PMP Certification Training Live Online for 2021 Exams

Program Outline & Contents

INTRODUCTION
 Getting to know the participants
 Introduction to PMI®
 PMP® Certification – advantages
 PMP® certification – process and fees related information
 PMP® Application procedures – instructions on how to fill in the form
 PMP® examination – information on the split of questions, question pattern
 PMP® examination – Tips on how to prepare and take the examination (this theme will be reiterated throughout the course)
 PMP® – Fulfilling the CCR requirements
 Familiarization with course outline
 Familiarization with the protocols and timings
 Expectation setting and clarifications
 Introductory Quiz – to assess the current level of familiarization of the participants with PMBOK® concepts and assess the gaps.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTEXT
 Structure of PMBOK®
 Project Management vs. Product oriented Processes
 Description of five process groups in the Project Lifecycle and their interactions
 Characteristics and components of Process groups
 Mapping of Project Management Processes across the Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
 What are Projects?
 Projects vs. Operations
 Project Management
 Constraints and Assumptions
 The concept of Progressive Elaboration and Rolling wave planning
 The concept of Program Management and Portfolio Management
 The concept of Project Management Office (PMO)
 Types of PMO
 Tailoring PM Methodology
 Organizational Project Management
 Different Life cycles models – Predictive, Iterative & Agile
 Agile Events – Iteration Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Review, Retrospective
 Scrum Roles – Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Team
 Time boxing
 Agile Triple constraint theorem
 Varying types of Project organizational structures – Functional, Matrix and Projectized – their advantages and disadvantages
 Project Management Business Documents
 Enterprise Environmental Factors
 Organizational Process Asset
 Introductory Quiz – Project Management Context.
PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
 The role of Integration Management in Project execution
 Description of multiple ways in a Project can arise
 Project Charter – its characteristics
 Description of various Project selection methods – like mathematical models and financial criteria like ROI, NPV, IRR etc.
 Project Management Plan Development
 Contents of the Project Management Plan
 Managing Project knowledge
 Lessons Learned Register
 PMIS – its role in effective Project Management
 Directing and Managing Project Work
 The role of Configuration Management system in a Project environment
 Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
 Performing Integrated Change Control
 How to manage changes in a Project?
 Closing a Project ( or a Phase)
 Final Report preparation
 Emerging trends in Integration Management
 Considerations for Agile
 Quiz – Project Integration Management
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT
 Project Scope vs. Product Scope and their interrelationships
 Importance of Scope Management Plan in the Project
 Collect Requirements process
 Requirement gathering techniques
 Requirement Traceability Matrix
 Product Backlog
 Product Roadmap
 User Stories
 Requirement Prioritization
 Backlog Grooming
 Define Scope Process
 Project Scope statement – how to prepare and update?
 WBS – its key role in Project Management
 Creating and Managing WBS
 Validate Scope process
 Scope Validation vs. Quality Control
 Control Scope process
 Emerging trends in Scope Management
 Considerations for Agile – Product Backlog
Quiz – Project Scope Management

