PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) – 7th Edition

Objectives

DOMAIN PERCENTAGE OF ITEMS ON TEST

• People 42%
• Process 50%
• Business Environment 8%
• Total 100%

DOMAIN I PEOPLE—42%

• Manage conflict– Interpret, Analyze and Evaluate the appropriate conflict resolution solution
• Lead a team– Establish a clear vision and goal, encourage diversity and inclusiveness, and place a premium on servant leadership. Motivate, inspire, and influence team members and stakeholders.
• Support team performance– Support, appraise, feedback and performance review.
• Empower team members and stakeholders– Focus on team strengths, accountability and decision-making authority.
• Ensure team members/stakeholders are adequately trained – Training need and outcomes and the required recourses, for successful training.
• Build a team– Project requirements, team skills and knowledge transfers.
• Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team– Determine and prioritize critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
• Negotiate project agreements– Analyze the scope of the agreement’s discussions, establish the final goal(s), and plan the agreement’s negotiations and strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders– Evaluate engagement needs for stakeholders, expectations, and project objectives
• Build shared understanding– Break down the situation to identify the root cause of a misunderstanding
• Engage and support virtual teams– Examine virtual team member needs, investigate alternatives and implement alternative options.
• Define team ground rules– Communicate organizational principles with team and external stakeholders
• Mentor relevant stakeholders– Allocate the time to mentoring and determine mentoring opportunities
• Promote team performance through the application of emotional intelligence– Assess behaviour using personality indicators, and modify important project stakeholders’ emotional requirements.

DOMAIN II PROCESS—50%

• Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value-Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally
• Manage communications– Analyze and Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all stakeholders
• Assess and manage risks– Determine and prioritize risk management options
• Engage stakeholders– Analyze, categorize and engage stakeholders
• Plan and manage budget and resources– Estimate, anticipate and monitor budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned from past projects
• Plan and manage schedule– Estimate project tasks, utilize benchmarks and scheduling
• Plan and manage the quality of products/deliverables– Determine quality standard required for project deliverables
• Plan and manage scope– Determine and prioritize requirements, Break down, monitor and validate scope
• Integrate project planning activities – Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions
• Manage project changes– Anticipate and embrace the need for
• Plan and manage procurement– Define, communicate and manage resource requirements and needs
• Manage project artefacts– Determine the requirements (what, when, where, who, etc.) for managing the project artefacts
• Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices– Assess project needs, complexity, and magnitude
• Establish a project governance structure– Determine appropriate governance for a project (e.g., replicate organizational governance)
• Manage project issues– Recognize when a risk becomes an issue
• Ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity– Discuss project responsibilities within the team and outline expectations for the working environment
• Plan and manage project/phase closure or transitions– Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase

DOMAIN III BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT — 8%

• Plan and manage project compliance– Confirm project compliance requirements and determine potential threats to compliance
• Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value– Document agreement on ownership for ongoing benefit realization
• Evaluate and address external business environment changes for impact on the scope– Changes in the external business environment (e.g., legislation, technology, geopolitics, and market) should be monitored, and the external business environment should be reviewed regularly for implications on project scope and backlog.
• Support organizational change– Assess and evaluate the organizational culture

Skills you will Gain:

• Project Leadership Skills
• Influencing and Negotiation Skills
• Budget and Schedules Management
• Risk Management Skills
• Critical and Problem-solving Thinking
• Successfully Deliver Projects On-Time
• Quality and Task Management
• Meetings Management

Highlights

• Highly valued, globally recognized Certification
• Project management is the process of applying knowledge, skills, tools, and processes to project activities to meet project objectives.
• Execute and succeed in project management by using time-tested techniques and practical, hands-on tools.
• Discover how to successfully define projects, identify important milestones, optimise time budgeting and resource allocation, and complete projects on time and budget.
• Learn tried-and-true techniques as well as practical, hands-on solutions for achieving project success.
• Project Management inspires individuals to make ideas a reality.
• The certification shows that you have the abilities, experience, and education needed to contribute to project, strategic, and organisational success.
• The PMP® certification now includes predictive, agile, and hybrid techniques, demonstrating project leadership experience and skill in any mode of operation.

Audience

The course is best suited for Project Management Professionals with at least three (3) years of project management experience. Managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in ensuring they have mastered the abilities most valued by employers.

