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PMP® Boot Camp - Fourth Edition (formerly known as Project Management Professional - Preparation for Certification)

5 day - 40 PDU course

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Project Management field has experienced extraordinary growth in recent years. The number of people entering the field is increasing by the tens of thousands every year. What can you do to distinguish yourself within the growing field of project management? Project Management Professional® (PMP®) certification, through the Project Management Institute® (PMI®), is recognized worldwide as the standard for measuring an individual's core knowledge, understanding, and application of project management principles and practices. 

However, obtaining your PMP certification is not easy. The knowledge tested is wide ranging and complex. The “PMP Boot Camp” course, taught by a Project Management Professional, is specifically designed to prepare you for the PMP exam, both the knowledge tested as well as test taking techniques which could mean the difference between passing and not passing. 

Watch the promotional video.

NOTE:  IPDI also offers an online version of the PMP Prep course

COURSE OUTLINE

The course covers the following topics:

  • Initiating Process Group
    • 4.1 Develop Project Charter
    • 4.2 Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
    • 4.3: Develop Project Management Plan
  • Planning Process Group
    • 5.1: Scope Planning
    • 5.2: Scope Definition
    • 5.3: Create WBS
    • 6.1: Activity Definition
    • 6.2: Activity Sequencing
    • 6.3: Activity Resource Estimating
    • 6.4: Activity Duration Estimating
    • 7.1: Cost Estimating
    • 7.2: Cost Budgeting
    • 6.5: Schedule Development
    • 8.1: Quality Planning
    • 9.1: Human Resource Planning
    • 10.1: Communications Planning
    • 11.1: Risk Management Planning
    • 11.2: Risk Identification
    • 11.3: Qualitative Risk Analysis
    • 11.4: Quantitative Risk Analysis
    • 11.5: Risk Response Planning
    • 12.1: Plan Purchases & Acquisitions
    • 12.2: Plan Contracting
  • Executing Process Group
    • 4.4: Direct and Manage Project Execution
    • 8.2: Perform Quality Assurance
    • 9.2: Acquire Project Team
    • 9.3: Develop Project Team
    • 10.2: Information Distribution
    • 12.3: Request Seller Responses
    • 12.4: Select Sellers
  • Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
    • 4.5: Monitor & Control Project Work
    • 4.6: Integrated Change Control
    • 5.4: Scope Verification
    • 5.5: Scope Control
    • 6.6: Schedule Control
    • 7.3: Cost Control
    • 8.3: Perform Quality Control
    • 9.4: Manage Project Team
    • 10.3: Performance Reporting
    • 10.4: Manage Stakeholders
    • 11.6: Risk Monitoring and Control
    • 12.5: Contract Administration
  • Closing Process Group
    • 4.7: Close Project
    • 12.6: Contract Closure
  • Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

If you are responsible for completing projects/assignments on time, under budget with customer satisfaction then this course will benefit you and your company.

  • Advance the knowledge of Project Management and the understanding of its nine knowledge areas
    • Project Integration Management
    • Project Scope Management
    • Project Time Management
    • Project Cost Management
    • Project Quality Management
    • Project Human Resources Management
    • Project Communications Management
    • Project Risk Management
    • Project Procurement Management
  • Learn the materials necessary to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam
    • The course covers all of the process elements in the nine-knowledge areas
    • The course follows the flow of project management so you can better understand the project management process

 This course covers the following topics:

  • Project Management Framework
    • Basic project management definitions
    • Project Life Cycle
    • Organizational Structures
    • Introduction to the five process groups and nine knowledge areas  
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
  • Project Managers / Team Leaders
  • Team Leaders moving into team leadership positions
  • Key Team Members
  • Functional Managers
  • Process and Performance Improvement Team Members
  • Business Planning Personnel
COURSE LENGTH
Five 8-hour days, 40 PDU's 

Upon successful completion, you will receive an Integrated Process Developers, Inc (IPDI) certificate of completion.

COURSE SIZE
Up to 20 people in your company
COURSE COST
Contact IPDI for a proposal to bring this course to your organization.
LOCATION
See our Public Course Schedule for a course near you.

Training courses can be held at your company's location or training center.

PRE-REQUISITES
An open mind and a willingness to learn.
REGISTRATION
To schedule a workshop for your company, contact IPDI for a proposal to bring this course to your organization.
PMP EXAM and APPLICATION

The PMP Exam Application is a complex undertaking.  IPDI offers a free PMP Application Spreadsheet to help with this process

Please go to the Project Management Institute (PMI) website to learn about the specific PMP Exam registration requirements and to download the PMP Credential Handbook.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING NOTE FROM PMI: 

PMI would like to remind PMP applicants that in order for any candidate to apply for any PMI Credential all of the courseware needed for contact hours necessary to fulfill the Project Management Education requirements must be completed at the time of application.

Please do not submit a PMI Credential Application before you have successfully completed the course(s) used for the necessary contact hours needed to sit for the PMI Credential Examinations.

If it is discovered upon application audit, that an applicant candidate has not successfully completed the project management course before the date the application was submitted, then the application would be failed due to misrepresentation and applicant will not be able to sit for any PMI Credential Examination, including any existing examinations as well as any examinations PMI may offer in the future. For more information please refer to the handbooks on PMI Credentials on the PMI Certification Program Website