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Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)

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This 40 hour class, instructor-led PMP training course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. You will learn essential skills and knowledge needed to pass the PMP® exam, while also working with real world scenario based questions. The course is based on the PMBOK® 3rd Edition published by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

About the Instructor:

Suresh Rajappa, PhD MBA PMP CSQE MCP

Suresh has over 15 years of experience in IT industry. He has trained over 65 professionals and 98% of them have passed the PMP certification exam in their first attempt. Instruction is designed to quickly and efficiently give you information, skills, strategies, and techniques to lead to successful preparation for your certification exam. This training includes 1000 problems that are solved in the class and another 10,000 (yes, ten thousand) practice questions will be provided.

Course Topics


Day 1 - Introduction

  Course Objectives
  What will you learn?
  Why Project Management?
  PMBoK
  PM framework
  Phases and Life Cycle
  Stakeholders and Organization
  Project Management Processes
  PM General Skills
  PMP EXAM TIPS

Day 1 - Integration Management

  Project Plan Development
  Project Plan Execution
  Integrated Change Control


Day 2 - Scope Management

  Project Initiation
  Scope planning
  Scope Definition
  Scope Verification
  Scope Change Control

Day 2 - Time Management

  Activity Definition
  Activity Sequencing
  Activity Duration Estimating
  Schedule Development
  Schedule Control

Day 2 - Cost Management

  Cost Estimating
  Resource Planning
  Cost Budgeting
  Cost Control
  Other cost concepts

Day 3 - Quality Management

  Quality Planning
  Quality Assurance
  Quality Control


Day 3 - Human Resource Management

  Organizational Planning
  Staff Acquisition
  Team Development
  Conflict resolution and techniques
  Leadership skills & styles
  PM Roles, Authority and Powers

Day 3 - Communication Management

  Communication Planning
  Information Distribution
  Administrative Closure
  Performance Reporting

Day 4 - Risk Management

  Risk Management Planning
  Risk Identification
  Qualitative Risk Analysis
  Quantitative Risk Analysis
  Risk Response Planning
  Risk Response and Control

Day 4 - Procurement Management

  Procurement Planning
  Solicitation Planning
  Solicitation
  Source Selection
  Contract Administration
  Contract Closeout

Day 4 - Professional Responsibility

  What a PM should do?
  What a PM should not do?

Each module will have a short 25-30 question exam and the answers are discussed in the class.

Current Schedule
Course Date
PMP June 9th
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QA Testing May 19th

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