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The PMP Certification Exam Prep course provides participants with full preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certifications. The interactive course format provides participants with hands-on experience on all of the PMBOK® Guide, 5th Edition concepts, including comprehensive learning activities on each of the 42 project management processes.

This course also provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan and manage projects using Microsoft Project 2010.

PMP - Project Management Professional Certification
Microsoft Course 50413: Mastering Microsoft Project 2010

PMP - Project Management Professional Certification

This is not just a test prep course; we do not create paper PMPs. Get skills-based training developed using a proven methodology to meet your PMP goals while developing and reinforcing real-world project management skills.

Courseware includes: 360+ page course book featuring over 500 practice exam questions, Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs (ITTO) Review Worksheets for each of the 42 processes, and mutiple "Your Turn" sample problems. In addition, the courseware includes the convenient, 16-page, full-color Quick Reference Study Guide - a high-level overview of everything you need to know for the PMP exam!

Students will need to purchase the PMP exam directly from www.pmi.org after the class with proof of attending the course.

Who Should Attend

If you are in IT where PMs skills are becoming a necessity or if you are interested in or planning to get your PMP certification, you must take this course. The PMP certification is a great tool for:

Project Managers
IT Managers/Directors
Outsourcing Professionals
QA Managers/Directors
Application Development Managers/Directors
Business Analysts
Systems Analysts
Systems Architect

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a PMP Credential, you must first meet specific educational and project management experience requirements and agree to adhere to a code of professional conduct.

Educational Background	Project Management Experience	Project Management Education
High School Diploma or global equivalent*	7,500 hours in a position of responsibility leading and directing project tasks** and 60 months of project management experience	35 hours

*Applicants who hold a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent) are only required to have 4500 hours and 36 months of project management experience leading and directing project tasks.

**Project tasks are identified in the PMP Examination Specification within eight years from the date of application.

Not Just Test Prep – Skills-Based Training

Learn Project Management using the context of the PMI Process Groups - Study exam topics through the lens of the Nine Knowledge Areas

We Know You Have Experience:

The Project Management Boot Camp - PMP Prep course is constructed to help project managers master the material needed to obtain the PMP credential. It was designed with the recognition that because of the specific requirements of your organizations, practicing project managers (PMs) often have great expertise in some areas but would greatly benefit from the review of the entire project management field.

The Method:

The Project Management Boot Camp - PMP Prep course is divided logically into two parts - the first, to reinforce the PMs understanding of project management while at the same time introduction the PMI project management philosophy; and the second, to drill into you the specific topical knowledge needed to pass the PMP examination.

Using Your Experience:

The first part leads you through the Project Management Life Cycle using the context of the PMI Process Groups. It teaches project management the way it is practiced, from start to finish. This methodology builds on the student's existing knowledge base to enable you to adopt the precise language and standardized terminology of PMI and build real-world project management skills.

Preparing for the Exam:

The second part of the course looks at the specific skills of project management through the lens of the Nine Knowledge Areas. Special importance is given to those concepts, which historically have been emphasized by PMI, including memorization of guides and diagrams. Intense question review and focused memorization will be an integral part of this section.

Putting it all Together:

The Project Management Boot Camp - PMP Prep course is an intensive 4-day course. You need to come prepared to put in a full day, with study assignments in the evenings. Frequent practice exams, reviews and written exercises will enable you to master the test-taking skills needed for the PMP examination.

In-Class Practice Exams and Exercises:

In-class practice exams help you learn not only the project management knowledge, but also the nature of the Project Management Professional exam, the types of questions asked, and the form the questions take. Through practice exercises you will gain valuable information, learn how to rapidly recall important facts, and generally increase your test-taking skills. Specifically, you will:

Learn the subject matter of the PMP examination
Memorize the important test information that has a high probability of being on your examination
Develop time management skills necessary to complete the PMP exam within the allotted time
Leverage your existing Project Management Skills
Extrapolate from your real world experiences to the PMP examination subject matter
Learn to identify pertinent question information to quickly answer examination problems

20 Benefits of enrolling in the Project Management Boot Camp

Understand how to use Earned Value Analysis to keep a project on-budget and on-time.
Clearly define the scope of a project and effectively manage it throughout the project's life.
Learn the elements of a clear, concise project plan.
Minimize the risk of a project through proper risk management and risk response planning.
Learn the fundamentals of stakeholder analysis and how to manage stakeholder expectation.
Effectively communicate with project stakeholders at all levels.
Learn the five process groups that form the basis of the project management life cycle.
Understand the nine knowledge areas and how they apply to each of the process groups.
See how to properly fill out the Project Management Professional examination application.
Satisfy the educational requirement to sit for the PMP examination.
Understand the PMI terminology that will be used on the PMP examination.
See how Quality Planning can be used to ensure project success.
Know the subject matter that will be tested, the depth to which questions will be asked, and the emphasis that will be placed on each topic.
Understand how Present Value and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) are calculated and used as part of a Project Charter
Learn how to construct a dependency network.
Produce task time estimates that utilize best-practice and are consistently reliable.
Memorize key terms, equations, and graphs for the PMP examination.
Effectively translate previous project management experience to the PMI standards.
Understand how to determine and measure a project's Critical Path.
Develop a study plan to pass the PMP examination on the first try.

Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Introduction

Course Introduction
Project Management Framework

Lesson 2 - Project Management

Introduction to Project Management
Project Context

Lesson 3 -Initiating

Initiating Process Group
Develop Project Charter
Identify Stakeholders

Lesson 4 - Planning (Part 1 of 4)

Planning Process Group
Develop Project Management Plan
Collect Requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS

Lesson 5 - Planning (Part 2 of 4)

Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule

Lesson 6 - Planning (Part 3 of 4)

Estimate Costs
Determine Budget
Plan Quality
Develop Human Resource Plan
Plan Communications

Lesson 7 - Planning (Part 4 of 4)

Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Procurements

Lesson 8 - Executing (Part 1 of 2)

Executing Process Group
Direct and Manage Project Execution
Perform Quality Assurance
Acquire Project Team
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team

Lesson 9-Executing (Part 2 of 2)

Distribute Information
Manage Stakeholder Expectations
Conduct Procurements

Lesson 10 -Monitoring & Controlling (Part 1 of 3)

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Verify Scope
Control Scope

Lesson 11 -Monitoring & Controlling (Part 2 of 3)

Control Schedule
Control Costs
Earned Value and Forecasting

Lesson 12 -Monitoring & Controlling (Part 3 of 3)

Perform Quality Control
Report Performance
Monitor and Control Risks
Administer Procurements

Lesson 13- Closing

Closing Process Group
Close Project or Phase
Close Procurements

Lesson 14- Professional and Social Responsibility

Professional Responsibility and Code of Ethics

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Microsoft Course 50413: Mastering Microsoft Project 2010

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan and manage projects using Microsoft Project 2010.

To get the most from any project management software, the user must understand the project management techniques upon which the software is based. This course presents the most popular project management software in the context of how a project manager will use it. Participants in this course learn the functions of the software and the project management concepts which make the software effective.

This presentation begins with the basic concepts and leads participants through all the functions they'll need to plan and manage a small to medium-sized project, including how to level resources and capture both cost and schedule progress.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for both novice and experienced Project Managers and projects support personnel who need to apply the discipline of project management using Microsoft Project Professional/Standard 2010.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Understand the discipline of project management as it applies to using Project.
Learn how to leverage the new Graphic User Interface.
Create a Work Breakdown Structure.
Identify Task Relationships.
Define Resources within Project.
Make Work Package Estimates.
Create an Initial Schedule.
Create a Resource Leveled Schedule.
Manage and track the project through the software.
Format Output and Print Reports.
Integrate Multiple Projects.
Set up a Project with a Calendar, Start date, and scheduling method.
Understand Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule.
Manage multiple projects.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Mastering Microsoft Project

This module provides an overview of how the features of Project relate to the job of the project manager.

Describe how Project relates to the discipline of Project management.
Know the significant new features of Project 2010.
Navigate to the primary views available using the Ribbon.
Choose Views that display task, resource, or assignment information.
Select table within views to change the information that is available to see and edit.
Relate the features of Project to the 5 steps for building a plan in Project.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Have a fundamental understanding of how Microsoft Project will help them track their projects
Understand what is new in Project 2010 and how it will increase their productivity
Learn how the ribbon will help them get the most of out of this productivity tool
Learn how to quickly changes views and see what is going on with their projects
Understand the 5 essential steps in building a successful project plan

Module 2: A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project

This module demonstrates the steps required to create and use Project through the life cycle of a project.

Create a new project and prepare it for data entry.
Enter project tasks.
Sequence the tasks.
Define resources.
Estimate Task duration and assign resources.
Baseline the project.
Track project progress.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Prepare a new project plan and set the date and other basic information
Enter detail project information
Understand how to sequence tasks
Understand and Define resource types
Assign resources to tasks
Understand the benefits of baselining a project or specific tasks
Understand the basics of how to track project progress

Module 3: Setting Up a Project

This module explains how to create a new project and establish the basic constraints that Project will use for its calculations.

Establish one or more calendars to constrain resource availability.
Configure Project to calculate the schedule from the Start Date forward, or from the Finish Date backward.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Set up a Project Calendar
Make custom calendars
Establish the Project Date for the Project
Establishing and setting constraints on Project tasks

Module 4: Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule

This module explains how to how to manually schedule project tasks and how to leverage the auto schedule feature.

Describe which project functions are turned off for tasks using Manually Schedule mode.
Change the task mode from Manually Schedule to Auto Schedule and back.
Identify tasks that are in Manually Schedule mode by the task mode column and shape on the Gantt chart.
Describe situations that are particularly appropriate for using Manually Schedule.
Describe the limitations that a user must be aware of when using Manually Schedule mode.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand how to turn on Manually Schedule and Auto Scheduling.
Understand when to use Manually Schedule.
Understand the limitations of Manually Scheduling.

Module 5: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

This module explains how to create a useful work breakdown structure and enter it into Project.

