PMP Training

• What is PMI, PMP, and PMBOK?
• What do I get out of PMP?
• How do I get certified?
• Exam qualifications and PM experience
• Guidelines to submit an application
• PMP exam information
• How do I maintain certification?
• PMP costs and fees
• Your commitments
• Commitments from Credosystemz

• • Definition of a project
  • Characteristics of a project
  • Reasons for authorizing a project
  • What does a project create?
  • Some examples of projects
  • What is project management?
  • Project Vs Operations
  • What is Program management?
  • Portfolio Management
  • A relationship between projects, programs, portfolios and Operations management
  • Organizational structure and types
  • Project Management Office (PMO)
  • PMO types and functions
  • Role of a Project manager
  • Project manager’s sphere of influence
  • Project manager competencies
  • Leadership styles and personality
  • Project Lifecycles
  • Project phases and gates
  • Project management knowledge areas, process groups and processes
  • Project management Data and Information
  • Tailoring
  • Business Documents
  • Environmental influences
  • Project Governance
  • Some additional topics:

– Important roles of a project team
– Organization structure types comparison
– Project stakeholders
– Stakeholders and PM’s role

• Quiz
• Case Study1: Project, program, portfolio (Scenario will be given)

• • Project Integration Management overview
  • Project Integration Management processes
  • Project Integration Management processes mapped to Process Groups
  • Develop project charter

– Business case
– Project charter contents

• • Develop Project Management Plan

– Data gathering techniques
– Interpersonal and team skills
– Project management plan contents and documents

• • Direct and manage project work

– Deliverables

• • Manage Project Knowledge

– Lessons learned register
– Organizational process assets update

• • Monitor and Control Project Work

– Data Analysis techniques
– Work Performance reports

• • Perform Integrated change control

– Change control tools
– Decision-making techniques

• • Close Project or Phase

– Benefits management plan
– Final product, service or result transition
– Final report

• Quiz
• Exercise 1: Writing a project charter

• • Product scope and project scope
  • Project scope management processes
  • Scope in predictive vs adaptive environments
  • Plan Scope management

– Scope management plan
– Requirements management plan

• • Collect Requirements

– Decision-making techniques
– Data representation
– Requirements Documentation
– Requirements traceability matrix

• • Define Scope

– Project scope statement

• • Create Work Breakdown Structure

– Decomposition
– Work breakdown structure template
– Scope baseline

• • Validate scope

– Accepted deliverables

• Control Scope
• Quiz
• Exercise 2: Writing a project scope statement

• • Overview and processes
  • Plan Schedule management

– Schedule management plan

• • Define Activities

– Rolling wave planning
– Activity list
– Activity attributes

• • Sequence Activities

– Precedence Diagramming method
– Dependency determination and Integration
– Leads and Lags
– Project schedule network diagrams

• • Estimate Activity Durations

– Estimating techniques
– Reserve analysis
– Duration estimates
– Basis of estimates

• • Develop Schedule

– Schedule network analysis
– Critical Path Method
– Resource Optimization
– Schedule compression
– Agile release planning
– Project schedule
– Bar charts/Gantt charts

• • Control schedule

– Earned value analysis
– Iteration burndown chart
– Schedule forecasts

• Quiz
• Exercise 3: Calculate float and finding critical path

• • Overview and processes
  • Types of Costs
  • Cost estimates
  • Plan Cost management

– Cost management plan

• • Estimate Costs

– Estimating techniques
– Cost of quality
– Cost estimates

• • Determine Budget

– Contingency reserves and management reserves
– Cost aggregation
– Reserve analysis
– Funding limits reconciliation
– Cost baseline
– Project budget

• • Control Costs

– Earned value analysis
– Variance analysis
– Trend analysis
– Cost Forecasts

• • Some additional topics

– Opportunity cost
– Sunk cost
– Benefits Cost Ratio
– Net Present Value
– Present Value
– Internal Rate of Return
– Payback period
– Lifecycle Costs

• Quiz
• Exercise 4: Scenario-based problem sums
• Case Study 2: Getting your project back on track (Scenario will be given)

• • Quality theories
  • Overview and processes
  • Plan Quality management

– Cost-benefit analysis
– Cost of quality
– Quality management plan
– Quality metrics

• • Manage Quality

– Quality assurance vs Quality control
– Data gathering – Checklists
– Data representation techniques
– Quality audits
– Quality improvement methods
– Quality reports

• • Control Quality

– Inspection and Testing/Product evaluation
– Control charts
– Verified deliverables

• Some Quality terms
• Quiz

• • Overview and processes
  • Plan Resource management

– Hierarchical charts
– Assignment matrix (RACI chart)
– Resource management plan

• • Estimate Activity Resources

– Resource Breakdown Structure

• • Acquire Resources

– Multicriteria decision analysis
– Negotiation
– Resource calendars

• • Develop team

– Five stages of team development
– Rewards and recognition
– Team performance assessments

• • Manage team

– Conflict resolution techniques

• • Control Resources

– Problem-solving

• Quiz

• • Overview and processes
  • Communication types
  • 5 C’s of communication
  • Plan Communication management

– Communication technology
– Communication models and methods
– Major forms of communication

• • Manage Communications

– Communication skills
– Project communications

• Monitor Communications
• Communication channels
• Quiz

• • Overview and processes
  • Individual project risks and overall project risks
  • Plan Risk management

– Risk management plan
– Risk Breakdown structure
– Probability and Impact matrix

• • Identify Risks

– Data analysis
– Prompt Lists
– Risk register
– Risk report

• • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

– Assessment of risk parameters
– Risk categorization

• • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

– Representations of Uncertainty
– Data Analysis – Simulation, Sensitivity analysis, Decision tree analysis and Influence diagrams

• • Plan Risk responses

– Strategies of Threat and Opportunities
– Contingency response strategies

• • Implement Risk Responses
  • Monitor Risks

– Technical performance analysis
– Reserve analysis
– Audits

• Quiz

• • Overview and processes
  • Contract and features
  • Types of contracts
  • Plan Procurement management

– Procurement responsibilities and steps
– Source selection analysis
– Procurement strategy
– Bid documents
– Procurement SOW
– Make or buy decisions

• • Conduct Procurements

– Seller proposals
– Bidder conferences
– Proposal evaluation

• • Control Procurements

– Claims administration

• Quiz

• • Overview and processes
  • Identify Stakeholders

– Stakeholder analysis
– Stakeholder categorization techniques

• • Plan Stakeholder engagement

– Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

• • Manage Stakeholder engagement

– Communication skills
– Interpersonal and team skills

• Monitor Stakeholder engagement
• Quiz
• Case study 3: Stakeholder identification and engagement (Scenario will be given)

• Benefits of code of conduct
• Whom does the code apply?
• Values
• Responsibility
• Respect
• Fairness
• Honesty
• General terms

• Introduction to Agile
• Characteristics of Lifecycles
• Hybrid approach
• Tailoring
• Agile practices and agile environment
• Reports
• Quiz