Project Management Professional - PMP Preparation Course SPPM01

5 Day Instructor Led Course - 35 Contact Hours

Course Overview
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project managementboth on the job and
through professional certificationis becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly
technical workplace. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in
the Project Management Fundamentals course and covers in-depth the essential elements of managing a
successful project. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the
Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI , this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful
project management across application areas and industries.

Course Objectives
You will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI to
successfully manage projects.

Target Audience
This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management
skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management.

Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
. Initiate a project.
. Define project scope.
. Develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
. Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
. Analyze project risks.
. Define project procurement requirements.
. Execute the project.
. Control the project.
. Close the project.

Course Outline

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT The Standard for Project Management of a

FRAMEWORK Project
. Project Management Processes
. Project Management Process Groups
Introduction . Process Interactions
. What is a Project? . Project Management Process Mapping
. What is Project Management?
. Areas of Expertise
. Project Management context
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE AREAS
Project Lifecycle and Organization
. The Project Life Cycle
. Project Stakeholders Introduction
. Organizational Influences . Process Flow Diagrams
. Major Project Documents

Project Integration Management Project Human Resource Management

. Develop Project Charter . Human Resource Planning
. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement . Acquire project Team
. Develop Project Management Plan . Develop Project Team
. Direct and Manage Project Execution . Manage Project Team
. Monitor and Control Project Work
. Integrated Change Control
. Close Project
Project Communications Management
. Communications Planning
. Information Distribution
Project Scope Management . Performance Reporting
. Scope Planning . Manage Stakeholders
. Scope Definition
. Create WBS
. Scope Verification Project Risk Management
. Scope Control . Risk Management Planning
. Risk Identification
. Qualitative Risk Analysis
. Quantitative Risk Analysis
Project Time Management . Risk Response Planning
. Activity Definition . Risk Monitoring and Control
. Activity Sequencing
. Activity Resource estimating
. Activity Duration estimating Project Procurement Management
. Schedule Development . Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
. Schedule Control . Plan Contracting
. Request Seller Responses
 . Select Sellers
. Contract Administration
. Contract Closure
Project Cost Management
. Cost Estimating
. Cost Budgeting
. Cost Control

Project Quality Management

. Quality Planning
. Perform Quality Assurance
. Perform Quality Control