Prerequisites

You must fulfil specific educational and professional experience criteria to be eligible for the PMP® certification. All project management experience must have been obtained within the past eight years before the submission of your application.

Course Outline

Top of Form

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

• Course Overview
• Welcome And PMP Exam Overview
• The Three Domains

INTRODUCING AGILE

• Project Management Methodologies
• Predictive, Hybrid, And Agile Methodologies
• What Is Agile?
• The Agile Manifesto
• Agile Values 1 And 2
• Agile Values 3 And 4
• Agile Principles 1-4
• Agile Principles 5-8
• Agile Principles 9-12
• Agile Teams And Roles
• Agile Planning
• Agile Terminology
• Agile Estimating
• Even MORE Agile Terms
• Agile In 5 Minutes

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMINOLOGY

• Welcome To PMI Island!
• Project Management Terminology
• Roles In Project Management
• The Project Management Environment
• The Primary Skills Of A PM
• Balancing Competing Constraints
• Project Lifecycle And Work Authorization System
• The Project Management Plan
• Process Inputs, Tools And Techniques, And Outputs
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Organizational Process Assets
• The Project Charter
• The New Way Of The PMP Exam

PEOPLE

• Build A Team – Enablers
• Build A Team – Tools And Deliverables
• Define Team Ground Rules – Enablers
• Define Team Ground Rules – Tools And Deliverables
• Build Shared Understanding – Enablers
• Build Shared Understanding – Tools, Deliverables
• Negotiate Project Agreements – Enablers
• Negotiate Project Agreements – Tools, Deliverables
• Empower Team Members – Enablers
• Empower Team Members – Tools, Deliverables
• Train Team Members And Stakeholders – Enablers
• Train Team Member, Stakeholders Tool, Deliverable
• Engage And Support Virtual Teams – Enablers
• Engage Support Virtual Teams – Tools, Deliverables
• Collaborate With Stakeholders – Enablers
• Collaborate With Stakeholders – Tool, Deliverable
• Lead The Team – Enablers
• Lead The Team – Agile
• Lead The Team – Tools
• Lead The Team – Deliverables
• Support Team Performance – Enablers
• Support Team Performance – Tools And Deliverables
• Manage Conflict – Enablers
• Manage Conflict – Tools And Deliverables
• Mentor Relevant Stakeholders – Enablers
• Mentor Relevant Stakeholders – Tools
• Emotional Intelligence Team Perform – Enablers
• Emotional Intelligence For Teams – Tools
• Emotional Intelligence Team Performance – Agile

PROCESS

• Plan And Manage Scope – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Scope – Tools – Deliverables
• Plan And Manage Scope – The WBS
• Plan And Manage Scope – Agile
• Plan And Manage Budget And Resources – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Budget And Resources – Tools
• Plan And Manage Budget And Resources – Agile
• Plan And Manage Schedule – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Schedule – Tools
• Plan And Manage Schedule – Agile
• Plan And Manage Schedule – Critical Path
• Plan And Manage Quality Of Deliverables – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Quality Of Deliverables – Tools
• Plan And Manage Quality – Quality Leaders
• Integrate Project Planning Activities – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Procurement – Enablers
• Plan, Manage Procurement – Tools And Deliverables
• Plan And Manage Procurement – Contract Types
• Determine Project Methodology- Tools
• Establish Project Governance Structure – Enablers
• Establish Project Governance Structure – Tools
• Project Or Phase Closure – Enablers
• Manage Communications – Enablers
• Manage Communication – Tools/Deliverables
• Assess And Manage Risk – Enablers
• Assess And Manage Risk – Tools And Deliverables
• Qualitative Vs Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Engage Stakeholders – Enablers
• Engage Stakeholders – Tools/Deliverables
• Manage Project Artifacts
• Manage Project Changes – Enablers
• Manage Project Changes – Tools/Deliverables
• Manage Project Issues
• Knowledge Transfer/Project Continuity

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• Plan And Manage Project Compliance – Enablers
• Plan And Manage Project Compliance – Tools
• Evaluate External Environment – Enablers
• Evaluate External Environment – Tools
• Support Organizational Change – Enablers
• Support Organizational Change – Tools
• Evaluate And Deliver Project Value

EXAM PREP

• Setting Up Your Study Plan
• The PMP Exam Structure
• Breaking down a question
• PMI Code Of Conduct
• Filling Out The Application
• Day Of The Exam