PMP - Exam Preparation Training Course Training Course

Introduction to the PMP-Prep course

• The PMP 2022/2023 examination structure
• The PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO)
• Course goals, scope, and instructional approach

Core Project Management (PE) concepts

• Understanding the project and its surrounding ecosystem
• PE principles as defined in the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition
• Governance structures
• The Project Life Cycle (LC)
• Design approaches

Teams, stakeholders, and project organisation

• Team building strategies
• Establishing team code of conduct rules
• Analysing project objectives and conditions
• Leading a team – the PM’s leadership role
• Engaging the team and understanding member motivation
• Empowering team members and stakeholders
• Developing team member competences
• Engaging and supporting virtual teams
• Fostering a shared understanding of the design

Project stakeholders

• Collaborating and working with stakeholders
• Stakeholder empowerment and mentoring

Project initiation and planning

• Selecting the appropriate project approach and management practices
• Analysing 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 the approach to changes and selecting relevant project metrics
• Integrating project planning activities
• Planning and managing project and phase closures

Project execution and monitoring

• Executing the project to deliver business value
• Risk management
• Communication management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Producing project deliverables
• Monitoring project performance 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 overall project

Teams and stakeholders throughout the project

• Leading the team during execution
• Supporting the effective functioning of the team
• Identifying and resolving obstacles and bottlenecks
• Conflict management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Collaborating with stakeholders on ongoing issues
• 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 responding to internal and external changes in the business environment
• Supporting organisational change
• Continuous improvement – applying the continuous improvement process

Strategies for passing the exam

• Methods for preparing for the PMP® exam
• Recommended resources
• The examination process
• Exam tips and strategies
• Sample questions (practised during training)
• Mock exam