Course Overview
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Maximize your time in preparing for the Project Management exam
- Master the critical terms and concepts in Project Management
- Apply the key concepts to your work in Project Management
- Evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses to best focus your efforts
- Focus on the key elements of each of the project management processes
- Recognize what is meant by professional responsibility
- Determine those areas that are important to study vs those that are 'nice to know'
- Avoid common pitfalls associated with taking this exam
Who Should Attend?
This course is suitable for Project Managers, Senior Managers, Project Executives, Supervisors and Professionals who are involved or going to be involved in either projects or work that is being treated in a project format.
Pre-requisite
- Secondary Degree
- 7500 hours leading and directing projects
- 35 hours of project management education or Four-year degree
- 4500 hours leading and directing projects
- 35 hours of project management education
Course Outlines
Module 1: Project Integration Management
- Project Planning Methodology
- Stakeholder knowledge and skills
- Organizational Policies and Procedures
- Corrective and Preventive Action
- General Management Skills
- Social-Economic-Environmental Influences
- Integrated Change Control
- Configuration Management
Module 2: Project Scope Management
- Concept, Development, Implementation and Closeout Phases
- Scope Planning, Definition, Verification and Change Control
- Project Selection Techniques
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Risk and Complexity Trade-Offs
Module 3: Project Time Management
- Heuristic Scheduling (Rule of Thumb)
- Schedule Management Plan
- Schedule Control
- Variance Analysis
- Schedule Updates
- Corrective Action
Module 4: Project Cost Management
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC)
- Resource Planning
- Cost Estimating
- Other basics of Cost Management Terminology
- Depreciation of Capital
- Value Analysis
- Cost Risk and Contract Type
- Cost Management Plan, Budgeting and Control
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
Module 5: Project Quality Management
- Key PMBO Concepts
- Quality Control Tools
- Continuous Improvement and Kaizen
- Impact of Motivation on Quality
- Priority of Quality vs. Cost and Schedule
- Impact of Poor Quality
- Trend Analysis
- Design and Quality
Module 6: Project Human Resources
- Forms of Organization
- Project Interfaces
- Key Organizational Planning Output
- Staff Acquisition
- Conflict and the Project Life Cycle
- Team building
- Co-location
Module 7: Project Communications Management
- Communication Planning
- Communication Management Plan
- Barriers to Communication
- Building effective team communication
- Management styles and skills
- Performance Reporting
Module 8: Project Risk Management
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Output
- Risk Response Planning
- Risk Response Plan
- Risk Monitoring and Control
Module 9: Project Procurement Management
- Step 1 : Procurement Planning
- Step 2 : Solicitation Planning
- Step 3 : Solicitation
- Step 4 : Source Selection
- Step 5 : Contract Administration
- Step 6 : Contract Closeout
- Organizing for Contract Management
- Privity of Contract
- Foreign Currency Exchange
Module 10: Project Management Processes
- Ensuring individual integrity & professionalism
- Contributing to the Project Management Knowledge Base
- Enhancing individual competence
- Balancing stakeholders’ interests
- Interacting in a professional and cooperative manner
