SUMMARY:   You will learn to apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI to successfully manage projects. Project management is one of the hottest careers in the world today. Project managers with proven skills and experience can find exciting, high-visibility opportunities in a wide range of fields. But first, how can you demonstrate that you have the proven skills and experience that companies are seeking? The Project Management Institute (PMI) has created a certification process to help project managers prove that they have mastered the standard techniques and practices of project management. The process is two-pronged: you will need to demonstrate validated project management experience, and you will need to pass a certification exam. This course provides the skills and knowledge you will need to prove project management mastery—on the exam, as well as on the job as you manage projects. To be eligible for a PMP Credential, you must first meet specific educational and project management experience requirements and agree to adhere to a code of professional conduct. The final step to becoming a PMP is passing a rigorous multiple-choice examination designed to objectively assess and measure your ability to apply project management knowledge in the following six domains: initiating the project, planning the project, executing the project, monitoring and controlling the project, closing the project, and professional and social responsibility. PMI Certification Process: Eligibility Criteria Educational Background High school diploma or equivalent* Project Management Experience  7,500 hours in a position of responsibility leading and directing specific tasks* and 60 months of project management experience *Applicants who hold a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent) are only required to have 4,500 hours leading and directing specific tasks and 36 months of project management experience. **Specific tasks are identified in the PMP examination specification within eight years from the date of application. Project Management Education  35 hours Examination The final step to becoming a PMP is passing a rigorous multiple-choice examination. AUDIENCE:   This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management. The target student for this class should have experience in project management and be preparing for PMP Certification. PREREQUISITES:   To ensure your success, we recommend you understand Project Management Fundamentals and have a basic working knowledge of MS Project. DURATION:   5 Days. APPROACH:   Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured, hands-on and minds-on activities and case study. OBJECTIVES:   Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: discuss the foundation of project management list and discuss the elements of the Initiation Phase of the Project Life Cycle list and discuss criteria for selecting a project manager discuss the role of Scope Planning in the project scope management process, and identify the major activities and outputs of Scope Planning, discuss the role of Scope Definition in the project scope management process, and identify the major activities and outputs of Scope Definition list and discuss the three human resource management processes that should occur on a project discuss the elements of the Organizational Planning process list and discuss the elements of Staff Acquisition discuss techniques used for developing a strong project team list and discuss the elements of Communications Planning discuss the role and processes of risk management in achieving a successful project outcome quantify and prioritize project risks develop risk response plans for different risk types and priorities describe methods for controlling project risks define and sequence project activities develop a project schedule with estimated activity durations, identifying critical path and float describe actions the project manager can take when faced with common scheduling problems, and explain the implications of those actions on project time, cost, and quality list and discuss the project cost management processes, describe the Resource Planning process, and discuss the elements of an effective resource requirements document discuss and compare three techniques for preparing cost estimates describe and discuss tools for developing the cost baseline and explain the effect of costing, procurement, and quality decisions on the product life cycle describe and discuss the Project Quality Management processes, and to list and discuss the elements of the Quality Planning process describe and discuss the elements of the Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, and Source Selection processes list and discuss the processes of project integration management list and discuss the elements of