PROJECT SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT
 Importance of Schedule Management in a Project environment
 Plan Schedule Management Process
 Define Activities process
 Sequence Activities process
 Multiple types of dependencies across activities
 Precedence Diagramming Method
 Estimating Activity Duration process
 Various duration estimating procedures – Top-Down, Bottom-up, Analogous, Parametric, Sprint planning meeting etc.
 The concept of Contingency in Schedule Management
 Agile Estimation – Relative Sizing and Story Points
 T-Shirt sizing, Planning Poker
 Develop Schedule Process
 The importance of calendars in the Scheduling process
 The importance of Critical Path in Project Management
 Critical Path computation and explanation of its characteristics
 Application of techniques like Fast tracking, Crashing, Resource Optimization, PERT etc in schedule development
 Use of Modeling techniques in Scheduling
 Agile Release Planning
 Velocity
 Schedule baseline
 Control Schedule process Revision of schedules
 Control schedule techniques
 Burn-up and Burn-down Charts
 Emerging trends in Schedule Management
 Quiz – Project Schedule Management
PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT
 The importance of Cost Management in Projects
 Project Lifecycle costing vs. Product Lifecycle costing
 Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control
 Estimating Costs process
 Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control
 Analogous, Parametric and Bottom-up methods of Cost estimating
 Determine Budget process
 Cost Baseline and its management
 Control costs process
 Cost and Schedule Performance Indices and their use in Forecasting
 Emerging trends in Cost Management
 Cost Management in Agile Methodologies
 Quiz – Project Cost Management
PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT
 Project Quality vs. Product Quality
 Concepts of Quality Management
 Project Management vis-à-vis Quality Management
 Current themes in Quality Management
 Planning Quality Management process
 Project Quality Management Plan and Process Improvement Plan
 Manage Quality process
 Perform Control Quality process
 Tools of Quality Control – including Control Charts, Cause and Effect diagrams, Stratification, Checklists, Histograms, Scatter diagrams etc.
 Cost of Quality/ Cost of Non-Quality concepts
 Emerging Trends in Quality Management
 Quality Management in Agile
 Quiz – Project Quality Management
PROJECT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 Developing Resource Management Plan process
 Organizational Planning & Structures
 Description of OBS and RBS
 RAM and RACI Charts
 Team Charter
 Estimate Activity Resources
 Resource estimation techniques
 Acquire Resources Process
 Managing Virtual teams in a Project environment
 Building effective Project teams
 Develop Team process
 Importance of Trainings in Project team development
 Delegation for effective management
 Multiple stages of Team Development
 Manage Team process
 Interpersonal skills
 Servant Leadership
 Emotional Intelligence
 Conflict Handling – multiple models
 Control Resources process
 Conducting Performance reviews
 Trends in HR Management
 Agile considerations
 Quiz – Project Resource Management
PROJECTCOMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
 Planning Communications Management Process
 Project Communications structures
 Communications requirements analysis in the Project environment
 Communication Channels in a Project
 Communications Management Plan
 Sender Receiver models in the Project environment
 Manage Communications process
 Communication Methods – Push, Pull and Interactive
 Monitor Communications Process
 Reporting Performance
 Obstacles in cross-cultural communication
 Trends in Communication Management
 Information Radiators
 Agile considerations
 Quiz – Project Communications Management
PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
 Risk Management cycle in a Project environment
 Plan Risk Management process
 Importance of Risk Management Plan in the Risk Management Lifecycle
 Types of Risks which can impact a Project
 Identify Risks process
 Risk identification facilitators – Brainstorming, Delphi techniques, SWOT Analysis, Documentation Review, Checklist Analysis etc
 Risk Register preparation and updation
 Risk report
 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process
 Probability Impact Matrix and its use in Risk Management
 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process
 Use of varying Simulation Techniques
 Application of Decision Tree analysis and Sensitivity Analysis tools to Risk Management
 Plan Risk Responses process
 Strategies of Risk response for positive and negative risks
 Different types of Risks – Primary Risks, Secondary Risks, Residual Risks etc.
 Implement risk responses process
 Monitor Risks process
 Use of Risk Audits and Reserve Analysis for monitoring of Risks
 Corrective and Preventive Actions in Risk Management process
 Emerging trends in Risk Management
 Agile considerations
 Quiz –Project Risk Management
PROJECT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
 Why Procurement is important for Projects?
 Procurement Management lifecycle
 Project Manager’s Procurement Management responsibilities
 Plan Procurement Management process
 Make or Buy analysis
 Major types of Contracts – including FFP, Cost plus, T& M and their variations
 Risks associated with various types of contracts
 Importance of Procurement Management Plan
 Creating Procurement SOW and Bid Documents
 Conduct Procurements Process
 Source Selection criteria to analyze vendor responses
 Source selection process
 Bidder Conferences
 Use of Independent Estimates
 Contract negotiations process
 Multiple negotiation tactics
 Contracts – their legal implications
 Control Procurements process
 Contract change – how to manage them more effectively
 Procurement Audit and Inspection
 Claims administration processes
 Discharge of contracts
 Emerging trends in Procurement Management
 Agile considerations
 Quiz – Project Procurement Management
PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
 Stakeholders in Project and their importance
 Identify Stakeholders Process
 Conducting Stakeholder Analysis – Power-Interest Grid
 Creating the Stakeholder Register
 Plan Stakeholder Engagement Process
 Stakeholder Engagement Levels
 Developing Stakeholder Engagement Plan
 Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
 Manage Stakeholder Engagement process
 Use of interpersonal skills in stakeholder engagement
 Control Stakeholder Engagement Process
 Monitoring effectiveness of stakeholder engagement
 Considerations in Agile
 Adjusting strategies and engagement modes
 Trends in Stakeholder Management
 Quiz: Stakeholder Management
PRFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
 Professional Responsibilities of the Project Manager
 Professional responsibilities towards
o Self
o Profession
o Stakeholders
o Society
 Quiz: Professional Responsibilities