PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation

PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course Description

Intended Audience for the PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course

• Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Project Analysts, Project Leaders, Senior Project Managers, Team Leaders, Product Managers, Program Managers, Project team members seeking the PMP certification.

Training Packages & Career Tracks that include the PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course

• Project Management Professional: PMP Certification
• Career Track: Network Engineer (Multi-Platform and Security)

PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course Objectives

• Prepare to take the PMP or CAPM exams
• Become familiar with PMBoK Guide terms, definitions, and processes
• Advance soft skills in leadership, negotiation, communication and conflict resolution
• Master test-taking techniques
• Learn styles and types of questions found on the PMP or CAPM exams
• PMBoK Guide's five process groups, nine knowledge areas, and the area of professional and social responsibility

The PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course prepare students for the following Exams

• PMP Exam : Project Management Professional Exam

PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation Course Outline

1. Introduction and PMP Exam overview
   1. Learn about the PMI application process.
   2. Overview the PMP Exam details.
   3. Learn exam-taking tools and techniques.
   4. How to enroll in the PMP Exam.
   5. Identify exam preparation key methodologies.
   6. Students take Baseline Assessment test
2. The Project Management Framework
   1. Define what a project is and what project management is.
   2. Understand the 9 project management knowledge areas.
   3. Define a project life cycle.
   4. Identify and define project stakeholders.
   5. Specify influences of organizational structures on project management.
   6. Highlight the skills required for a project manager.
   7. Define the Project Manager's responsibilities.
   8. Identify social-economic environmental influences to projects.
   9. Define the 5 process groups of project management.
   10. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
3. Project Integration Management
   1. Highlight methods for project selection.
   2. Define the elements and importance of the project charter.
   3. Understanding the creation and use of preliminary scope statement.
   4. Identify project constraints.
   5. Define the project manager's role as integrator.
   6. Control "gold plating" through work authorization.
   7. Understand the value of documenting lessons learned for Organizational Process Assets.
   8. Create a project plan.
   9. Define the Execution of the project plan.
   10. Know the use of baselines to monitor the progress of the project.
   11. Define integrated change control.
   12. Administrative closure.
   13. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
4. Project Scope Management
   1. Development of a scope management plan.
   2. Development of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
   3. Implementing scope verification.
   4. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
   5. Application Exercise: Project Case Study
5. Project Time Management
   1. Methods for developing a schedule.
   2. Resource Planning.
   3. Activity List creation and estimation.
   4. Developing network diagrams (CPM, PDM and ADM charts).
   5. Using dependencies.
   6. Calculating the critical path(s) for the project.
   7. Calculating slack.
   8. Crashing and fast tracking a project.
   9. Resource leveling.
   10. Developing a schedule management plan.
   11. Use of CPM, and Monte Carlo to estimate the duration of the project.
   12. Schedule Control.
   13. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
   14. Application Exercise: Project Case Study
6. Project Cost Management
   1. Cost estimating through analogous estimating, bottom up estimating, parametric estimating and computerized estimating tools.
   2. Earned value analysis.
   3. Precision of estimates.
   4. Understanding Present Value, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, Benefit Cost Ratio and Opportunity Cost.
   5. Variable Cost, Fixed Costs, Direct Cost and Indirect Cost.
   6. Project Life Cycle Costing.
   7. Cost budgeting.
   8. Value Analysis.
   9. Cost control.
   10. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
   11. Application Exercise: Project Case Study
7. Project Quality Management
   1. Responsibility for quality.
   2. Impacts of poor quality.
   3. Tools used for Quality Management Planning.
   4. Developing a Quality Management Plan.
   5. Implementing Quality Assurance.
   6. Quality Control through Fishbone Diagram, Pareto Diagram, and Control Charts.
   7. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
8. Project Human Resources Management
   1. Roles and responsibilities for project manager, team members, project sponsor and management.
   2. Organizational planning.
   3. Staff acquisition.
   4. Developing a responsibility chart.
   5. Team building.
   6. Leadership skills.
   7. Human resource constraints.
   8. Conflict management and resolution.
   9. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
9. Project Communication Management
   1. Developing a communications plan.
   2. Communication methods.
   3. Communication blockers.
   4. Performance reporting.
   5. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
   6. Application Exercise: Project Case Study
10. Project Risk Management
    1. Developing a risk management plan.
    2. Techniques for identifying risks.
    3. Risk register.
    4. Categorizing risks.
    5. Qualitative risk analysis.
    6. Quantitative risk analysis.
    7. Using a decision tree.
    8. Understanding what-if analysis.
    9. Developing a risk response plan.
    10. Risk response strategies.
    11. Risk monitoring and control.
    12. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
    13. Application Exercise: Project Case Study
11. Project Procurement Management
    1. Procurement planning.
    2. Advantages and disadvantages of contract type selection.
    3. Statement of work.
    4. Solicitation planning.
    5. Solicitation.
    6. Source selection.
    7. Negotiation.
    8. Contract administration.
    9. Contract change control.
    10. Contract close-out.
    11. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion
12. Project Management Ethical Responsibility and Code of Conduct
    1. Exam Practice Questions and Solutions Class Discussion

Benefits of taking the PMP / Project Management Professional Certification Preparation course at NetCom

• Why choose PMI Training at NetCom Learning?
  As a recognition for training excellence, NetCom Learning was chosen by Microsoft as the 2007 Worldwide Learning Solutions Partner of the year out of 1400 training companies.

