10-26-2015 - The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Boot Camp - Atlanta , GA

Part I — The Project Management Life Cycle

1. Introduction
An introduction to the format and scope of this project management training course

1. PMP Certification Boot Camp Process

2. PMP Certification: the Credentials
An overview of the PMI requirements for the PMP certification 

1. The Project Management Institute
2. The PMP Certification
3. Applying for the Examination
4. The PMP Examination
5. The Professional Code of Conduct
6. Test Subject Areas

3. Project Management Overview
An introduction to Project Management, what it is, and what it isn’t

1. What is a "Project"?
2. Project Portfolio Management
3. Programs versus Projects
4. Project Management Office
5. Project Phases
6. Project Life Cycles
7. The Process Groups
8. Knowledge Areas
9. Stakeholders and Stakeholder Management
10. Project Sponsor, Project Manager, Project Definitions

4. The Project Environment
An overview of the various organizational structures in which a project might operate

1. Organizational Types
2. Functional Organizations
3. Matrix Organizations
4. Projectized Organizations

5. The Project Management Life Cycle
The five process groups that make up the Project Management Life Cycle

1. Initiating Process Group
2. Planning Process Group
3. Executing Process Group
4. Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
5. Closing Process Group

Part II — The PMI® Knowledge Areas

1. The Knowledge Areas

The nine knowledge areas that operate within the five process groups

1. Project Integration Management
2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Time Management
4. Project Cost Management
5. Project Quality Management
6. Project Human Resource Management
7. Project Communications Management
8. Project Risk Management
9. Project Procurement Management

2. The Elements of Project Management

A detailed look at each of the Process groups by means of the Knowledge Areas

1. Initiating Process Group Inputs and Outputs
2. The Project Charter
3. The Preliminary Project Scope Statement
4. Planning Process Group Inputs and Outputs
5. Project Management Plan
6. Executing Process Group
7. Deliverables, Changes, Corrective Actions
8. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Inputs and Outputs
9. Integration Management
10. Integrated Management
11. Scope Management
12. Earned Value, Planned Value, Actual Value
13. Cost Performance Index, Schedule Performance Index
14. Closing Process Group Inputs and Outputs

3. Exam Memorization Guide
Useful memorization charts to aid in test taking

1. Plan-Do-Check-Act-Cycle
2. The Nine Knowledge Areas
3. Project Integration Management Activities
4. Project Scope Management Activities
5. Triple Constraints Model
6. Time Management Activities
7. Cost Management Activities
8. Earned Value Analysis
9. Quality Management Activities
10. Pareto Diagram
11. Sigma Values
12. The Control Chart
13. Ishikawa Diagram
14. Quality versus Grade
15. Human Resource Management Activities
16. Communications Management Activities
17. Risk Management Activities
18. Risk Responses
19. Procurement Management Activities