Project Management Professional (PMP – 6th Edition)

Want to take your project management skills to the next level?

Why not become a PMP-certified professional? With PMP certification, you can enhance your project management knowledge, gain credibility and recognition, and advance your career in the field.

Today’s complex business environment demands a project professional versed in multiple approaches, who can drive successful business outcomes. PMI’s mission with the PMP certification is to help you build the skills that enable the right approach for the right project.

The 6th edition of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide is the first time PMI includes specific and detailed information about agile approaches to project management.

The Agile Practice Guide is a fitting companion, serving as a bridge that connects Waterfall and Agile. Together they are a powerful tool, regardless of your practice preferences. PMBOK Guide – 6th Edition + Agile Practice Guide PMI is pleased to present this dynamic duo to help you pinpoint the right mix of approaches and drive your project to successful outcomes. This course is most beneficial for project managers, team leads, project associates, project assistants/engineers, software developers or any individual aspiring to be a project manager. Managers who want to enhance their skills and boost their earning potential can also learn project management skills online in this intensive project management professional training.

PMP Course Syllabus (PMBOK 6th Edition)Module 1. Introduction to project management

• Basic definitions
• Project, program, portfolio, and operations management
• Different development life cycles
• PMBOK 5 Process Groups
• PMBOK 10 Knowledge areas
• PMBOK 49 processes

Module 2. The environment in which projects operate

• Enterprise environmental factors
• Organizational process assets
• Project-oriented, functional, and matrix structures
• Project management office

Module 3. The role of the project manager

• Project manager’s competencies
• Leadership and management skills
• Leadership styles
• Different forms of powers

Module 4. Project integration management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project integration management – total 7 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 5. Project scope management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project scope management – total 6 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 6. Project schedule management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project schedule management – total 6 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 7. Project cost management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project cost management – total 4 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 8. Project quality management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project quality management – total 3 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 9. Project resource management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project resource management – total 6 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 10. Project communications management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project communication management – total 3 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 11. Project risk management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project risk management – total 7 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 12. Project procurement management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project procurement management – total 3 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and techniques
  • Outputs

Module 13. Project stakeholders management

• Key concepts
• Trends and emerging practices
• Tailoring considerations
• Considerations for agile/adaptive environments
• Project stakeholders management – total 4 processes
  
  • Inputs
  • Tools and Techniques, Outputs

Prerequisites

• Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
• 7,500 hours leading and directing projects
• 35 hours of project management education

OR

• Four-year degree
• 4,500 hours leading and directing projects
• 35 hours of project management education