Project Management Professional^®

Preparation Workshop

Updated to reflect the Third Edition of PMBOK^®, this course will provide an overall understanding of the application of project management processes. It will cover the project management framework, professional responsibility, product, and project life cycles. Nine knowledge areas covered include project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, and integration management. It will cover thirty-nine processes, their inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs.The Project Management Institute? Is process for certifying individuals for the Project Management Professional designation will be covered in detail.

Students will be registered for and required to use the on-line study aid,

to complete class assignments.

Upon completing this course students should be able to:

• Employ project initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes.
• Apply processes to manage project scope, time, and cost constraints and requirements.
• Proactively manage project risk, both threats and opportunities.
• Establish, monitor, and administer appropriate project quality standards.
• Manage third party procurements in support of project requirements.
• Manage project human and material resources efficiently and effectively.
• Communicate project information effectively with project stakeholders.

Course Agenda

1)   Day One Opening Activities

a)       Registration

b)       Distribution of Materials

c)       Objectives, agenda, ground rules

d)       Participant introductions

2)       The Project Life Cycle

a)       Project Initiation

b)       Project Planning

c)       Project Execution

d)       Project Control

e)       Project Closing

3)       Managing Scope in Projects

a)       Initiation

b)       Requirements Gathering

c)       Requirements Prioritization

d)       Scope Planning

i)         Scope Planning Exercise

e)       Scope Definition

f)         Scope Verification

g)       Earned Value

h)       Scope Change Control

4)       Day one Closing Activities

a)       Assignments – Reading & On-line

b)       Evaluation

5)       Day Two Opening Activities

a)       Assignment reports

b)       Distribution of materials

6)       Managing Time in Projects

a)       Activity Definition

b)       Activity Sequencing

i)         Sequencing Exercise

c)       Activity Duration Estimating

d)       Analogous Estimating

e)       Bottom Up Estimating

f)         Parametric Estimating

g)       Schedule Development

h)       Dependencies

i)         Diagramming Techniques

j)         Schedule Control

k)       Earned Value

7)       Managing Cost in Projects

a)       Resource Planning

b)       Cost Estimating

i)         Estimating Exercise

c)       Cost Budgeting

d)       Cost Control

e)       Earned Value

8)       Day Two Closing Activities

a)       Assignments – Reading & On-line

b)       Evaluation

9)       Day Three Opening Activities

a)       Assignment reports

b)       Distribution of materials

10)   Managing Quality in Projects

a)       Quality Planning

b)       Quality Function Deployment

c)       Quality Assurance

i)         Quality Measurements Exercise

d)       Quality Control

e)       Seven QC Tools

11)   Managing Human Resources in Projects

a)       Organizational Planning

b)       Staff Acquisition

c)       Team Development

d)       Earned Value

12)   Managing Communications in Projects

a)       Communication Planning

i)         Stakeholder Analysis Exercise

b)       Information Distribution

c)       Performance Reporting

d)       Earned Value

e)       Administrative Closure

13)   Day Three Closing Activities

a)       Assignments – Reading & On-line

b)       Evaluation

14)   Day Four Opening Activities

a)       Assignment reports

b)       Distribution of materials

15)   Managing Risk in Projects

a)       Risk Identification

b)       Risk Quantification

c)       Decision tree analysis

i)         Exercise

d)       Probability analysis

i)         Exercise

e)       The Merge Bias

f)         Risk Response Development

g)       Risk Response Control

16)   Managing Procurements in Projects

a)       Procurement Planning

b)       Contract Types

c)       Contract Risks

i)         Exercise

d)       Solicitation Planning

e)       Solicitation

f)         Source Selection

g)       Contract Administration

h)       Contract Close-out

i)         Dispute Resolution

17)   Day Four Closing Activities

a)       Assignments – Reading & On-line

b)       Evaluation

18)   Day Five Opening Activities

a)       Assignment reports

b)       Distribution of materials

19)   Managing Project Integration

a)       Project Plan Development

b)       Project Plan Execution

c)       Overall Change Control

d)       Earned Value Project Management

e)       System Construction

f)         System Implementation

i)         Criteria Selection Exercise

g)       Progress Reporting

h)       Phase and Gate Reviews

20)   Comprehensive review

21)   Day Five Closing Activities

a)       Personal Commitment Agreements

b)       Workshop follow-up

c)       Course objective review

d)       Certificates of Completion

e)       Evaluation