PMP ® Exam Prep is designed to prepare students to successfully pass the Project Management Professional exam issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI ®). This course is also designed to satisfy the 35 hours of project management education (PDU ®) required by PMI ® in order to qualify to take the exam. The PMP ® is an internationally acclaimed professional credential which will open many doors for those who obtain it.

This four and one-half day course prepares attendees to pass the PMP ® Exam by helping them understand the following:

• PMI ® Specific Terminology – Learn how PMI ® defines and approaches project management.
• The Five Project Management Process Groups – Understand initiating, planning executing, monitoring and controlling and closing processes within project management.
• The Nine Project Management Knowledge Areas – Learn about integration, scope, time, cost, resource, procurement, communications, quality and human resources management.
• Inputs, tools, techniques and outputs – Understand how PMI ® defines and relates each of these processes to each other.
• Test preparation skills – Receive tips, tricks and help on how to apply, prepare for and take the PMP® Exam.

Participants learn PMI ® specific project management skills from certified PMP ® instructors and apply them to a simulated project that allows them to experience each process and knowledge area.

This course is based upon the Project Management Institute’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ®). It has proven very beneficial in preparing students for the Project Management Professional (PMP ®) certification exam.

Applied Hands-on Skills

• Learn the PMI ® approach to project management
• Understand the five process groups
• Develop skill in the nine knowledge areas
• Learn inputs, tools, techniques and outputs for project management processes
• Review critical test taking skills through practice exams and simulations
• Receive instruction using accelerated learning techniques

Course Materials include:

• PMBOK ® guide
• A course workbook which is over 400 pages and includes many study aids
• Additional accelerated learning study aids.

PMI ®, PMP ® and PMBOK ® are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute.