Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Learning Way’s interactive Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam preparation workshop, participating project leaders and associates will learn the important advanced principles of project management and how to apply them effectively.

Participants will cultivate skills across all areas of project management while advancing their organization’s ability to manage key partners and build quality measures into every project. Attendees will advance their proficiencies in project planning and control; improve project leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills; and master the art of project quality management. From cost management to procurement and contracting management to assessing and managing risk, this program empowers participants with the know-how to excel as both a project manager, as well as a project team member.

The immersive content is highly practical in focus and all materials are based on the latest best practices from The Project Management Institute (PMI®) and other reputed global project management bodies. Discussions and case studies will encourage attendees to challenge the status quo to enable participants to see how to more effectively apply the theory to their workplace.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, attendees will have:
• A sound understanding of the core principles of project management
• A detailed knowledge of what is needed to competently manage a complex project
• An understanding of the secrets to achieving a successful project outcome
• An understanding of the different project methodologies and when each may be applicable
• View of relationship between Project, Program, Portfolio and Operations management
• An understanding of The PMBOK® Guide’s Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
• The necessary pre-requisite Contact Hours and training to sit for PMI®’s PMP® exam.

Program Outline

Introducing PMI® and Project Management
• Program introduction and review of objectives
• Overview of the Knowledge Areas of project management as defined by The Project Management Institute (PMI)®
• What is a Project?
• Project Life Cycle
• Overview of the Process Groups of project management as defined by PMI®
• Plan Driven vs. Change Driven Projects
o Agile/adaptive
o Predictive
o Iterative
o Hybrid
• Distributed Project Teams
• Reasons for Project Failure
• Roles of the PM and Project Stakeholders
• Initiating Projects
• Organizing Project Governance
• The relationship of Project, Program, Portfolio and Operations Management
• Organizational Structures
• Project Management Offices
• Organizational Process Assets
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Discussion and exercise around project team leadership and effectiveness
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Integration Management
• Develop Project Charter
• Develop Project Management Plan
• Direct and Manage Project Work
• Manage Project Knowledge
• Monitor and Control Project Work
o Work Performance Data, Work Performance Information and Work Performance Reports
• Perform Integrated Change Control
o Change Control Board and other Change Control Tools
o Configuration Management
• Close Project or Phase
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Scope Management
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
o Innovation Games exercise
• Define Scope
o Project Scope Statement: a critical planning artifact
• Create WBS
o The power of Decomposition
o WBS exercise
o Scope Baseline
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Schedule Management
• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities
o Advantages of Rolling Wave Planning
• Sequence Activities
o Precedence Analysis
o Dependencies
o Precedence Diagramming Method
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Estimate Activity Duration
o Estimating exercise leveraging 3 Point Estimating (PERT)
• Develop Schedule
o Critical Path Method
o Buffers
o Leads and Lags
o Critical Chain Method
o Resource Optimization Techniques
o Schedule Compression Techniques
o CPM exercise
• Control Schedule
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Cost Management
• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs
o Analogous Estimating
o Parametric Estimating
o Bottom-Up Estimating
o 3-Point Estimating
• Determine Budget
• Control Costs
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Quality Management
• Quality: Defined and measured
• Quality Trends
o Customer Satisfaction (Juran)
o Continual Improvement
o Management Responsibility (Deming)
o Mutually beneficial partnership with suppliers
• Plan Quality Management
o Data Analysis
o Data Representation
• Manage Quality
• Control Quality
o Data Representation Exercise
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Resource Management
• Plan Resource Management
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Acquire Resources
• Develop Team
• Manage Team
o Motivation Theories exercise
• Control Resources
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Communication Management
• Plan Communication Management
• Manage Communications
• Monitor Communications
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Risk Management
• Plan Risk Management
• Identify Risks
o Risk Register exercise
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Plan Risk Responses
• Implement Risk Responses
• Monitor Risks
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Procurement Management
• Plan Procurement Management
o Make-or-Buy Decision exercise
• Conduct Procurements
• Control Procurements
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Project Stakeholder Management
• Identify Stakeholders
o Stakeholder Register exercise
• Plan Stakeholder Engagement
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
• Tailoring Considerations
• Considerations for Agile/Adaptive Environments
• Examples/Case Study/Practical Exercise
• Sample PMP® questions

Process Groups Review and Sample Artifacts
• Initiating Process Group
• Planning Process Group
• Executing Process Group
• Monitoring and Control Process Group
• Closing Process Group
• Artifacts covered include, but are not limited to:
o Project Charter
o RACI Matrix
o Project Stakeholder Register
o Project Scope Statement
o WBS
o Project Risk Register
o Project Checklist
o SMART Objectives Template
o Innovation Games for Requirements Gathering
o Project Change Request
o Project Communications Management Plan
o 7 QC Tools
o Project Progress Report

Filling in the Gaps
• Review of complex issues in scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications and

Risk management
• Agile Practice Guide
• PMI®’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Review all areas covered in the program to date
• The PMBOK® Guide as a complete unit
• Final assessment spanning all program material
• Preparing for the PMP® certification examination
o Review complex question styles to improve your chances of success
o Certification study roadmap