Content of PMP Preparatory Program

Introduction to Project Management Framework PMBOK 6.0 Edition

Module 1 – Getting Started With Your Project

Learn to engage stakeholders, manage and plan scope, assess and manage risk and more.

Topic 1: Defining appropriate project methodology / methods and practices

Topic 2: Scope planning and management

Topic 3: Budget and resource planning and management

Topic 4: Schedule planning and management

Topic 5: Planning and managing product quality and results

Topic 6: Integration of project planning activities

Topic 7: Procurement Planning and Management

Topic 8: Establishing the project governance structure

Topic 9: Project planning and management / phase closure

Module 2 – Doing the Work

Learn to manage project changes, determine appropriate project methods and practices, establish project governance and more.

Topic 1: Risk assessment and management

Topic 2: Project implementation to deliver value to business

Topic 3: Communications Management

Topic 4: Stakeholder engagement

Topic 5: Creating Project Results

Topic 6: Managing project changes

Topic 7: Managing project problems

Topic 8: Ensuring knowledge transfer for project continuity

Module 3 – Creating a High Performing Team

Learn to define team ground rules, build a shared understanding, engage and support virtual teams and more.

Topic 1: Building a team

Topic 2: Defining team ground rules

Topic 3: Negotiating project agreements

Topic 4: Empowering team members and stakeholders

Topic 5: Training team members and stakeholders

Topic 6: Engaging and Supporting Virtual Teams

Topic 7: Establishing a common understanding about the project

Module 4 – Keeping Your Team on Track

Learn to collaborate with stakeholders, lead a team, manage conflict and more.

Topic 1: Leading a team

Topic 2: Supporting team performance

Topic 3: Addressing and removing barriers and obstacles

Topic 4: Managing conflicts

Topic 5: Collaboration with stakeholders

Topic 6: Monitoring and engaging stakeholders

Topic 7: Applying emotional intelligence to enhance team performance

Module 5 – Keeping the Business in Mind

Learn to evaluate business and environment changes, support organizational change, improve processes and more.

Topic 1: Managing compliance requirements

Topic 2: Evaluating and presenting the benefits and value of the project

Topic 3: Assessing and addressing changes in the internal and external business environment

Topic 4: Supporting organizational change

Topic 5: Employing continuous process improvement

Module 6 – Concluding the PMP Course

Topic 1: Overview of the course and a summary of what was covered

Topic 2: An applied case study

Topic 3: How to prepare for the PMP Exam

Topic 4: How to register for the PMP exam

Topic 5: PMP Exam Tips and Tricks

Module 7 – PMBOK 7.0 Edition (New Principles & Domains)

References

1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – 6th & 7th Editions

Author: Project Management Institute – Publisher: Project Management Institute

2. Agile Practice Guide

Author: Project Management Institute – Publisher: Project Management Institute

2. Agile Practice Guide

Author: Project Management Institute – Publisher: Project Management Institute

3. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling

Author: Harold Kerzner – Publisher: Wiley

4. Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid

Author: Robert K. Wysocki – Publisher: Wiley

5. Fundamentals of Technology Project Management, 2nd Edition

Author: Colleen Garton with Erika McCulloch – Publisher: MC Press

6. Project Managers Portable Handbook, 3rd Edition

Author: David Cleland and Lewis Ireland – Publisher: McGraw-Hill

7. Information Technology Project Management, 7th Edition

Author: Kathy Schwalbe – Publisher: Cengage Learning

8. Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process

Author: Kenneth S. Rubin – Publisher: Addison-Wesley

9. Project Management: The Managerial Process

Author: Erik Larson – Publisher: McGraw-Hill

10. The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Author: Tom Kendrick – Publisher: AMACOM