Project Plan Execution, list and discuss events in the Scope Verification process List and discuss the elements of the quality assurance process discuss the requirements for Information Distribution during the Execution Phase of a project list and discuss the elements of the Contract Administration process describe and discuss the controlling processes and describe how those processes fit into the Project Life Cycle describe and discuss the elements of Schedule Control and Cost Control, and discuss performance measurement techniques that apply to both processes describe and discuss the elements of Quality Control, and discuss performance measurement techniques and issues related to performance measurement use decision-making processes and trade-off analysis to select the most appropriate corrective action among alternatives to remedy project performance problems describe and discuss the elements of an overall change control system, and apply your knowledge to solve a project control scenario list and discuss the activities and processes that take place during project close-out discuss the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the Administrative Closure process and the Contract Close-out process discuss the information that should be included in a final project report, as well as the project manager's responsibilities to the rest of the team at project close-out COURSE CONTENT:   Lesson 1: The Project Management Foundation Topic 1A: Project Management: The Big Picture Task 1A-1: Discussing the Project Life Cycle Topic 1B: Project Management Processes Task 1B-1: Discussing the Project Management Processes Lesson 2: Defining the Project Topic 2A: What Happens in the Initiation Phase? Topic 2B: Project Selection Task 2B-1: Discussing Project Selection Topic 2C: Defining the Project Stakeholders Task 2C-1: Identifying Stakeholders Topic 2D: Project Purpose Task 2D-1: Identifying Project Goals and Objectives Topic 2E: Project Charter Task 2E-1: Discussing the Project Charter Lesson 3: Selecting the Project Manager Topic 3A: Role of the Project Manager Topic 3B: Selection Criteria for the Project Manager Position Task 3B-1: Selecting the Project Manager Lesson 4: Scope Planning Topic 4A: Scope Planning Topic 4B: The Scope Statement Task 4B-1: Discussing the Scope Statement Lesson 5: Scope Definition Topic 5A: Scope Definition Topic 5B: Creating the WBS Task 5B-1: Discussing the Work Breakdown Structure Lesson 6: People Make It Happen Topic 6A: Processes for Managing People Topic 6B: Organizational Structures Task 6B-1: Discussing Organizational Structures Lesson 7: Organizational Planning Topic 7A: Organizational Planning Overview Topic 7B: Outputs of Organizational Planning Task 7B-1: Discussing Organizational Planning Lesson 8: Staff Acquisition Topic 8A: Staff Acquisition Overview Task 8A-1: Comparing Motivational Theories Topic 8B: Elements of Staff Acquisition Task 8B-1: Discussing Staff Acquisition Lesson 9: Team Development Topic 9A: Team Development Overview Topic 9B: Elements of Team Development Task 9B-1: Discussing Team Development Lesson 10: Communications Planning Topic 10A: Communications Planning Overview Topic 10B: Elements of Communications Planning Task 10B-1: Discussing Communications Planning Lesson 11: Managing Project Risk Topic 11A: What is Risk? Topic 11B: Making Decisions About Risk Topic 11C: Risk Management Process Overview Lesson 12: Risk Identification and Quantification Topic 12A: Risk Identification Task 12A-1: Identifying Risks: The Florida Trip Topic 12B: Risk Quantification Overview Topic 12C: Assessing and Prioritizing Risk Topic 12D: Prioritizing Risks Task 12D-1: Risk Quantification: Florida Trip Exercise Lesson 13: Risk Response Development Topic 13A: Risk Response Development Overview Topic 13B: Risk Response Development Elements Task 13B-1: Risk Response Development: Florida Trip Exercise Lesson 14: Risk Response Control Topic 14A: Risk Response Control Overview Topic 14B: Elements of Risk Response Control Task 14B-1: Risk Response Control: Trip to Florida Exercise Lesson 15: Planning Project Activities Topic 15A: Time Management Processes Topic 15B: Defining Project Activities Task 15B-1: Developing an Activity List Topic 15C: Sequence the Activities Task 15C-1: Interactivity Dependencies and Precedence Relationships Task 15C-2: Identifying and Describing Common Conditional Diagramming Methods Lesson 16: Making the Schedule Topic 16A: Where Do You Get the Estimates? Task 16A-1: Identifying Inputs for Activity Duration Estimating Topic 16B: Tools and Techniques for Activity Duration Estimating Task 16B-1: Using Expert Judgment Task 16B-2: Estimating Activity Durations Topic 16C: PERT Estimation Techniques Task 16C-1: Calculating a PERT Estimate Topic 16D: Outputs of the Activity Duration Estimation Process Topic 16E: Inputs to Schedule Development Task 16E-1: Reviewing Inputs to Schedule Development Topic 16F: Tools and Techniques for Schedule Development Task 16F-1: Using a Network to Identify ES, EF, LS, LF, Critical Path, and Float Lesson 17: You've Got the Power Topic 17A: Compressing Project Duration Task 17A-1: Fast Tracking a Project Task 17A-2: Crashing the schedule Topic 17B: Resource Allocation and Leveling Task 17B-1: Reviewing Resource Allocation and Leveling Topic 17C: Time Management Lesson 18: Project Cost Management Topic 18A: Project Cost Management: An Overview Task 18A-1: Project Cost Management Processes Topic 18B: Identifying Resource Requirements Task 18B-1: Resource Planning Lesson 19: Estimating Project Costs Topic 19A: Inputs to the Cost Estimating Process Task 19A-1: Inputs for Cost Estimating Topic 19B: Techniques for Estimating Costs Task 19B-1: Analogous (Top-down) Estimating Task 19B-2: Parametric Models for Cost Estimation Task 19B-3: Using Estimating Tools Task 19B-4: Using Computerized Tools Task 19B-5: Learning Curve Cost Estimation Lesson 20: Cost Budgeting and Life Cycle Costing Topic 20A: Cost Budgeting Integrates Costs with Schedules Task 20A-1: Building the Cost Baseline Topic 20B: Life Cycle Costing Task 20B-1: Cost Implications: End-user Satisfaction Task 20B-2: Cost Budgeting Lesson 21: Quality Planning Topic 21A: Project Quality Management Processes Topic 21B: A Mini-Course on Quality Task 21B-1: Quality in Action Topic 21C: Quality Planning Task 21C-1: Inputs to Quality Planning Task 21C-2: Quality tools Lesson 22: Procurement Management Topic 22A: Procurement Planning Task 22A-1: What's wrong with this SOW statement? Topic 22B: Solicitation Planning and Solicitation Topic 22C: The Solicitation Process Task 22C-1: Preparing Proposals Topic 22D: Source Selection Lesson 23: Project Integration Management Topic 23A: Project Integration Task 23A-1: Putting the Project Plan Together Topic 23B: More Challenges in Project Management Task 23B-1: Re-visiting the Case Study Lesson 24: Executing the Project Plans Topic 24A: The Project Plan Execution Process Topic 24B: Project Plan Execution Task 24B-1: Discussing Project Plan Execution Lesson 25: Project Scope Verification Topic 25A: Scope Verification Process Topic 25B: Project Audits Task 25B-1: Discussing Project Audits Lesson 26: Quality Assurance Topic 26A: What is Quality Assurance? Topic 26B: Elements of Quality Assurance Task 26B-1: Discussing Quality Audits Lesson 27: Information Distribution Topic 27A: The Information Distribution Process Task 27A-1: Managing Information Distribution Topic 27B: The Communications Challenge Task 27B-1: Discussing the Challenge of Information Distribution Lesson 28: Contract Administration Topic 28A: The Contract Administration Process Task 28A-1: Discussing the Contract Change Control System Topic 28B: Contract Administration Task 28B-1: Discussing Contract Issues Topic 28C: Contract Administration Task 28C-1: Executing Processes Lesson 29: Project Control Topic 29A: An Overview of Project Control Topic 29B: Project Control Processes Lesson 30: Cost and Schedule Performance Measurement Topic 30A: Controlling Project Costs Task 30A-1: The Earned Value of a Doll House Task 30A-2: The Basics of Measuring Cost Performance Task 30A-3: Calculating EAC for the Case Study Topic 30B: Controlling the Project Schedule Task 30B-1: Measuring and Monitoring Lesson 31: Quality Performance Measurement Topic 31A: An Overview of Quality Control Topic 31B: The Quality Control Process Task 31B-1: Measuring Quality performance Lesson 32: Taking Corrective Action Topic 32A: Trade-off Analysis Topic 32B: Taking Corrective Action Task 32B-1: Crashing the Schedule Lesson 33: Change Control Systems Topic 33A: Overall Change Control Task 33A-1: Change Management Topic 33B: Scope Change Control Task 33B-1: Discussing Elements of Scope Change Control Topic 33C: Controlling Problems Task 33C-1: Controlling Problems Lesson 34: Closing Out and Handing Off Topic 34A: Don't Leave Yet Task 34A-1: Dealing with Early Termination Topic 34B: Handing Off the Project Task 34B-1: Dealing with Customer Relations During Product Hand-off Topic 34C: Closing Processes Task 34C-1: Discussing When to Do the Closing Processes Lesson 35: Administrative Closure and Contract Close-Out Topic 35A: Administrative Closure Task 35A-1: Discussing Administrative Closure Topic 35B: Contract Close-out Task 35B-1: Discussing Contract Close-out Topic 35C: Contract Close-out Task 35C-1: Closing Processes Lesson 36: Project Reporting and the Human Side of Project Close-Out Topic 36A: The Final Report Task 36A-1: Discussing the Project Report Topic 36B: The Human Side of Project Close-Out Task 36B-1: Discussing Team Evaluations Lesson 37: Certification Lightning Round Topic 37A: Certification Lightning Round AM/06