Build and use summary and subordinate tasks.
Understand and use milestones.
Develop WBS Outlines.
Assign completion criteria.
Evaluate the WBS.
Understand and use WBS templates.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Build and use summary and subordinate tasks
Understand and use milestones
Develop WBS outlines
Assign completion criteria
Evaluate the WBS
Understand and use WBS templates

Module 6: Identifying Task Relationships

This module explains the rules for establishing dependency links between tasks and presents the features to use Project to establish and display these dependencies.

nderstand and use the types of task relationships.
Understand and use various methods to create relationships.
Determine and display task sequence.
Understand and use lag, lead, and delay.

After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand the rules for establishing dependency links between tasks and be able to use Project to establish and display these dependencies.

Participants will be able to use Project to:

Understand and use the types of task relationships.
Understand and use various methods to create relationships.
Determine and display task sequence.
Understand how to use Lag, Lead and Delay.

Module 7: Defining resources within Project

This module explains how to enter resources and specific resource information in Microsoft Project and assign resources to specific tasks.

Define individual resources that will be used on the project.
Record the cost (s) of using each type of resource.
Record the limit of availability for each type of resource by establishing a resource calendar and defining the maximum units of that resource.

After completing this module, students will be able to: enter resources and resource related information into Project.

Define individual resources that will be used on the project.
Record the cost(s) of using each type of resource.
Record the limit of availability for each type of resource by establishing a resource calendar and defining the maximum units of that resource.

Module 8: Making Work Package Estimates

This module explains how Microsoft Project calculates task duration, task work (effort) and task resources. Students will be able to choose among three task types as they enter task estimates and they will know which task type is appropriate for the type of estimate they are making.

Enter estimates for duration and costs for each task.
Distinguish between task types and describe when each is appropriate.
Describe the relationship between work, units, and duration.
Describe the way Effort Driven scheduling is affected by work, units, and duration.
Assign tasks to resources using the Team Planner view.

After completing this module, students will be able to: enter estimates for duration and costs for each task.

Assign values for resources, duration and labor.
Understand types.
Understand Effort Driven scheduling.
Understand material resources and their costs to a project plan.

Module 9: Creating an Initial Schedule

This module explains how Project calculates a schedule based on task relationships and task duration. Students will understand the purpose of identifying critical path tasks and will be able to identify schedule float within the project.

Calculate the Schedule: The Theory Behind the Software.
Critical Path.
Schedule Float.
Constraints.
Deadlines.
Task Relationships and Crashing a Schedule.
Milestones.
Task Inspector.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Calculate float and identify a project's critical path.

Module 10: Create a Resource Leveled Schedule

This module explains how over-allocated resources create unrealistic schedules and shows methods for rescheduling in order to create a realistic schedule based on resource availability.

Project Statistics.
Resource Graph and Resource Sheet.
Resource Usage View.
Resource Allocation.
Task Usage View.
Realistic Resource Planning.
Resource Leveling.
Leveling Settings.
Leveling Settings Defined - Leveling Calculations.
Leveling Settings Defined - Resolving Over-allocations.
The Leveling Gantt Demonstrates Results of Leveling.
Manual Leveling.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Adjust a project schedule to account for limited people and other resources.
View the overall cost and schedule of a project.
Identify resources that are over- allocated for a project schedule.
Use multiple ways to adjust tasks and assignments to remove over- allocation for any resource.

Module 11: Managing the Project

This module explains how to use Project to control a project. Students will save their plan to a baseline and see how entering actual task performance data enables them to view differences between planned and actual performance.

Tracking Field Definitions.
Creating the Project Baseline.
Displaying the Baseline on a Gantt Chart.
The Tracking Gantt.
Recording Progress Using % Complete.
Updating Task and Resource Status.
Recording Progress Using Actual Work.
Variance.
Percent Complete.
Cost.
Evaluating and Displaying Variance.
Scheduling interruptions.
Splitting tasks.Rescheduling Work.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Set a baseline.
Enter and manage project performance data.
Pick a tracking method.
Perform variance analysis.

Module 12: Formatting Output and Printing Reports

This module explains how to format the many views and reports available in Project.

Formatting the Timeline
Using the Gantt Wizard
Visual Reports
Standard Reports
Custom Reports
Editing a Custom Report
Reports
Copy Picture to Office Wizard
More Formatting for the Gantt Chart
Reporting Against Budget
Creating a Budget

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create standardized reports
Customize a variety of standard reports
Use Visual Reports
Export reports to a variety of formats

Module 13: Managing Multiple Projects

This module explains how to view many projects as parts of one very large project in order to gain new views on resource availability and task relationships among projects.

Integrating Multiple Projects
Consolidating Project Files
Resource Pools
Summary

After completing this module, students will be able to:.

Use common resources among multiple projects
Link tasks between projects
Create a consolidated view of multiple projects

Module 14: Advanced Topics

This module explains how to leverage some of the advanced features of Project.

Customizing WBS Prefix
Applying Grouping and Grouping customized Fields
Applying Filtering functions
Leveraging Global Templates
Identify resource delay within a Task
Applying Deadlines to a project

After completing this module, students will be able to: take advantage of the advanced features of Project.

Module 15: Summary

This module provides an overview of the topics presented in the course.

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