Project Management Professional PMP® / CAPM® ExamPrep (35 PDUs)

Project Pro


Course introduction

This focused and intensive ExamPrep workshop will equip participants with an integrated base of project management skills and knowledge and prepare participants to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP®) examination based on Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Project Pro is a highly experienced organization and has successfully prepared over a 1,000 participants in their PMP® exams. The program includes comprehensive study materials and up to 300 exam questions that will be reviewed throughout the program, thoroughly preparing participants for the PMP® exam. (Note: Please enquire for public fulltime/part-time schedule or for in-house or group training)



Course Benefits


Project Management has taken on a new prominence in today’s global environment. Project Managers and team members are tasked with a range of decisions and activities.

The development of a strong understanding of project management required knowledge areas empowers the Project Manager and team to scale new heights in meeting project objectives and stakeholders expectations that enable success in a competitive environment. PMP certified project personnel are hence highly valued by employers and clients.



Target Audience


This 5-day ExamPrep program will effectively prepare individuals and corporate personnel who target to sit for the latest version of the Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

This workshop and the PMP® certification will be extremely valuable for project managers and project related personnel in all industries. Teams are encouraged to attend for maximum benefit.



Course Outline


PART 1: Project Management Framework and Process Groups

  • PMI® Certification overview and how to become a PMP®
  • The 5 Process Groups and 10 Knowledge Areas
  • Concept of Progressive Elaboration 
  • The Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Project vs Product Lifecycle
  • Stakeholders and Organizational Structure
  • Enterprise Environmental Factors
  • Organizational Process Assets
PART 2: Project Integration Management
  • Project Initiation and the Project Sponsor
  • The Business Case and Developing the Project Charter
  • Scope Statement and the Project Management Plan
  • Work Performance Information and Performance Reporting
  • Change Control Integration
PART 3: Project Scope Management
  • Planning and Defining the Project Scope and Product Scope
  • The Requirements Management Plan
  • Developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Validation, Verification, Acceptance
  • The Stakeholder Register
  • Scope Statement and Requirements Traceability Matrix
PART 4: Project Time Management
  • The Schedule Management Plan
  • Defining and Sequencing Activities
  • Rolling Wave Planning
  • Dependencies Determination and the Critical Path
  • Activity Resource and Activity Duration Estimating
  • Analogous, Parametric and Three-Point Estimates
  • Crashing and Fast-Tracking the Network
  • Resource Leveling and the Critical Chain Method
  • Schedule Baseline and Control
PART 5: Project Cost Management
  • The Cost Management Plan
  • Tools and Techniques of Cost Estimation and Budgeting
  • Cost Aggregation and Contingency Reserves
  • Funding Limit Reconciliation
  • Cost Baseline and Control
  • Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
  • Cost variance (CV) and Schedule Variance (SV)
  • Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
  • Budgeted at Completion (BAC) and Estimate to Completion (ETC)
  • Variance Scenario and the Forecasted Baseline
  • To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
PART 6: Project Quality Management
  • Concepts of Quality Management
  • Overview of Deming, Juran, Crosby, Kaizen
  • Grade v.s. Quality
  • Precision v.s. Accuracy
  • Quality Planning Process
  • Continuous Improvement – PDCA
  • Quality Policy and Quality Standards
  • Benchmarking and Thresholds
  • Design of experiments (DOE)
  • Cost of Quality (COQ) Factors
  • Quality Assurance (QA) Process
  • Quality Control (QC) Process
  • The 7 Fundamental Tools of Quality
  • Quality Audits
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Control Charts, Pareto Charts
  • Ishikawa Diagram, Scatter Diagram
  • The Quality Management Plan
PART 7: Project Human Resource Management
  • The Human Resource Plan
  • Matrix v.s. Projectized Structures
  • Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
  • Team Acquisition Activities
  • Resource Histogram
  • Team Development
  • Team Building
  • Professional and Ethical Behavior
  • Project Performance Appraisals
  • Pre-assignments
  • Virtual Teams
  • Issue Logs
  • Conflict Management Strategies
  • Theories on Motivation
PART 8: Project Communications Management
  • Identifying Stakeholders
  • Power-Interest Grid
  • Communication Media
  • The Communication Model
  • Communication Channels
  • Communications Planning Process
  • Communications Requirements Analysis
  • Communications Management Plan
  • Communication Skills
  • Information Retrieval and Distribution
  • Lessons Learned Process
  • Forecasting Methods
  • Performance Reporting
PART 9: Project Risk Management
  • Fundamental concepts of risk
  • The Risk Management Plan
  • Categories and sources of risk
  • Risk probability and risk impact
  • Known and unknown risks
  • Risk tolerance and risk owners
  • Risk identification
  • Qualitative & Quantitative risk analysis
  • Tools and techniques of risk analysis
  • Probability and Impact Matrix
  • The Risk Register
  • Decision Trees & Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
  • Residual and secondary risks
  • Risk response planning
  • Mitigation and contingency strategies
  • Risk monitoring and control
PART 10: Project Procurement Management
  • Procurement planning process
  • Procurement management plan
  • Make-or-buy analysis
  • Contract types
  • Lump-sum or Cost-reimbursable
  • Source selection process
  • Screening and weighting system
  • Contract negotiations
  • Independent estimates
  • Contract administration
  • Contract closure
PART 11: Project Stakeholder Management
  • Identifying Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Planning Stakeholder Management
  • Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
  • Managing Stakeholder Engagement
  • Controlling Stakeholder Engagement
PART 12: Professional Responsibility
  • Professional behavior
  • Professional code of conduct
  • Individual integrity
  • Individual competence
  • Contribution to PM knowledge base
  • Balance stakeholders’ interest
  • Promote stakeholder interactions
Exam Matters
  • Exam techniques
  • Mock Exam and review
  • Q & A



Trainer Profile


Charles Lim (MBA, BSc, PMP, PRINCE2, CMC-BCI Certified Master Coach, Grad Dip SA, Grad Dip AI, AFP, AWP)

Charles Lim (MBA, BSc, PMP, PRINCE2, CMC-BCI Certified Master Coach, Grad Dip SA, Grad Dip AI, AFP, AWP) has over 30 years of career experience. He has spearheaded business projects and led both project teams and management teams overseeing functional areas including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, HR and Finance. Charles has also taken on a wide array of business and managerial roles and responsibilities with strategic and bottom-line accountability from both the Revenue as well as Cost perspectives.

Charles is a long-term practicing corporate trainer and management consultant who have trained and worked with thousands of personnel in the region, enabling organizations to prioritize and strategize growth through enhancing, aligning and leveraging on the capacity of an organization's processes, technology and, very importantly, its people. Charles has also successfully trained over a thousand participants in both PMP® and PRINCE2® certification programs.

He has also helped establish internal auditing procedures and identify related KPIs. Charles' many successes are bound by his extensive experience complemented by his inimitable approach in bringing across difficult concepts or apparently conflicting perspectives of different stakeholders to a new alignment.



 

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