PMP® Certification Preparatory Course
Why PMP®?
In today’s flexible organization, the boundaries between functions are becoming less defined. You are most probably becoming more involved in working on cross-functional projects or leading global teams, even though your title is not necessarily ‘project manager’.
To be effective in this capacity, you need to acquire knowledge, skills and other competences which extend beyond your formal role. Every day we hear of a project that has escalated in cost or has been repeatedly delayed. What is even worse (and often unreported), is that many completed projects leave their ultimate business users unsatisfied.
Could we do better? Definitely! This project management course will enable you to anticipate and cope with issues and problems that you may meet.
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The course is particularly addressed to:
- Managers and executives who already have practical knowledge and experience in project management
- Heads of project teams and team members
- Anyone who would like to systematize their knowledge of project management and obtain the international PMP® certificate
Fundamental Definitions
- Project, program, portfolio management
- Operations and projects
- Project lifecycles
The Environment of Projects
- Internal and external influences on projects
- Organizational structures and governance
The Role of The Project Manager
- Integration on multiple levels
- The project manager’s sphere of influence
The Predictive – Adaptive Scale
- Business documents
- Connection to strategy for both approaches
- Project selection methods
- Product and value
- Benefits of the predictive approach
- Benefits of the adaptive approach
- The dangers of fake agile
The Project Management Processes
- Project management process groups
- Integration management
- Scope management
- Schedule management
- Resource management
- Cost management
- Quality management
- Communications management
- Risk management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Procurement management
- Managing project changes
- Managing project knowledge
- Managing project / phase closure
People and Teams
- Managing conflict
- Leading a team
- Managing team performance
- Empowering team members
- Managing skills and competences
- Addressing impediments and obstacles
- Negotiating project agreements
- Collaborating with project stakeholders
- Engaging and supporting virtual teams
- Mentoring stakeholders
- Using emotional intelligence for team performance
Professional Responsibility and Code of Ethics
We recommend this optional item giving you access to more than 2200 questions to help participants with individual preparation after the course:
- PrepCast PMP Exam Simulator:
https://www.project-management-prepcast.com/pmp-exam/the-pmp-exam-simulator
We are partners with PrepCast, so we can offer total flexibility with this: participants can decide whether they sign up or not up until the last day of the course. The cost will be added to our final invoice based on the number of licenses needed.
PMP® Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible for the PMP® credential, participants must meet certain educational and professional experience requirements, listed in the following tables:
| Educational Background | 4-year degree |
| Project management experience | 36 months of experience leading projects |
| Project management training | 35 hours, covering the exam content outline |
or
| Educational Background | High school diploma or global equivalent |
| Project management experience | 60 months of experience leading projects |
| Project management training | 35 hours, covering the exam content outline |
Balazs Horvath - a recognized expert in project and business management with more than a decade of experience in various industries around the world. Balazs is an expert in both predictive and adaptive project management.
Benefit from the knowledge of our experts
Access to articles and know-how is free of charge. Learn about our working methodology – transferring knowledge through real-life examples:
What is the everyday's agenda?
We will follow a similar schedule on all five days:
8:30 – The virtual classroom opens, feel free to join to make sure no technical problems hinder your participation
9:00 – Course start
~12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch break
17:00 – Course end
Besides the longer lunch break, you will have 10 mins of break every hour.
What's included in the price?
The course material is a digital, printable PDF that you can either follow on your screen or print if you prefer. You will also receive access to The PMP Exam Simulator – a questions database with 2200+ questions, up to date to the current requirements of the exam. This is going to be your most important resource for the individual preparation for the exam. On the course, we also discuss the paid PMI membership that includes the PMBOK in a legal, downloadable format, and how it could be accessed at no extra cost when you are preparing for the exam.
Is this questions database something like Rita’s PMP Exam Prep book?
No, it is more like RMC’s FASTrack. We found this to be a lot more useful than anything in a book format because you can practice for the exam exactly how it will be conducted. It also contains more than 2200+ questions compared to Rita’s book which contains 400+. We provide this database through a trusted, internationally renowned partner, and you can find all the details on the following website:
https://www.project-management-prepcast.com/pmp-exam/the-pmp-exam-simulator
Are the simulator questions from the previous year's exam or are they different?
PMI never publishes their questions, so all such simulators try to go as close as possible using various ways of coming up with similar questions, based on the Exam Content Outline PMI publishes. It is continuously updated to any changes PMI makes to their exam.
Is PMI membership for the year (January – December) or 12 months from the day you sign up?
Membership is for 12 months, regardless of when you sign up.
How long does it take after completing the course before I can take the exam?
Best case scenario – in three weeks after the course (you are already prepared, your application is accepted immediately, you sign up for the closest date once eligible).
Worst case scenario – in two and a half months after the course (your application is selected for an audit – it is random and takes about two months to complete).
Does the PMI check experience?
Every submitted application is checked for experience. About 10% of applications are selected for an in-depth audit – it is random and takes about two months to complete.
How long does it take to prepare for the exam after the course?
Individual preparation after the course takes about 20-40 hours of honest work, best spent running fully simulated tests using the question database.
