Description

Project Management Professional (PMP®)

Duration: 35 hours/4 days | PDUs: 35
Learning Format: Classroom $1,995 | Virtual Classroom $1,895 eLearning $690.00

Course Description

This Classroom course is aimed at people who work, or would like to work, on projects on a daily basis and would like to achieve the PMP® Certification. More specifically, this course is for project managers who want to master the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and improve their skills in managing projects. The XA Systems approach to project management education is application driven. You will be immersed in project management through use of a comprehensive case study, exercises, examples and war stories. At the end of this program, you will be able to pass the exam and at the same time know how to use PMBOK® in practice as a project management professional. This program contains 14 highly interactive and modular course units. The course is enriched with engaging questions from real-life project situations. Through a series of sample-exam questions you will be optimally prepared to take and pass the exam.

Audience

Those considering adopting the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge
Project managers
Project team managers and leaders
Project coordinators
Project support staff
Project assurance staff
Project officers
Consultants and contractors

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will:
Be able to pass the PMP® Exam become a certified project management professional (PMP®)
Communication and stakeholder management
Gain the skills and knowledge of project management based on the PMBOK® Guide and real-life project management practices
Know how to use the tools and techniques you learned while studying for the PMP® exam
Apply project management techniques useful in the real world
Share a common lexicon of project management terms and principles

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for participating in the PMP® Exam Preparation course, however, there are specific prerequisites prior to scheduling the PMP® exam.

Eligibility requirements for registering for the PMP® exam

Educational background	Project Management Experience	Project Management Education
Secondary degree (High School)	Minimum of five years/60 months of unique, non-overlapping professional management experience during which at least 7,500 hours were spent leading and directing project tasks	35 hours of formal education
Four-year degree (Bachelor’s)	Minimum three years/36 months unique, non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4,500 hours were spent leading and directing project tasks	35 hours of formal education

Examination

The PMP® examination is comprised of 200 multiple-choice questions. Of the 200 questions, 25 are considered pretest questions. Pretest questions do not affect the score and are used in examinations as an effective and legitimate way to test the validity of future examination questions. All pretest questions are unmarked and randomly placed throughout the examination. The 200 questions cover the vast body of project management terms, concepts, principles, and application.
The time allotted to complete the exam is four hours, the exam is computer based. Pass/Fail results are provided at the conclusion of the exam.
There are no scheduled breaks during the exam, although candidates are allowed to take a break(s), if needed; however, during the break the clock continues to count down.
Enrolling and paying for exams is done through PMI. Training companies are not able to sell exam vouchers. For more information, download the PMP® Exam FAQ document or review the PMI PMP® handbook.

Agenda

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Unit 1 Intro to Managing Services Across Lifecycle	Unit 3 Organizational Challenges Critical Success Factors & Risks	Unit 4 ITSM Implementation Plan	Unit 5 Business Case
Unit 2 Strategic Assessment

Lunch
Briefing on the Assignment	Briefing on the Assignment	Briefing on the Assignment	Briefing on the Assignment
Presentation Feedback on Assignment	Presentation Feedback on Assignment	Presentation Feedback on Assignment	Presentation Feedback on Assignment
Homework (review of day’s material)