management Plan
• Manage Project Execution
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Integrated Change Control
• Project Closure
• Review Practice Exam Questions
• Tips and Techniques
• Practice Tests
• Workshop Evaluations & Next Steps