Exam Preparation Course

Designed to prepare you for the rigorous CAPM & PMP® exam, this course covers the five PMBOK® Guide processes and professional responsibility. Focus on key concepts in each of the processes and professional responsibility. Answer sample questions formatted in a similar manner to the actual exam. Recognize the critical components involved and be ready to sit for your CAPM or PMP®.

By Knowledge Area:

1. Project Management Framework
1. What is a project?
2. What is Project Management?
3. Project management Context
4. Project Life Cycle and Organization
1. The project Life Cycle
2. Project stakeholders
3. Organizational Influences

 

2. Project Management Processes for a project
1. Project Management processes
2. Project Management Process Groups
3. Process Interactions
4. Project management Process Mapping

 

3. Project Integration
1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
3. Develop Project Management Plan
4. Direct and Manage Project Execution
5. Monitor and Control Project Work
6. Integrated Change Control
7. Close Project

 

4. Project Scope Management
1. Scope Planning
2. Scope Definition
3. Create WBS
4. Scope Verification
5. Scope Control

 

5. Project Time management
1. Activity Definition
2. Activity Sequencing
3. Activity Resource Estimating
4. Activity Duration Estimating
5. Schedule Development
6. Schedule Control

 

6. Project Cost management
1. Cost Estimating
2. Cost Budgeting
3. Cost Control

 

7. Project Quality Management
1. Quality Planning
2. Perform Quality Assurance
3. Perform Quality Control

 

8. Project Human Resource
1. Human Resource Planning
2. Acquire Project Team
3. Develop Project Team
4. Manage Project Team

 

9. Project Communication management
1. Communications Planning
2. Information Distributing
3. Performance reporting
4. Manage stakeholders

 

10. Project Risk management
1. Risk Management Planning
2. Risk Identification
3. Qualitative Risk Analysis
4. Quantitative Risk Analysis
5. Risk Response Planning
6. Risk Monitoring and Controlling

 

11. Project Procurement  Management
1. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
2. Plan Contracting
3. Request Seller Responses
4. Select Sellers
5. Contract Administration
6. Contract Closure

By Process:

1. Overview
1. Project management processes
2. Project management knowledge areas
3. Basic fundamentals
4. Process interactions
5. Exam structure and content

 

2. Initiating
1. Process definition
2. Project selection methods
3. Project charter
4. Assigning the project manager
5. Constraints and assumptions

 

3. Planning
1. Process definition
2. Core processes
• Scope planning and scope definition
• Resource planning, cost estimating, and cost budgeting
• Risk management planning
3. Facilitating processes
• Quality, organizational, and communications planning
• Risk identification, risk analysis, and risk response planning
• Procurement and solicitation planning

 

4. Executing
1. Process definition
2. Project plan execution
3. Quality assurance
4. Team development
5. Information distribution
6. Sollicitation
7. Source selection
8. Contract administration

 

5. Controlling
1. Process definition
2. Integrated change control
3. Performance reporting
4. Scope verification
5. Scope change control
6. Schedule control
7. Cost control
8. Quality control
9. Risk monitoring and control

 

6. Closing
1. Process definition
2. Contract closeout
3. Administrative closure

 

7. Professional Responsibility
1. Individual integrity and professionalism
2. Project management knowledge base
3. Enhancing individual competence
4. Balancing stakeholders’ interests
5. Respecting personal, ethnic, and
6.  cultural differences

 

8. Study Tips
1. How to study
2. Areas for specific focus
3. Question format

 

9. Final Assessment

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