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Here is how Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course is organized. This is audio video course and some of the sample courses can be found at these URL. You can use these links to review Simplilearn.com lessons. Introduction to PMP and PMI: Critical Path Method: Earned value Technique: For the complete course Organization, read below: 1. Lesson 1: Introduction to PMP certification Prep Course. a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is PMP and PMI d. Pre-requisite for PMP Exam e. About the PMP Exam f. PMP Exam Syllabus g. About Simplilearn PMP Preparation Tutorial 2. Lesson 2: Project Management Framework a. Introduction b. Agenda c. Definition of a Project d. What is Project Management e. What is Program Management f. What is Portfolio Management g. Project Management Office (PMO) h. The Triple Constraints i. Stakeholder Management j. Organization Structure k. Project Life Cycle vs. Product Life Cycle l. Quiz 3. Lesson 3: Project Management Process a. Introduction b. Agenda c. Project Life Cycle vs Project Management Process d. The Five Project Management Process Groups e. Process Groups, Knowledge Areas and Project Management process Mapping f. What happens in Each Process Groups g. Quiz 4. Lesson 4: Project Integration Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Project Integration Management d. The Key role of Project Manager, Project Team and Project Sponsor e. Project Selection Methods f. The Integration Management Knowledge Area. I. Develop Project Charter II. Develop Project Management Plan III. Direct and Manage Project Execution IV. Monitor & Control Project work V. Perform Integrated Change Control VI. Close Project or Phase g. Quiz 5. Lesson 5 : Project Scope Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Project Scope Management d. Product Scope vs. Project Scope e. The Key terms in Project Scope Management f. The Project Scope Management Processes. i. Collect Requirements ii. Define Scope iii. Create WBS iv. Verify Scope v. Control Scope g. Quiz 6. Lesson 6: Project Time Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Project Time Management d. What is Project Schedule e. The Key terms in Project Time Management f. The Project Time Management Processes. i. Define Activities ii. Sequence Activities iii. Estimate Activity Resources iv. Estimate Activity Durations v. Develop Schedule vi. Control Schedule g. Schedule Network Analysis Techniques h. Quiz 7. Lesson 7: Project Cost Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Project Cost Management d. Difference Between Cost Estimating and Cost Budgeting e. Control Account f. The Project Cost Management Processes. i. Estimate Costs ii. Determine Budget iii. Control Costs g. Earned Value Management h. Project Selection Methods i. Quiz 8. Lesson 8: Project Quality Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Quality? d. What is Quality Management? e. Cost of Quality f. The Project Quality Management Processes. i. Plan Quality ii. Perform Quality Assurance iii. Perform Quality Control g. Seven Basic tools of Quality h. Introduction to Six Sigma i. Quiz 9. Lesson 9 : Project Human Resource Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Human Resource Management d. Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Sponsor e. Functional Manager vs. Project Manager f. The Project Human Resource Management Processes. g. Develop Human Resource Plan i. Acquire Project Team ii. Develop Project Team iii. Manage Project Team h. Conflict Management i. Powers of Project Manager j. Motivation Theory k. Quiz 10. Lesson 10: Project Communication Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Communication d. Communication Methods, Technology and Channels e. Basic Communication Model f. The Communication Management Knowledge Area. i. Identify Stakeholders ii. Plan Communications iii. Distribute Information iv. Manage Stakeholder Expectations g. Report Performance h. Quiz 11. Lesson 11: Project Risk Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is Risk d. How is risk calculated e. Risk Categorization f. Decision Tree g. Risk Reserve h. The Risk Management Knowledge Area. i. Plan Risk Management ii. Identify Risk iii. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis iv. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis v. Plan Risk Responses i. Quiz 12. Lesson 12: Project Procurement Management a. Introduction b. Agenda c. What is a Contract d. Centralized vs. Decentralized contracting e. Different Types of Contract f. Key terms in Procurement Management g. The Procurement Management Knowledge Area. i. Plan Procurements ii. Conduct Procurements iii. Administer Procurements iv. Close Procurements h. Quiz 13. Lesson 13 Professional and Social Responsibility a. Introduction b. Agenda c. Ensure Individual Integrity d. Contribute to Project Management Knowledge Base e. Enhance self Professional competence f. Promote Stakeholder collaboration g. Quiz

What is PMI and PMP?

What is PMI and PMP?

PMP stands for Project Management Professional. It’s the name of the certificate awarded to any one who scores more than the required passing mark in the PMP Exam. So if you successfully pass the PMP Exam, you become a Project Management Professional ie PMP. As evident by the name itself, this certificate is of interest to any one interested in Project Management as a career.

Let me tell you, PMP is most recognized Individual certification in the area of Project Management. It’s valued Worldwide. For many of the Project Management Jobs, it’s even a mandatory qualification.

PMP is not for Project Managers from a specific domain. A Project Manager working in any Industry, be it Manufacturing or Retail or Defense or Information Technology can write the PMP Exam and upon successful completion can become a PMP.

Now lets look at What is PMI?

PMI is a not for profit Organization, who conducts PMP Examination. PMI stands for Project Management Institute. PMI is based in USA and it has local chapter across the globe. So, if you are based in Singapore, you can look for PMI chapter in Singapore. Such local chapters conduct regular knowledge sharing and networking session for people interested in Project Management.

If you need more information about the PMI, you can check out their website, www.pmi.org

A PMP certificate is valid for only three years. Post completion of this three year period. It can be renewed for another three years.

PMI measures Project Management Experience in units of PDU. PDU means Professional Development Unit.So, if you attend a Project Management Class of 1 hour by an expert, its equivalent to say 1 PDU. If you write a White Paper on Project Management related topic, it may be equivalent to 5 PDU. PMI has detailed guideline on what kind of project management activity amounts to how many PDUs. You can check their website for more details.

