Project Management (PMP®) Online Training Program
(A four Days Workshop)
PDUs awarded: 35
Topic
Ref. PMBOK ® Guide 4th edition
Day 1 of 4
Introduction
2 Hours
Getting to know the participants
Introduction to PMI®
PMP® Certification – advantages
PMP® certification – process and fees related information
PMP ® Application procedures – instructions on how to fill in the form
PMP® examination – information on the split of questions, question pattern
PMP® examination – Tips on how to prepare and take the examination (this theme will be reiterated throughout the course)
PMP® - Fulfilling the CCR requirements
Familiarization with course outline
Familiarization with the protocols and timings
Expectation setting and clarifications
Introductory Quiz – to assess the current level of familiarization of the participants with PMBOK® concepts and assess the gaps.
Project Management Framework
3 hours
What are Projects?
Projects vs. Operations
Project Management and the role of Project Manager
The concept of Progressive Elaboration
PMBOK® Guide structure
The concept of Program Management and Portfolio Management
The concept of Project Management Office (PMO)
Multiple modes of operations of PMO The concept of Project Lifecycle and its characteristics
Phases defining the Project Lifecycle
Project Stakeholders – how to identify and manage Stakeholders?
Varying types of Project organizational structures – Functional, Matrix and Projectized – their advantages and disadvantages
Description of five process groups in the Project Lifecycle and their interactions
Characteristics and components of Process groups
Process Interactions / Customization of Processes
Mapping of Project Management Processes across the Process Groups
Quiz – Project Management Processes
Project Initiation
2 hour
Description of multiple ways in a Project can arise
SOW – its characteristics
Description of Enterprise Environmental factors and organizational assets which can impact a Project
Description of various Project selection methods – like mathematical models and financial criteria like ROI, NPV, IRR etc.
Project Charter – its characteristics
Project Charter Development
Quiz – Project Initiation
Identify Stakeholder Process
Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder Register
Day 2 of 4
Project Scope Management 2 hours 30 minutes
Project Scope vs. Product Scope and their interrelationships
Importance of Scope Management Plan in the Project
Collect Requirements process
Define Scope Process
Project Scope statement – how to prepare and update?
WBS – its key role in Project Management
Creating and Managing WBS
Verify Scope process
Scope Verification vs. Quality Control
Control Scope process
Quiz – Project Scope Management
Project Time Management 3 hours
Importance of Time Management in a Project environment
Define Activities process
Sequence Activities process
Multiple types of dependencies across activities
Estimating Activity Resource process
Estimating Activity Duration process
Various duration estimating procedures – Top-Down, Bottom-up, Analogous, Parametric etc.
The concept of Contingency in Time Management
Develop Schedule Process
The importance of calendars in the Scheduling process
The importance of Critical Path in Project Management
Critical Path computation and explanation of its characteristics
Application of techniques like Fast tracking, Crashing, Resource Leveling, PERT etc in schedule development
Critical Chain applications
Control Schedule Control process· Revision of schedules
Quiz – Project Time Management
Project Cost Management 2 hours 30 minutes
The importance of Cost Management in Projects
Project Lifecycle costing vs. Product Lifecycle costing
Estimating Costs process
Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control
Analogous, Parametric and Bottom-up methods of Cost estimating
Multiple types of cost estimates – Order of Magnitude, Budgetary and Definitive estimates
Determine Budget process
Cost Baseline and its management
Control costs process
Application of Earned value management techniques for Cost Management
Cost and Schedule Performance Indices and their use in Forecasting
Multiple methods of Depreciation
Quiz – Project Cost Management
Day 3 of 4
Case Study 1 hour
Discussion on Case study Exercise 1
Project Quality Management
1 hour
Project Quality vs. Product Quality
Concepts of Quality Management
Project Management vis-à-vis Quality Management
Planning Quality process
Project Quality Management Plan and Process Improvement Plan
Perform Quality Assurance process
The role of Quality Audits in Quality Management
Perform Quality Control process
Seven basic tools of Quality Control – including Control Charts, Cause and Effect diagrams, Pareto Diagrams, Stratification, Histograms, Scatter diagrams etc.
Cost of Quality/ Cost of Non-Quality concepts
Quiz – Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
1 hour
Developing Human Resource Plan process
Organizational Planning & Structures
RAM and RACI Roles in the RAM
How Staffing Management Plan enables HR Management?
Acquire Project Team Process
Managing Virtual teams in a Project environment
Building effective Project teams
Develop Project Team process
Importance of Trainings in Project team development
Multiple stages of Team Performance
Manage Project team process
Performance Appraisals of team members
Project Managers’ leadership styles
Conflict Handling – multiple models
How to motivate Team members?
Quiz – Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management
1 hour
Identify Stakeholders Process
Planning Communications Process
Project Communications structures
Communications requirements analysis in the Project environment
Communications Management Plan
Sender Receiver models in the Project environment
Distribute Information process
Manage Stakeholders Expectations process
Reporting Performance process
Quiz – Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management 3 hours
Risk Management cycle in a Project environment
Plan Risk Management process
Importance of Risk Management Plan in the Risk Management Lifecycle
Types of Risks which can impact a Project
Identify Risks process
Risk identification facilitators – Brainstorming, Delphi techniques, Force field Analysis techniques etc
Risk Register preparation and updation
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process
Probability Impact Matrix and its use in Risk Management
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process
Use of varying Simulation Techniques
Application of Decision Tree analysis and Sensitivity Analysis tools to Risk Management
Plan Risk Responses process
Strategies of Risk response for positive and negative risks
Different types of Risks – Primary Risks, Secondary Risks, Residual Risks etc.
Risk Register updation
Monitor and Control Risks process
Risk Response Audits
Corrective and Preventive Actions in Risk Management process
"All the objectives of the PMP certification exam were throughly covered" - Amin Murtada Ahmed (Trainee - PMP® Training) "The Trainer was professional and courteous." - Ossama M. Gamal Bayoumy (Trainee - PMP® Training)
Price:
$ 699.95
Discounted Price:
$ 674.95
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