  In addition, we have won numerous other training awards for quality and customer satisfaction by CompTIA, EC-Council and other vendors. We are simply passionate about learning and achieving the highest customer satisfaction in your learning experience!

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  Why PMI Training at NetCom? NetCom Information Technology is a Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider. Make sure you invest in quality training so your hard-earned money does not go to waste. It DOES make a difference! Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider Value Proposition: Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider Non-authorized Training Center Only PMI Certified Instructors are authorized to teach the class Not required, non qualified instructors can teach the class Required to use the PMI Authorized courseware Do not have access to official courseware Overall, a better quality training experience Substandard training experience Here are some important web links: Certifications Career Tracks Course Catalog Course Catalog (PDF Version) Course Listing by Vendor Sign up for Free Workshops Student Loan as low as $25 per month Our Recognition List What our students have to say Why NetCom? Locations

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• Award winning, world-class Instructors

  Alan M. - Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2000. - Founding member of the Long Island Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) - Expert in Management Plan development including scope documentation, cost estimating, budget planning, risk management plans and schedule development as well as implementing and managing construction projects, environmental remediation projects, and Information Technology projects. Bio: Alan MacIntyre is a Project Management Professional with more than 15 years of project management experience across a wide range of industries. He obtained his certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) in 2000 and is a founding member of the Long Island Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). As a trainer Alan has provided essential organizational development services to the Dept. of Energy (DOE), Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), Dept. of Defense (DoD), Boston University, Johnson & Johnson, and JP Morgan Chase. He currently delivers NetCom Learning's PMP Certification Training program which boasts a 98% pass rate for students who took the class at NetCom Learning.

  Jeff F. - CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+), and CompTIA Project+. - Won NetCom Learning "Instructor of the Year" Award in 2008 and 2009. - Over 20 years of Project Management experience in Fortune 500 financial firms. Bio: Jeff Furman is a highly experienced trainer, course developer, IT project manager and certified PMP with more than 20 years experience for Fortune 500 financial firms. His classes have helped numerous application developers learn new skills that have helped their companies as well as their careers. He has eight years of experience as a full-time technical trainer and has developed curriculum for New York Life Insurance Company, Prudential Securities, and New York University, where he developed and taught many widely-attended classes ranging from programming languages to development and testing tools. As an IT manager, Jeff has led application and system support teams, as well as Change Management groups and QA-testing teams. He also has written articles published in leading IT publications including ComputerWorld.

  Ramesh P. Ramesh holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science with specialization in Information Security and is pursuing his Doctoral degree in IT from the University of South Australia (UniSA). He is a one of a kind trainer - he has been working in the IT field since 1995 and is an expert in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Java/J2EE, PL/SQL, VB, ASP, and XML technologies. Ramesh also has extensive experience developing and implementing BizTalk and SharePoint in large corporations, as well as more than 10 years experience working with Oracle and SQL server/Sybase databases. With more than 19 certifications, Ramesh is an IT guru and trainer with worldwide experience, which includes presentations and trainings across US, Asia, and Middle East. He is a full time instructor at NetCom Learning and we couldn't be happier in having him as one of our Subject Matter Experts.

  Paul A. - Certified Project Management Professional (P.M.P) since 2002. - Project Management Professional (P.M.P.) with over 30 years of training and consulting business experience. - Developed and delivered over 600 project management and Microsoft Project workshops to more than 6500 professionals in the past 21 years. Bio: Paul S. Adler is a Project Management Professional (P.M.P.) with over 30 years of training and consulting business experience. He has taught several PMP-preparatory workshops for clients across North America such as Siemens and several departments of the Government of Canada. In addition, Mr. Adler developed and delivered over 600 project management and Microsoft Project workshops to more than 6500 professionals during the past 21 years. The courses he teaches at NetCom Learning are based on the internationally recognized standards known as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) developed by the Project Management Institute. Paul consistently applies a logical, systematic approach to project management consulting & training that is based on his scientific background and training experience. His techniques are derived from his expertise in managing software development, course design and delivery projects as well as from his excellent communications skills.

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  Apr 19 2012 This class was a wealth of information! -Scott L. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Apr 19 2012 The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and understood how to put everything into real work and he knew how to relate to people. This training has created value in my working knowledge and will allow me to grow in this particular field. -Gail S. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Feb 06 2012 Excellent instruction. Material well covered, good mix of book slides, discussions and exercises. -James C. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Feb 06 2012 Excellent real world exercises from the instructor. Great accommodations and use of the latest technology for NetCom. -Stacey W. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Feb 06 2012 Very well informed and would recommend to others. -Demetric R. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Feb 06 2012 Extremely helpful and will be beneficial. I am taking more classes with NetCom. -Amena Y. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Aug 15 2011 The class was great and the instructor was fantastic. He was extremely knowledgeable and I appreciated his delivery. His content choice was also very accurate. He used humor, common sense and expertise to relay content. His delivery simplified necessary information removing extreme stress from the certification/exam process. All in all very pleased! -Genea G. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  

  Jul 08 2011 Excellent facility and excellent instructor. The coffee, snacks and wine/cheese party were greatly appreciated and the meet and greet. -Michael M. Course(s) Taken Project Management Professional: PMP Certification

  
  
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