PMP® Power Exam Preparation

Reminder: PMI's PMP® Credential Application requires documentation of 35 contact hours of project management education/training at the time of application. PDUs for Continuing Certification Requirements must be taken after the PMP® credential has been attained. (Refer to PMI's PMP® Credential Handbook for complete and current requirements.)

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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