Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Revision Course

After The Completion Of The Course, The Participants Would Be Able To:

• Get clarification on key concepts from the PMP® examination perspective

• Revise key formulas and jargons

• Take a full-fledged 200 question Mock test to assess their preparedness for taking the PMP® examination

Workshop Format

The course is a mix of instructor led, and self paced learning, designed to enable participants revise the various points relating to the PMP® examination.

There will be intermediate quizzes throughout the course to test the concepts learned and a final Mock test to assess the overall preparedness.

Workshop Takeaways

Courseware and Assessment of Readiness of candidates for taking the PMP® examination.

Eligibility

The target audience for the Workshop are candidates intending taking up the PMP® Examination soon. They are expected to be familiar with detailed A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013 concepts.

This Workshop is intended as a Revision course of all processes in PMBOK® Guide , alongwith key pointers from the PMP® Examination point of view.

Course Outlines

Introduction
Project Management Framework – overview

• Overview of Projects and Project Management

• Project Management Lifecycle

• Role of Project Stakeholders

• Various Project Organization structures – including Functional, Matrix and Projectized organizations

• Program management Office – the concept and its organization

• Process Groups and their interlinkages

• Interaction of Processes across various Process Groups

Initiating Process Group

• Overview of Initiating Process Group processes

• Project initiation process

• Description of Various Project selection criteria

• Overview of ROI, Payback period, NPV and IRR methods

• Project Charter – contents and its importance in the Project Execution

• Preliminary Scope Statement – role in the Project

Planning Process Group

• Overview of Planning Process Group processes

• Role of various Management Plans in Project execution

• Importance of WBS in Project Management

• Schedule Development process

• Use of Mathematical techniques in Schedule development including Critical path determination

• Development of the Cost baseline for the Project

• Crashing, Resource Leveling, PERT etc

• Depreciation calculation techniques

• Description of various Quality Management tools – including Cost-benefit analysis, Design of Experiments

• Control Charts, Pareto diagrams etc

• Cost of Quality/ Non-Quality

• Contributions of Pioneers of Quality – including that of Deming, Juran, Crosby

• Development of the RACI Matrix/ Staffing Management Plan

• Communications Management Plan- contents

• Description of Sender Receiver models

• Development of the Risk register

• Role of PI matrix and RPNs in Risk Prioritisation

• Various Risk response strategies and their illustrations

• Procurement Management Plan

• Overview of Procurement process

• Description of various Contract types and their illustrations

• Project Management Plan – contents

• Role of PMIS in Project Planning, Execution and Controlling

Executing Process group

• Overview of the Executing Process Group Processes Importance of Quality Assurance in Project delivery

• Overview of Statistical and other techniques used in Project Quality Management

• Project team acquisition and Development

• Leadership styles of Project Managers

• Description of Theory X,Y,Z, Expectancy and Need based Theory

• Team – Conflict Management models

• Information Distribution models

• Management of Stakeholders’ expectations

• Seller Selection process

• Project Manager’s role in Directing and Managing a Project

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

• Overview of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group processes

• Role of Scope Verification

• Application of Earned Value Management systems for Project performance reporting

• Role of Issue logs in Stakeholder management

• Overview of various HR theories concerning Team Management

• Management of Risks

• Contract administration and Control processes

• Configuration Management Control

• Role of Change Control Board (CCB) in Project Management

• Change Control process- management

• Role of Integrated Change Control in Project Performance

Closing Process Group

• Overview of Closing Process Group processes

• Updations to Organisational Process Assets

• Role of Project Manager in Administrative closure

Professional Responsibilities of the Project Manager towards

• Self

• Project

• Project stakeholders

• Project Management Profession

• Public

Tips for taking the PMP® examination
Mock test ( 200 questions)
(This test is QAI proprietary)

•  Discussion of Mock test results