Course name:
Project Management
Certification Training
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Interval: 4 Days—(Two 2 Day Classes)
Number of Students: 20 Maximum
Audience: Project Managers
Prerequisites: Project Management for Results
On-the-Job Project Management
Experience


Course Description Course Description
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Project Management Certification Training


This course is for those preparing to take the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification examination. It is designed to provide specific instruction that reinforces exam topics and integrates test topics into the course of study.

This class builds upon the three-day Project Management for Results class as a foundation. All student materials prepare students to take the Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP) examination. The course of study uses the Project Management Institute's specialized terminology as on the exam. Key topics and items on the exam are covered in-depth






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Project Management Certification Training


  Scope Management
  • Principles of Project Planning
  • Types of Planning
  • Life Cycle Planning/Phases
  • Role of Project Manager
  • Role of Project Office
  • Role of Line Managers
  • Role of Senior Management/Sponsors
  • Statement/Scope of Work
  • Milestone Schedules
  • Progress Reports
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Project Charter
  • Kick-off Meeting
  • Configuration Management

  Time Management—The Structure
  • Bar Charts
  • PERT/CPM Charts
  • Precedence Charts
  • Resource Leveling
  • Development of the PERT Chart
  • Estimating
  • Limited vs. Unlimited Resources
  • Crashing/Fast-Tracking Projects
  • Slack Time
  • Dummy Activities
  • Milestones
  • PERT/Cost
  • Earned Value Measurement
  • Critical Path Analysis
  Cost Management
  • Earned Value Concepts
  • Estimating Completion Time/Cost
  • Estimating Methods
  • Types of Costs
  • Labor Rates
  • Overhead Rates
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Capital Investment Concepts
  • Cost of Capital
  • Contingency Funds/Management Reserve
  • Purchasing/Procurement


  Human Resource Management
  • Authority vs. Power
  • Types of Power/Authority
  • Conflict Management
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Structures
  • Roles of Key Players
  • Assigning Resources


  Risk Management
  • Defining Risks
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk vs. Uncertainty
  • Decision Trees
  • Expected Monetary Value
  • Tradeoffs
  • Risk vs. Life Cycle Phases
  • Risk and the WBS


  Quality Management
  • Defining Quality
  • Defining Quality Assurance/Control
  • Defining Quality Management
  • The Cost of Quality
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Acceptance Sampling
  • Pareto Diagrams
  • Zero Defects
  • Deming, Juran and Crosby


  Contract Procurement Management
  • Types of Contracts
  • Contract Terminology
  • Contract Risks
  • Make or Buy Decision
  • Risk Analysis
  • Change Control
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Special Topics


  Communications Management


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