Introduction to Project Management Certification Training

Course Overview

The PMI^® Pulse of the Profession^® study found that businesses with at least 35% PMP^® certified project managers had better project performance. And a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey shows 80% of high-performing projects use a certified project manager. Be that project manager.

Course Objectives

Course Prequisites

A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent) and at least three years of project management experience, with 4,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.

Target Audience

Course Outline

Initiating a Project

Apply Project Management Processes
Create a Project Charter
Develop a Draft Project Scope Statement

Planning Project Work

Develop a Project Management Plan
Create a Scope Management Plan
Create a Scope Statement
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

Create an Activity List
Create a Project Network Diagram
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Identify the Critical Path
Develop a Project Schedule
Estimate Project Costs
Establish a Cost Baseline

Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

Create a Quality Management Plan
Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
Acquire Project Team
Create a Communications Management Plan

Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response

Create a Risk Management Plan
Identify Project Risks and Triggers
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Develop a Risk Response Plan

Planning Project Procurement

Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
Prepare a Procurement Document

Executing Project Work

Project Plan Execution
Perform Quality Assurance
Develop the Project Team
Distribute Project Information
Request Seller Responses
Select Sellers

Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

Control and Monitor Project Work
Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
Review Deliverables and Work Results
Control Project Scope

Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedules and Costs

Control the Project Schedule
Control Project Costs

Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

Perform Quality Control
Manage Project Team
Report Project Performance
Manage Stakeholders

Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts

Monitor and Control Project Risk
Administer a Contract

Closing the Project

Close a Project
Close a Contract

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