Curriculum 

The Project Management Certificate program is an in-depth, interactive learning experience. The program focuses on the five established process groups necessary in every project. The program, designed by industry experts, will prepare attendees to sit for and pass the PMP certification exam through the Project Management Institute. While some students may choose not to take the exam, the certificate program will enable graduates to be competent and knowledgeable project managers.
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The five process groups include:
1. Initiating: processes that begin the project
2. Planning: processes that create the plan that will govern the work
3. Executing: processes that execute the plans and produce work
4. Monitoring and Controlling: processes that compare the results to the plan and make adjustments for future work
5. Closing: processes that complete the project or a phase or component of a project or procurement, create records, and archive information

The project management certificate program is delivered over four days with classes meeting from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

Curriculum  Day 1

Introductions

The PMP Exam

• What the exam tests
• The exam material
• The exam application process
• Requirements to apply with and without a college degree
• Ongoing education
• The testing environment
• Time limits
• Question format

Foundational Concepts

• Philosophy
• Importance
• Preparation
• Essential Terms  
• Project Roles
• Project Context
• Common inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs

​ Process Framework

• Preparation
• Essential terms
• Organization
• 5 Process Groups

Scope Management

• Scope management processes
• Plan scope management
• Collect requirements
• Define scope
• Create work breakdown structure
• Validate scope
• Control scope
• Scope management questions and answers

Integration Management

• Integration management processes
• Develop project charter
• Develop project management plan
• Direct and manage project work
• Monitor and control project work
• Perform integrated change control
• Close project or phase
• Integrated management questions and answers

Curriculum Day 2

Time Management

• Time management processes
• Plan schedule management
• Define activities
• Sequence activities
• Estimate activity resources and durations
• Develop schedule
• Control schedule
• Special focus: critical path method
• Exercises
• Time management questions and answers

Cost Management

• Important concepts
• Cost management processes
• Plan cost management
• Estimate costs
• Determine budget
• Control costs
• Special focus: earned value
• Exercises
• ​Cost management questions and answers

Quality Management

• Preparation
• Quality management processes
• Quality terms and philosophies
• Plan quality
• Perform quality assurance
• Perform quality control
• Quality management questions and answers

Curriculum Day 3

Human Resource Management

• Preparation
• Human resource management processes
• Plan human resource management
• Acquire project team
• Develop project team
• Manage project team
• Human resource management questions and answers

Communications Management

• Preparation
• Communications management processes
• Project manager’s role in communications ƒ Plan communications
• Manage communications
• Control communications
• Exercises
• Communications management questions and answers

Procurement Management

• Preparation
• Procurement processes
• Procurement roles
• Plan procurement management
• Conduct procurements
• Close procurements
• Procurement management questions and answers

​Curriculum Day 4

Procurement Management

• Preparation
• Procurement processes
• Procurement roles
• Plan procurement management
• Conduct procurements
• Close procurements
• Procurement management questions and answers

Stakeholder Management

• Preparation
• Identify stakeholders
• Plan stakeholder management
• Manage stakeholder engagement
• Control stakeholder engagement
• Stakeholder management questions and answers

How to Pass the PMP

• Reading the questions
• A guessing strategy
• Spotting tricks and traps
• Exam time management
• Scratch paper
• Budgeting your time
• Managing your time and review
• Difficulty
• Managing anxiety
• Practice Exam

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