PMP® Exam Preparation Course information Duration: 2 days PDUs: 15 Course Fee: £995 excl. VAT €1495 excl. VAT Related links     Ask a question about this course     Download description   Register for a course 17-18 Apr 08 10-11 Jul 08 25-26 Sep 08

Select a Public Classroom Course Aligning Project Management with Organisational Strategy Business Process Analysis, Innovation and Design Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Performance Contract Management Principles and Practices Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Establishing the Project Management Office Financial Management for Project and Contract Managers How to Gather and Document User Requirements Introduction to Business Analysis Introduction to Testing for Business Analysts IT Risk Management Leading Complex Projects Leading Project Managers Logical Data Modelling Managing Global Projects Managing Information Technology Projects Managing Projects Negotiation Skills PMP® Exam Preparation PMP® Power Exam Preparation Process Modelling Management Programme Management Project Leadership, Management and Communications Project Management Applications Quality for Project Managers Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects Requirements Management: A Key to Project Success Risk Management Scheduling and Cost Control Systems Integration Project Management Taking Charge of Organisational Change Unlocking the Power of Earned Value Management Use Case Modelling for Business Analysis Writing Statements of Work: The Heart of Any Contract

Learn how to:

• Reduce your study time by half by focusing only on relevant exam topics
• Develop a personal study plan based on three highly successful techniques used worldwide
• Use the five-step elimination process to help answer any question correctly
• Turn double negatives into simple statements easily

Course Synopsis

Beyond academic credentials, certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as a project management professional (PMP®) shows the world that you've mastered essential project management skills and knowledge. To earn PMI's PMP® credential, you must demonstrate the required "long-term commitment" to project management professionalism and pass a rigorous, 200-question exam covering the five project management processes and nine knowledge areas in PMI's project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

You will improve your chances of passing the gruelling PMP® certification exam on the first try with this well-proven and successful course by finding out exactly what you need to know and how to prepare yourself to successfully tackle any question on the exam. You will become familiar with the makeup and format of the exam itself, thanks to ESI's exclusive PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, featuring hundreds of multiple-choice questions and fully referenced answers. Plus, you'll get a chance to explore the rationale behind each answer with your instructor, a certified PMP®.

In addition to ESI's PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, you will take home an extensive collection of exam-preparation study materials, including PMI's PMBOK® Guide and ESI's popular and unique PMP® Challenge! - 540 questions on spiral-bound, fully tabbed flashcards.

Course Topics

1. Project Management Process Groups
   1. Initiating processes
   2. Planning processes
   3. Controlling processes
   4. Executing processes
   5. Closing processes
2. Project Integration Management
   1. Project plan development
      • Historical information
      • Constraints and assumptions
   2. Historical information
   3. Constraints and assumptions
   4. Project plan execution
   5. Overall change control
      • Change control system
      • Confirmation management
   6. Change control system
   7. Confirmation management
3. Project Scope Management
   1. Initiation
   2. Scope statement
      • Cost, schedule, and performance criteria
      • Management plan
      • Work breakdown structure
      • Scope baseline
   3. Cost, schedule, and performance criteria
   4. Management plan
   5. Work breakdown structure
   6. Scope baseline
   7. Scope definition
   8. Scope reporting
4. Project Quality Management
   1. Quality planning
      • Six-sigma rule
      • Zero defects
   2. Six-sigma rule
   3. Zero defects
   4. Quality assurance
   5. Quality control (QC)
      • Statistical process control
      • Seven basic QC tools
   6. Statistical process control
   7. Seven basic QC tools
5. Project Time Management
   1. Activity definition
   2. Activity sequencing
      • Dependencies
      • PDM vs. AOL
   3. Dependencies
   4. PDM vs. AOL
   5. Activity-duration estimating
      • Resource requirements
      • Historical information
   6. Resource requirements
   7. Historical information
   8. Schedule development
      • Resource pools
      • Calendar
   9. Resource pools
   10. Calendar
   11. Schedule control
       • Performance reports
       • Change requests
   12. Performance reports
   13. Change requests
6. Project Cost Management
   1. Estimating and forecasting
   2. Budgeting
   3. Cost control
      • Contingency management
      • Earned-value reporting
      • BCWS, BCWP, ACWP
      • Variance analysis
   4. Contingency management
   5. Earned-value reporting
   6. BCWS, BCWP, ACWP
   7. Variance analysis
   8. Present value
7. Project Risk Management
   1. Identification
   2. Quantification
      • Expected value
      • Decision trees
   3. Expected value
   4. Decision trees
   5. Response development
8. Project Human Resource Management
   1. Organisational planning
      • Project organisational structure
      • Reporting relationships
   2. Project organisational structure
   3. Reporting relationships
   4. Staff acquisition
      • Resource staffing
      • Negotiations for team members
   5. Resource staffing
   6. Negotiations for team members
   7. Team development
      • Theories of motivation
      • Conflict resolution
      • Influence factors
   8. Theories of motivation
   9. Conflict resolution
   10. Influence factors
9. Project Procurement Management
   1. Procurement planning
   2. Solicitation planning
   3. Solicitation
   4. Source selection
   5. Contract administration
   6. Contract closeout
10. Project Communications Management
    1. Communications planning
    2. Communication process
    3. Skills, techniques, and styles
    4. Information distribution
    5. Administrative closure
11. Professional Responsibility
    1. Ensuring individual integrity and professionalism
    2. Contributing to the project management knowledge base
    3. Enhancing individual competence
    4. Balancing stakeholders' interests
    5. Interacting in a professional and co-operative manner

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