With over 300,000 Project Management Professionals worldwide, the Project Management Institute’s certification program is now a standard across all industries.
Becoming a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) involves meeting certain education and experience requirements, and passing a 200-question exam. (PMP Certification Handbook from PMI.)
The key to passing the exam is to understand PMI’s view of project management. This means reviewing and understanding PMI’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), but also becoming familiar with how PMI expects project managers to apply that knowledge. In most cases, this requires PMP-candidates to become familiar with new concepts during their PMP exam preparation, and/or to “unlearn” practices that they have picked up over the years.
Who should take this course?
Course participants should be familiar with the certification process, and meet the PMP experience requirements prior to attending. You should also be reasonably familiar with modern project management techniques, as advocated by PMI, and be planning on sitting for the exam within a couple of months of completing this course.
Where is this course offered?
The course is offered on an open-enrollment basis at our Project Management Education Center in Bellevue, WA, (which also serves Seattle, Redmond, and Renton, Everett, Federal Way, Tacoma), as well as at our Project Management Education Center in Tucson, AZ, (which also serves the Greater Phoenix area, Oro Valley, and Sierra Vista / Fort Huachuca), and other select locations such as Spokane, Anchorage, Portland, Olympia, Boise, Fargo and Grand Cayman. We also provide it on an on-site basis anywhere in the country.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course you will :
- Understand PMI’s approach to project management.
- Understand how the PMP exam is structured, and what kinds of questions will be asked.
- Be very familiar with all sections of the PMBOK.
- Possess various tricks, tips, techniques, and templates to help you retain information for the exam.
Course Details
- Length: 40 hours.
- Style: This interactive course is built around Rita Mulcahy’s, “PMP Exam Prep” text, a widely used PMP certification training tool. While participant input is encouraged, the focus of the course is kept on PMP exam preparation, not on discussing the merits or drawbacks of PMI’s philosophies or testing procedures. The course meets the PMP certification training requirement of 35 hours of formal training.
- Format: Classroom. No computers required.
- Prerequisites: PMP certification experience requirements, familiarity with modern project management techniques.
- More details: Read our PMP course FAQs
Course Content
- Introduction and Expectations
- The Exam and Exam Techniques
- Project Management Framework
- Integration Management
- Scope Management
- Time Management
- Cost Management
- Quality Management
- Human Resources Management
- Communications Management
- Risk Management
- Procurement Management
- Professional Responsibility
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