Every three years, one must have acquire 60 PDUs to retain their PMP certificate. So first time, when you write the exam, you become PMP for 3 years.

After this period, to renew your PMP credentials, you need to submit proof that you acquired at least 60 PDUs in last three year and pay the PMI certificate renewal fee, your certificate gets renewed for another three years. You can conveniently do this online at www.pmi.org

Finally, lets look at what is PMBOK?

PMBOK means Project Management Body of Knowledge. It’s a Book that PMI releases every four years. The latest version of the PMBOK is version 4 and it was released in June 2009. PMBOK acts as a Text Book for the PMP Exam.

You can also think of PMBOK as Standard for Project Management Profession.

Pre-requisite for PMP Exam

Well, Can anyone take up the PMP Examination? Yes, provided one meets certain prerequisite.

The prerequisite depends upon person’s formal education.

As shown in the table, for bachelor degree holder, they have to have at least 4500 hours of Project Management experience and for someone whose highest formal education is High school degree, its 7500 hours of Project management experience.

In addition to this, there is some requirement in terms of total no of years of work experience as well. For the first category, one has to have at least 6 years of total work experience and for the second category its 8 years.

The 3 years within 6 years in the table means that 4500 hours of project management experience should have happened in last 3 years of total 6 years of experience.

Lastly, one also has to show proof of attending 35 hours of Project Management Training just before writing the PMP exam.

There are many Project Management Training companies, who are PMI REP. Now, what is REP?

PMI REP training institute means, these training companies are registered with PMI as Registered Education Provider. If you attend their 35 hour contact training, they also give you 35 PDUs. As I explained earlier, PDU means professional development unit. It’s a measure of Project management activity by PMI.

Attending Project Management training is also a Project Management Activity.

I would like to clarify here that even if you attend 35 hours of Project Management Training by a company, which is not REP, you can still go ahead and take up the PMP exam. But you must show proof of attending 35 hours of Project Management training, which is inline with PMI guidelines.

So, if you have gone through our complete 14 lesson material and also attended our virtual classes. You qualify to take up the PMP Exam.

Let me also inform you that, One has to submit proof of everything (ie your educational Degree, your Project Management Experience, etc) to PMI while submitting the online application for taking up the exam. PMI randomly audits such submission from time to time. So, If you do not meet the prerequisite and still go ahead and submit the online exam application, there are chances of you getting caught. PMI disqualifies such application.

Also, Once your online application for taking up the exam gets approved, PMI sends an Authorization letter. You must write the exam, within a year of getting the Authorization letter.

About the PMP Exam

Now, Let me tell you more about the PMP Exam. It’s a four hour exam consisting of 200 questions. Out of this 200, 25 questions are not scored. But beware; you will not know which these 25 questions are! So you should answer all 200 questions, with same seriousness.

PMI includes these questions to see how many test takers are getting them right. Based on this, they might decide to include these questions in future Exam. It’s like a survey conducted by PMI.

The pass marks for the exam is 141 out of 175, which roughly translates to 81%! Now, you must be guessing that PMP exam is not that easy. You are right! Taking PMP exam does require certain seriousness in preparation.

Next, I have shown in the table on how many questions appear from which part of the syllabus.

Getting confused with so many new terms… Hold on for a moment! You will learn them in the next slide.

For now, assume them to be the six major topics and percentage of questions that typically comes from each of these topics.

PMP Exam Syllabus

There are three terms that I would like to introduce here.

First, let’s see what Process Group is. The whole Project Management discipline is divided into five broad Process group, they are Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Project Monitoring & Control and Project Closing.

You probably, might be aware of them as well.

When a new Project starts, it’s in the Project Initiation phase, from Initiation, it moves to Planning, than to Execution and Monitoring & Control and finally its closed. Project Execution and Project Monitoring & Control processes go hand in hand.

So when a new project is started i.e., initiated, all processes of Project Initiation Process Group should be applied to the Project. Similarly when the project is being closed, all Processes of Project Closing group should be applied.

Let me give you more specific example, “Identify Risks” is a Process of Project Planning group. So when the project is in planning phase, you must identify all the Risks of the project.

Next. Lets see what is a Knowledge Area.

As per PMBOK, There are 9 Knowledge areas. For example, “Human Resource Management” is one of the Knowledge areas. Knowledge area is a set of specific processes required to be performed to meet a project objective. A Knowledge area may have some processes to be done in Project Planning Process Group and some other processes to be done in Project Monitoring & Control Process Group.

For example, if you take “Human Resource Management” Knowledge area, “Develop Human Resource Plan” is processes in Project Planning Group and another process “Manage Project Team” is in Project Execution group.

Lastly there are 42 process areas; we have already come across two such Process areas. “Develop Human Resource Plan” and “Manage Project Team”.

If you are totally confused by now. Don’t worry. This is the whole exam syllabus and there is one lesson dedicated to each of these topics!

For now, just remember that there are 5 process groups, 9 knowledge areas and 42 project management processes.

PMP Workshop in Bangalore - 6th & 13th March 2010

We have an upcoming PMP Classroom Training / PMP Workshop in Bangalore. This is a 35 PDUs course and the course structure is:

• Two days of Physical Classroom Training to be conducted on 6th and 13th March. Both these dates are saturday and suitable for working professionals.
• You also get one month access of the complete 13 audio video chapters of PMBOK 4 to revise and understand the underlying concept.
• You get to write Two PMP Simulation Tests to check where you stand in terms of your exam preparation.

Also, important to note is that, we take only 8 participants per batch for individual attention to each participant. We have already filled half these seats...so if you want to be part of 6th and 13th March PMP Training / Workshop in Bangalore, Please reserve your seat today. Write to support@simplilearn.com for further details.

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