Project Management Professional Certification 2011 - Online Course

The more important a project, the more it needs a standardized system to plan and organize it to be completed efficiently. The Project Management Institute’s PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is the industry-leading standard for verifying a project manager’s ability to successfully shepherd projects from beginning to end. This study guide will prepare you to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close a project using project quality standards as laid out in the fourth edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This series of courses will address all the objectives needed to pass the updated Project Management Professional Certification 2011.

This series is for anyone preparing for the PMP certification exam or anyone who wants an introduction to the principles and processes of Project Management. This online course contains 7 lessons and 1 practice exams and should take approximately 12 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Updates to the Certification Exam (1.0) hour

Updates to the Certification Exam teaches you how to describe the changes to the PMP certification exam. This course provides information about the 2011 update to the Project Management Professional exam. Topics include Exam Updates.

Lesson 2: Project Management Framework and Initiating the Project (2.0) hours

Project Management Framework and Initiating the Project teaches you how to describe the mapping of the 42 project management processes to the five project management process groups and the nine project management knowledge areas, identify the differences between functional, matrix and projectized organizations, understand the importance of Project Initiation, and identify the two general types of project selection methods. This course provides an introduction to Project Management, the Project Management Framework, and Project Initiation. Topics include Project Management Basics, Project Management and Related Areas, General Management and Project Constraints, Project Management Processes, The Importance of Project Initiation, Project Selection Methods, and Stakeholder Identification.

Lesson 3: Project Planning Processes (2.0) hours

Project Planning Processes teaches you how to summarize information about the Planning Process Group, explain what makes a WBS so important to a project, explain how the activity processes in the Planning Process Group affect the project schedule, identify some common pitfalls that apply to cost estimation, describe how effective risk management can impact a project, and explain the importance of good communication skills. This course provides an introduction to the Planning Process Group and the activities that take place within that group. This includes development of the project management plan, the WBS, and the project schedule. Topics include The Planning Process Group, Work Breakdown Structure, The Activity Processes, Schedule Development, Estimating Costs and Determining a Budget, Risk Management Principles and the PMI Philosophy, and Communications Planning.

Lesson 4: Project Execution and Quality Management (2.0) hours

Project Execution and Quality Management teaches you how to define a project management plan, list the key PMI quality management principles, describe the tools and techniques for developing a project team, discuss the Distribute Information process, recognize who is responsible for managing stakeholder expectations, and define Project Procurement Management. This course provides an introduction to the Executing Process Group and the project management processes that make up this group. Topics include Direct and Manage Project Execution, Project Quality Management and the PMI Philosophy, Perform Quality Assurance, Developing a Project Team, Distribute Information, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, and Procurement Management Principles and the PMI Philosophy.

Lesson 5: Project Monitoring and Control (1.0) hour

Project Monitoring and Control teaches you how to summarize the Perform Integrated Change Control process, describe Project Scope Management, list the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs to Verify Scope and Control Scope, explain how Monitor and Control Risks fits within Project Risk Management, and describe the purpose of performance reporting. This course provides information about the project management Monitoring and Controlling Process Group processes. Topics include Performing Integrated Change Control, Project Scope Management, Performing Quality Control and Monitoring Risks, and Reporting Performance.

Lesson 6: Project Closing (1.0) hour

Project Closing teaches you how to describe the two processes that compose the Closing Process Group, identify the documents that are considered a part of procurement documentation, list the criteria necessary to ensure project closure, describe the importance of lessons learned, and describe the methods for ending a procurement or project. This course provides information about the project management Closing Process Group. It also covers procurement documentation and dealing with closing procurement contracts. Topics include Closing the Project, and Project Closure Criteria.

Lesson 7: Professional Responsibility (1.0) hour

Professional Responsibility teaches you how to define conflict of interest, list the four values most important to the global project management community, explain the difference between aspirational and mandatory standards, and discuss the criteria that must be met to file an ethics complaint. This course provides information about the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the values that support the Code. Topics include What Is Professional Responsibility, Responsibilities to the Profession, and Additional Responsibilities.

1 Practice Exam

This course provides information on preparing to take the PMP certification exam. It also contains two practice exams.