Lesson 1 -PMP Prep Introduction V3

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Lesson 01Introduction

PMP Certification Training


Define PMI and PMP

Identify the application requirements for the PMP examination

Identify the guidelines to fill up the PMP application

Describe the PMP exam outline and syllabus

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:


What are PMI and PMP

The following are the terms you need to remember:

PMI: Project Management Institute

PMP: Project Management Professional

PMI is an organization; PMP is a credential

PMI writes and supervises the PMP examinations

PMP credential is valid for 3 years

PDU: Professional Development Unit

PMBOK Guide: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMBOK Guide is a textbook for the PMP exam


Application Requirements for the PMP Exam

Category College/University Education

PM Training Hours Leading and Directing Project Tasks

Months of PM Experience

One Bachelors Degree 35 Contact Hours 4,500 hours 36 months within last 8 consecutive years

Two High School Graduate 35 Contact Hours 7,500 hours 60 months within last 8 consecutive years

R.E.P.: Registered Education Provider Application can be submitted online PMI membership is USD $129 to join (plus USD $10 application fee). Renewal fee is USD $129. Once the exam fee is paid, PMI sends an Authorization Letter Some applications are randomly selected for audit Examination must be taken within a year of receiving the Authorization Letter For more details, refer to the PMP handbook on www.pmi.org


Guidelines to Fill Up the PMP Application

If your application does get picked for audit:

Follow instructions received on email, collect evidence, and submit.

Here are a few guidelines that will help you fill up your application:

Become a PMI member before submitting the PMP application;

Enter the name and contact details carefully;

In the project experience field, enter just enough information to meet the eligibility criteria;

State the work done in brief focus specifically on the work that YOU have done;

Contact all the Primary Contacts mentioned in your application before submitting the application and make sure they will be prepared to validate the experience if required during the audit;

If you are not sure, ask an existing PMP professional to review before submitting.


The following are the exam details: Total duration of the exam is 4 hours. Total number of questions: 200. Out of these, 25 questions are considered pre-test questions used for future

tests. Only 175 questions are scored. All questions are multiple choice questions, with only one correct answer. You get 1 point for every right question. There is no penalty for wrong answers. PMI grades students on each of the five process groups and assigns a grading of Below Proficient, Proficient

and Moderately Proficient in each of the five process groups. The result (pass or fail) is determined by a combination of these grades. How many grades or number of points

one has to score to pass the PMP exam is not made public by PMI.

About the PMP Exam

Project Management Process Group Percentage of Questions Number of Questions

Initiating 13 26

Planning 24 48

Executing 30 60

Monitoring and Controlling 25 50

Closing 8 16

For more details, please refer to the PMP Examination Content Outline on the PMI website.

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PMP Exam Syllabus

The process groups are:

Initiating

Planning

Executing

Monitoring and Controlling

Closing

The knowledge areas are: Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Quality Management Project Human Resource Management Project Communications Management Project Risk Management Project Procurement Management Project Stakeholder Management

There are five process groups, ten knowledge areas, and forty-seven processes.

There are 47 project management processes. For instance, Develop Schedule, one of the processes, is a part of the Planning process group and the Project Time Management knowledge area.


About this Tutorial

There are a total of 15 lessons. This being the first one.

The other lessons are:

Lesson 2: Project Management Framework Lesson 3: Project Management Processes Groups Lesson 4: Integration Management Lesson 5: Scope Management Lesson 6: Time Management Lesson 7: Cost Management Lesson 8: Quality Management Lesson 9: Human Resource Management Lesson 10: Communication Management Lesson 11: Risk Management Lesson 12: Procurement Management Lesson 13: Stakeholder Management Lesson 14: Process Group View Lesson 15: Professional and Social Responsibility

Lesson 1 -PMP Prep Introduction V3

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