Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Prep Boot Camp

Introduction

• PMP and CAPM Exam Requirements
• Exam Questions
• Maintaining Certification
• Exam-Taking Tips
• Learning Styles
• Pre-Test
• Project Management Concepts
• PM Definitions
• Organizational Structure
• Project Life Cycle and the Project Management Process Groups
• PM Process Groups
• PM Knowledge Areas
• Practice Test
• PM Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
• Role of the Project Manager
• Project Management Competencies
• Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Practice Test
• Initiating Process Group
• Develop Project Charter
• Identify Stakeholders
• Practice Test

Planning Process Group

• Plan Scope Management Process
• Collect Requirements Process
• Define Scope Process
• Create WBS Process
• Plan Schedule Management Process
• Define Activities Process
• Sequence Activities Process
• Estimate Activity Durations Process
• Develop Schedule Process
• Plan Cost Management Process
• Estimate Cost Process
• Determine Budget Process
• Plan Quality Management Process
• Plan Resource Management Process
• Estimate Activity Resources Process
• Plan Communications Management Process
• Plan Risk Management Process
• Identify Risks Process
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Process
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Process
• Plan Risk Responses Process
• Plan Procurement Management Process
• Plan Stakeholder Engagement Process
• Develop Project Management Plan Process
• Practice Test

Executing Process Group

• Manage Quality Process
• Acquire Resources Process
• Develop Team Process
• Manage Team Process
• Manage Communications Process
• Implement Risk Responses Process
• Conduct Procurements Process
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement Process
• Direct and Manage Project Work Process
• Manage Project Knowledge Process
• Practice Test

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

• Validate Scope Process
• Control Scope Process
• Control Schedule Process
• Control Costs Process
• Control Quality Process
• Control Resources
• Monitor Communications Process
• Monitor Risks Process
• Control Procurements Process
• Monitor Stakeholder Engagement Process
• Monitor and Control Project Work Process
• Perform Integrated Change Control Process
• Practice Test

Closing Process Group

• Close Project or Phase Process
• Practice Test

Course Exercises

• Each chapter contains practice exercises targeted at the range of learning styles (Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic)
• Network Diagram Exercises
• Earned Value Exercises
• Practice Tests

• Prepare to take the PMP or CAPM^® exams
• Become familiar with PMBOK^® Guide terms, definitions, and processes
• Master test-taking techniques
• Learn styles and types of questions found on the PMP or CAPM exams
• PMBOK^® Guide's five process groups, ten knowledge areas, and the area of professional and social responsibility

To be eligible for the CAPM or PMP certification, you must first meet specific education and experience requirements. The PMP Exam Prep Boot Camp satisfies the requirements for contact hours of instruction. The final step in gaining certification is passing a multiple-choice, psychometric-based examination designed to objectively assess and measure your project management knowledge. It is recommended that you have achieved the experience requirements prior to taking this course.

• Associate project managers
• Project managers
• IT project managers
• Project coordinators
• Project analysts
• Project leaders
• Senior project managers
• Team leaders
• Product managers
• Program managers
• Project sponsors
• Project team members seeking the PMP or CAPM certification