Project managers who have proven skills and experience can find exciting, high-visibility opportunities in a wide range of fields. This course is specifically designed to provide you with the proven, practical body of project management knowledge and skills that you need to demonstrate project management mastery on the job.
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Project/service ManagementCourse Overview
If you are taking this course, you probably have some professional exposure to the duties of a project manager, or you may be considering embarking on a career in professional project management. Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today’s fast-paced and highly technical workplace. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to successfully manage projects
Target Audience/Prerequisites
This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (regardless of whether their formal job role is project manager), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI)® Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.Obtaining a PMP certification improves your marketability to employers and commands a higher salary. According to the PMI Salary Survey – Sixth Edition, “A PMP increases your salary up to 10% more than your non-credentialed colleagues and peers.”
To earn your PMP, you need to have:- 4 year degree
- 4500 hours leading and directing projects
- 35 hours of project management education
- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or equivalent
- 7500 hours leading and directing projects
- 35 hours of project management education
Course Outline
Topic A: Identify the Concepts of Project Management
Topic B: Identify the Relationship Between Project Management and the Business
Topic C: Identify Project Stakeholders and Governance
Topic D: Define Interpersonal and Team Skills
Topic A: Identify Organizational Influences
Topic B: Identify the Project Team
Topic C: Define the Project Life Cycle
Topic D: Define Agile Methodology
Topic A: Define the Project Management Processes
Topic B: Define the Knowledge Areas
Topic C: Identify Project Information
Topic A: Initiating Process Group Map
Topic B: Develop a Project Charter
Topic C: Identify Project Stakeholders
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Develop a Project Management Plan
Topic C: Plan Scope Management
Topic D: Collect Project Requirements
Topic E: Define Project Scope
Topic F: Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Schedule Management
Topic C: Define Project Activities
Topic D: Sequence Project Activities
Topic E: Estimate Activity Durations
Topic F: Develop a Project Schedule
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Project Cost Management
Topic C: Estimate Project Costs
Topic D: Determine the Project Budget
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Quality Management
Topic C: Plan Resource Management
Topic D: Estimate Activity Resources
Topic E: Plan Project Procurements
Lesson 9: Planning for Risk
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Risk Management
Topic C: Identify Risks
Topic D: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Topic E: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Topic F: Plan Risk Responses
Lesson 10: Planning Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Topic C: Plan Communications Management
Lesson 11: Executing a Project
Topic A: Executing Process Group Map
Topic B: Direct and Manage Project Work
Topic C: Manage Project Knowledge
Topic D: Manage Quality
Topic E: Implement Risk Responses
Topic F: Conduct Procurements
Lesson 12: Working with Stakeholders
Topic A: Executing Process Group Map
Topic B: Acquire Resources
Topic C: Develop a Team
Topic D: Manage a Team
Topic E: Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Topic F: Manage Communications
Lesson 13: Monitoring a Project
Topic A: Monitoring Process Group Map
Topic B: Monitor and Control Project Work
Topic C: Validate Project Scope
Topic D: Monitor Risks
Topic E: Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Topic F: Monitor Communications
Lesson 14: Controlling a Project
Topic A: Controlling Process Group Map
Topic B: Perform Integrated Change Control
Topic C: Control Project Scope
Topic D: Control the Project Schedule
Topic E: Control Project Costs
Topic F: Control Project Quality
Topic G: Control Resources
Topic H: Control Project Procurements
Lesson 15: Closing a Project
Topic A: Closing Process Group Map
Topic B: Close Project or Phase
Topic A: Planning Process Group Map
Topic B: Plan Risk Management
Topic C: Identify Risks
Topic D: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Topic E: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Topic F: Plan Risk Responses
Topic A: Executing Process Group Map
Topic B: Direct and Manage Project Work
Topic C: Manage Project Knowledge
Topic D: Manage Quality
Topic E: Implement Risk Responses
Topic F: Conduct Procurements
Topic A: Executing Process Group Map
Topic B: Acquire Resources
Topic C: Develop a Team
Topic D: Manage a Team
Topic E: Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Topic F: Manage Communications
Topic A: Monitoring Process Group Map
Topic B: Monitor and Control Project Work
Topic C: Validate Project Scope
Topic D: Monitor Risks
Topic E: Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Topic F: Monitor Communications
Topic A: Controlling Process Group Map
Topic B: Perform Integrated Change Control
Topic C: Control Project Scope
Topic D: Control the Project Schedule
Topic E: Control Project Costs
Topic F: Control Project Quality
Topic G: Control Resources
Topic H: Control Project Procurement
Topic A: Closing Process Group Map
Topic B: Close Project or Phase
