PMP Course Outline

This covers the entire of PMBOK 5th edition in a quick format with sufficient discussion

on each module with examples and case studies as applicable. Below is the course outline

for this PMP training program:

Introduction to PMI and PMP

• What are PMI and PMBOK?

• Certifications offered by PMI • PMP certification and pre-requisites for the PMP exam

• PMP Exam Syllabus & Exam Structure

• Why do organizations want certified Project Managers?

• What are your opportunities?

INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT & FRAMEWORK

• What is a Project?

• What is a Project-Portfolio-Program management?

• Project Management Office (PMO) • Relationships among Portfolio management, Program management, Project management, Organizational project management, Operations management, &

Organizational strategy

• Advantages of using formal Project management • Role, responsibilities, competencies & interpersonal skills of the project manager • Project leadership and creating value

• Q and A, check your learning

ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES & PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

• Organizational structures

• Organizational Process assets

• Enterprise Environmental factors

• Project stakeholder & Governance

• Project life cycle

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS GROUPS

• Overview of PMBOK 5- 47 Processes of Project Management

• Brief about Initiating Process group

• Brief about Planning Process group

• Brief about Executing Process group

• Brief about Monitoring & Controlling Process group

• Brief about Closing Process group

• Role of Knowledge areas

PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT

• What’s project integration management?

• Role of a project team

• Role of project sponsor • Develop project charter • Develop Project Management plan

• Direct and manage project work

• Monitor and control project work

• Perform integrated change control • Close project or phase

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Project selection methods

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT

• What’s project scope management?

• Product scope Vs Project Scope

• Plan scope management • Collect requirements

• Define scope

• Create WBS

• Example of Work breakdown structure

• Validate scope

• Control scope

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT

• What’s project time management?

• What is a project schedule?

• Plan schedule management • Define activities

• Sequence activities (Precedence network diagram, Float, Leads & Lags) • Estimate activity resources

• Estimate activity durations

• Develop a schedule

• Control schedule

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Gantt Charts

• Network Diagram

• Schedule network analysis techniques

• PERT, PERT analysis, Critical Path Method and Schedule compression • Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT

• What’s project cost management? • Plan cost management • Estimate costs

• Determine budget • Control cost • Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Earned Value Management • Earned value management illustration

• Forecasting

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• What’s quality and project quality management? • Cost of quality

• Plan quality management • Perform quality assurance

• Control quality

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Seven basic tools of quality

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• What’s project human resource management? • Functional manager Vs Project manager • Plan human resource management • Acquire project team

• Manage project team

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Conflict management

• Motivational theories

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

• What is communication? • Communications methods, technology and channels

• Basic communication model • Plan communication management

• Manage communications

• Control communications

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT

• What are project management risks?

• Risk classification

• How is risk and EMV calculated?

• Plan Risk Management • Identify Risk

• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

• Plan Risk Responses

• Control Risk’s

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Decision Tree analysis

• Risk and Contingency reserve

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

• What’s project procurement management? • What is contract?

• Plan procurement management • Conduct procurements

• Control procurements

• Close procurements

• Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Different types of contract

• Advantages and disadvantages of types of contracts

• Q and A, check your learning

PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• What’s project stakeholder management? • What is a stakeholder register?

• Identify stakeholders

• Plan stakeholder management • Manage stakeholder engagement • Control stakeholder engagement • Inputs

• Tools and techniques

• Outputs

• Various Analytical Techniques for Stakeholder Analysis

• Q and A, check your learning

PMI CODE OF ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

• Vision and Applicability

• Responsibility

• Respect • Fairness & Honesty

• Code of Ethics

• Balance stake holder’s interest • Mapping the Code of ethics to the PMBOK Knowledge Areas