Course: Guide™ to Project Management and PMI-PMP Certification Exam
Modules:
Course Introduction, Your PMP Exam Journey - How Does It Look Like, Qualifying Criteria to Appear for the PMP Exam, Applying to the PMP Exam - What to Expect, Maintaining Your PMP Credentials, PMP Exam Content, Number of Exam Questions and Duration of the Exam, Exam Question Types, Exam Tips
The Big Picture of Project Management, The Six W's of Project Management, Example: Pyramid Project (Waterfall/ Predictive Approach), Example: Project Mortar and Pestle (Agile/Adaptive Approach), The Big Picture of Project Mortar and Pestle, Example: Project Mortar and Pestle by Drones (Adaptive/Agile Approach), The Big Picture of Project Mortar and Pestle by Drones
What Is a Project?, What Is Project Management, Delivering Value on a Project, System of Value Delivery, System of Value Delivery - Examples, Systems Thinking - Inputs, Outputs, Tools, and Techniques, The Matrix Environment, Enterprise Environment Factors and Organization Process Assets, Project Constraints, Process Groups, Integration Management, Stakeholder Management, Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost, HR, Quality, and Risk Management, Communication and Procurement Management, Knowledge Areas and Process Groups
Develop Project Charter, Project Charter Template, Digital Content Artifacts: Project Charter
Stakeholder Register Template, Digital Content Artifacts: Stakeholder Register, Identify Stakeholders
What Is Project Scope, Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Project Scope Baseline, Digital Content Artifacts: Project Scope Baseline, Microsoft Project as a Tool for Project Management, MS Project - User Interface Explained, MS Project - Entering Scope Items
Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, Critical Path Method, Compressing Schedule: Crashing and Fast-Tracking, Digital Content Artifacts: Milestones, N/W Diagrams, Dur. Est, Project Schedule, Microsoft Project - Entering Activities and Duration, Microsoft Project - Sequencing Activities and Creating Gantt Chart, Microsoft Project - The Project Schedule
Estimate Costs, Determine Budget, Digital Content Artifacts: Project Budget, Estimate Activity Resources, Digital Content Artifacts: Project Resources, Plan Quality, Digital Content Artifacts: Quality Metrics, Introduction to Risks, Identify Risks, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses, Digital Content Artifacts: Risk Register
Plan Communication, Digital Content Artifacts: Communications Plan, Plan Procurement, Digital Content Artifacts: Make/Buy Decisions, SOW
How Are Things Done on the Project, Develop Project Management Plan, Individual Management Plans, Digital Content Artifacts: Management Plans, Digital Content Artifacts: Project Management Plan, Direct and Manage Project Work, Digital Content Artifacts: Parts of Product/Service, Work Performance Information, Manage Project Knowledge, Digital Content Artifacts: Lessons Learned, Monitor and Control Project Work, Digital Content Artifacts: Change Request, Work Performance Reports, Perform Integrated Change Control, Steps to Perform Change Control, Digital Content Artifacts: Approved Change Requests, How to Control Cost - Budget at Completion (BAC), How to Control Cost - Planned Value (PV), How to Control Cost - Earned Value (EV), How to Control Cost - Schedule Variance (SV) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI), How to Control Cost - Actual Cost (AC), Cost Variance, and Cost Performance Index, How to Control Cost - Budget Forecasting - Estimate at and to Completion, Close Project or Phase, Digital Content Artifacts: Product/ Service, Lessons Learned, OPA Updates
Introduction to Principles of Project Management, Principle #1: Be a Diligent, Respectful, and Caring Steward, Principle #2: Create a Collaborative Project Team Environment, Principle #3: Effectively Engage with Stakeholders, Principle #4: Focus on Value, Principle #5: Recognize, Evaluate, and Respond to System Interactions, Principle #6: Demonstrate Leadership Behaviors, Principle #7: Tailor Based on Context, Principle #8: Build Quality into Processes and Deliverables, Principle #9: Navigate Complexity, Principle #10: Optimize Risk Responses, Principle #11: Embrace Adaptability and Resiliency, Principle #12: Enable Change to the Envisioned Future State
Definable Work Versus High-Uncertainty Work, Mortar and Pestle Chocolate Factory - Introduction, Inside the Mortar and Pestle Chocolate Factory: Production - Operations, Value Stream, Lead Time and Cycle Time, Technology Value Stream, Throughput, Requirements, Kanban, Kanban Board, Batch Size, WIP Limits
Introduction to Agile, The Agile Manifesto, User Stories, Product Backlog - An Inventory of User Stories, Project Lifecycles, Predictive Lifecycle, Iterative Lifecycle, Incremental Lifecycle, Agile Lifecycle, Lifecycle Continuum, Hybrid Lifecycles, Product Owner
Agile Mindset, Servant Leader, Agile Team, Role of a Project Manager in Agile environment
Iteration Planning - Backlog Preparation and Refinement, Demonstration/Reviews, Iteration Retrospectives, Daily Stand-Ups, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Minimum Marketable Product (MMP), MVP Example: Mortar and Pestle App, Scrum, Definition of Done, Story Points, Velocity
Implementing Scrum in 10 Easy Steps, Scrum Applied to the Mortar and Pestle Project - Introduction, Introducing the Mortar and Pestle Project Scrum Team, Create and Prioritize the Product Backlog, Refine and Estimate the Product Backlog Items, Estimation of User Stories in the Product Backlog, Sprint Planning, Make Work More Visible, Daily Scrum/Daily Stand-Up Meeting, Sprint Demo/Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Implementing Scrum - Wrapping-Up
PMP Exam Application - Account Creation and Entering Educational Credentials, PMP Exam Application - Entering Your Work Experience, Course Conclusion Message and Instructions to Obtain Course Completion Certificate