PMP - Exam Preparation Training Course Training Course

Introduction to the PMP-Prep course

• Overview of the 2022/2023 PMP exam structure.
• Review of the PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO).
• Clarification of training goals, scope, and delivery format.

Key PE concepts

• Understanding the project and its surrounding ecosystem.
• Core principles of Project Excellence (PE) based on the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition.
• Governance structures.
• The Project Life Cycle (LC).
• Design approaches.

Team, stakeholders, project organization

• Team-building strategies.
• Establishing ground rules for team conduct.
• Analyzing project objectives and conditions.
• Leading teams through Project Manager (PM) leadership.
• Engaging teams and understanding member motivation.
• Empowering team members and stakeholders.
• Developing the competencies of team members.
• Engaging and supporting virtual teams.
• Building shared understanding of project design.

Project stakeholders

• Collaborating and working effectively with stakeholders.
• Stakeholder empowerment and mentoring.

Initiating and planning a project

• Selecting the appropriate project approach and management practices.
• Analyzing and defining the value and benefits delivered by the project.
• Scope planning and management.
• Schedule planning and management.
• Budget and resource planning and management.
• Product quality planning and management.
• Communication planning.
• Procurement planning and management.
• Risk management planning.
• Defining change approaches and selecting project metrics.
• Integrating project planning activities.
• Planning and managing project and phase closures.

Project implementation and monitoring

• Executing projects to deliver business value.
• Risk Management.
• Communication management.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Producing project deliverables.
• Monitoring projects using various metrics.
• Project change management.
• Project issue management.
• Facilitating knowledge transfer to and from the project.
• Managing the closure of project phases and the entire project.

The team and stakeholders during the project

• Leading the team during implementation.
• Supporting the team's effective functioning.
• Identifying and removing obstacles and blockages.
• Conflict management.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Ongoing collaboration with stakeholders.
• Mentoring key stakeholders.
• Applying emotional intelligence to enhance team effectiveness.

Business aspects of the project

• Project Compliance Management.
• Evaluating and delivering value and benefits.
• Assessing and addressing internal and external changes in the business environment.
• Supporting organizational change.
• Continuous improvement - applying continuous improvement processes.

How to pass the exam?

• Strategies for preparing for the PMP® exam.
• Useful resources.
• The exam process.
• Exam tips.
• Sample questions (reviewed during training).
• Practice exam.