Course Overview

What does PMP stand for? PMP, also known as Project Management Professional, is a certification offered by the Project Management Institute. This certification is an industry-recognised credential for project managers.

The certification attests project management experience, skill, knowledge, and competencies required to successfully lead, direct and complete projects. Eligibility to this exam has strict criteria. Participants of this exam require a minimum number of years of experience in project management.

The course covers the process of project management, from initiation to closure. Further, it offers information regarding all important knowledge areas for project management, including integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk, procurement and stakeholder.

These are covered in detail to equip project managers to plan, execute, manage and complete projects with ease, overcoming all challenges and constraints. The PMP course covers the complete project management framework and necessary principles of project management.

This Zoe training course will empower you with a detailed understanding and experience of the PMP exam. It will cover all important project management aspects in detail, providing all the necessary information and knowledge required to effectively manage these areas through a project.

The course also provides understanding and knowledge of key project management tools that you can implement in projects undertaken by you.

By undertaking this course, you will be able to handle projects of any nature and scale in a structured and defined manner. This, in turn, will increase your avenues for growth and progression across any other organisation or industry.

Course Objectives

The main objective of this PMP Exam Prep training is to empower project management professionals with—

• complete experience, information and knowledge of the format and other minute details of the PMP exam
• detailed understanding of important project management knowledge areas to be able to successfully handle these stages during the project life cycle
• the required skill and confidence to train other project management professionals on the entire project life cycle
• the necessary skill, confidence and capability to efficiently plan, execute and close complex, critical projects for their organisations
• the capabilities and experience to undertake higher and more complex roles and responsibilities, thus fostering growth and progression
• the awareness and confidence to overcome all project constraints, not allowing them to affect the project outcome or timeline
• the required preparedness to undertake the PMP exam and successfully clear it
• the required knowledge of advanced project management tools to be able to apply them when managing projects for the organisation, earning credibility and more opportunities for progression

Training Methodology

All courses at Zoe Talent Solutions are created, leaving scope for customisations as per the training audience. A highly experienced trainer delivers the course content using audio-visual presentations for reference and retention.

Trainee participation is ensured through group activities and assignments. Participants also undergo a mock exam in the format of PMP to prepare them for the real exam.

This PMP Exam Prep training course follows Zoe Talent Solutions’ unique and highly successful Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model.

Organisational Benefits

By project management professionals undertaking this PMP Exam Prep training course, their organisations will experience the following benefits:

• Trained project managers, to the level of PMPs, to carry out projects for the organisation
• Better risk assessment and management, resulting in on-time project completion without breaching budgets
• Lesser requirement to train project managers aspiring to take the PMP exam as the course provides all possible information and knowledge to clear the exam
• Regular training of other project managers of the organisation to manage projects to the level of PMPs
• Greater credibility and brand value because of the larger number of successful PMPs managing projects for the organisation
• Greater investments and growth because of better project completion success rate
• Use of advanced tools and methods of project management
• Clear understanding and ownership among project managers and other stakeholders to deliver projects as per the desired objectives, within the agreed limits of time and budget

Personal Benefits

Project management professionals will derive the following benefits from the PMP Exam preparation course:

• Better experience, confidence and knowledge of the PMP exam
• Increased knowledge and understanding of modern, advanced project management tools and methods for successful completion of projects
• Detailed understanding of all important knowledge areas of project management to be able to seamlessly manage a project from start to end, thus demonstrating talent and potential and inviting more opportunities for growth and progression
• Complete knowledge of all aspects of project management and the project life cycle to be able to attempt the PMP exam and successfully clear it
• Increased confidence and experience to effectively manage risks and challenges and overcome them well, without them affecting project outcome or timeline
• Greater opportunities to handle more challenging and complex projects in the organisation
• Increased confidence and knowledge to train other project managers for project management processes and practices to the level of a PMP

Who Should Attend?

• Project coordinators and administrators who intend to progress to higher roles and responsibilities in project management
• Project managers aspiring to attempt the PMP exam
• Project management professionals preparing for re-certification or to re-attempt the PMP exam
• Senior management leaders and managers who need to understand the importance and usefulness of the PMP certification
• Any other professional aspiring to build a career in project management

Course Outline

The PMP Exam Preparation course covers the following topics regarding the PMP exam:

Module 1 – Overview of Project Management

• Project management framework
• Project versus product life cycle
• Project management processes

Module 2 – Modern Project Management Tools

• Work breakdown structure
• Product breakdown structure
• Logic network
• Gantt charts
• PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique)

Module 3 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Integration Management

• Project charter
• Scope statement
• Project management plan
• Direction and control of work
• Project closure

Module 4 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Scope Management

• Scope planning
• Requirement collection
• Scope process definition
• Work breakdown structure
• Scope process validation
• Scope process control

Module 5 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Schedule Management

• Activity definition
• Sequencing activities
  • Precedence diagramming method or activity-on-node method
    • Finish-to-start
    • Start-to-start
    • Finish-to-finish
    • Start-to-finish

Module 6 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Cost Management

• Resource planning
• Cost estimation
• Cost budgeting
• Cost control

Module 7 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Quality Management

• Quality planning
• Quality assurance
• Quality control

Module 8 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Human Resource Management

• Resource planning
• Resource estimation and acquisition
• People development
• Physical resource control

Module 9 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Communication Management

• Communication planning
• Communication management
• Communication control

Module 10 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Risk Management

• Risk identification
• Risk analysis
• Risk evaluation
• Risk treatment and response
• Risk monitoring

Module 11 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Procurement Management

• Procurement planning
• Procurement selection
• Procurement administration
• Procurement closure

Module 12 – Project Management Knowledge Area – Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder identification
• Stakeholder engagement planning
• Stakeholder engagement management
• Stakeholder engagement monitoring

General Notes