• Getting to know the participants
• Introduction to PMI®
• PMP® Certification – advantages
• PMP® certification – process and fees related information
• PMP® Application procedures – instructions on how to fill in the form
• PMP® examination – information on the split of questions, question pattern
• PMP® examination – Tips on how to prepare and take the examination (this theme will be reiterated throughout the course)
• PMP® – Fulfilling the CCR requirements
• Familiarization with course outline
• Familiarization with the protocols and timings
• Expectation setting and clarifications
• Introductory Quiz – to assess the current level of familiarization of the participants with PMBOK® concepts and assess the gaps.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTEXT

• Structure of PMBOK®
• Project Management vs. Product oriented Processes
• Description of five process groups in the Project Lifecycle and their interactions
• Characteristics and components of Process groups
• Mapping of Project Management Processes across the Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
• What are Projects?
• Projects vs. Operations
• Project Management
• Constraints and Assumptions
• The concept of Progressive Elaboration and Rolling wave planning
• The concept of Program Management and Portfolio Management
• The concept of Project Management Office (PMO)
• Types of PMO
• Tailoring PM Methodology
• Organizational Project Management
• Different Life cycles models – Predictive, Iterative & Agile
• Varying types of Project organizational structures – Functional, Matrix and Projectized – their advantages and disadvantages
• Project Management Business Documents
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Organizational Process Asset
• Introductory Quiz – Project Management Context.

​Demo:

• Sample Business Case

​INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT

• The role of Integration Management in Project execution
• Description of multiple ways in a Project can arise
• Project Charter – its characteristics
• Description of various Project selection methods – like mathematical models and financial criteria like ROI, NPV, IRR etc.
• Project Management Plan Development
• Contents of the Project Management Plan
• Managing Project knowledge
• Lessons Learned Register
• PMIS – its role in effective Project Management
• Directing and Managing Project Work
• The role of Configuration Management system in a Project environment
• Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
• Performing Integrated Change Control
• How to manage changes in a Project?
• Closing a Project ( or a Phase)
• Final Report preparation
• Emerging trends in Integration Management
• Considerations for Agile
• Quiz – Project Integration Management

Demo:

• Sample Project Charter

​SCOPE MANAGEMENT

• Project Scope vs. Product Scope and their interrelationships
• Importance of Scope Management Plan in the Project
• Collect Requirements process
• Requirement gathering techniques
• Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Define Scope Process
• Project Scope statement – how to prepare and update?
• WBS – its key role in Project Management
• Creating and Managing WBS
• Validate Scope process
• Scope Validation vs. Quality Control
• Control Scope process
• Emerging trends in Scope Management
• Considerations for Agile – Product Backlog
• Quiz – Project Scope Management

Demo:

• Sample WBS

SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

• Importance of Schedule Management in a Project environment
• Plan Schedule Management Process
• Define Activities process
• Sequence Activities process
• Multiple types of dependencies across activities
• Precedence Diagramming Method
• Estimating Activity Duration process
• Various duration estimating procedures – Top-Down, Bottom-up, Analogous, Parametric, Sprint planning meeting etc.
• The concept of Contingency in Schedule Management
• Develop Schedule Process
• The importance of calendars in the Scheduling process
• The importance of Critical Path in Project Management
• Critical Path computation and explanation of its characteristics
• Application of techniques like Fast tracking, Crashing, Resource Optimization, PERT etc in schedule development
• Use of Modeling techniques in Scheduling
• Agile Release Planning
• Schedule baseline
• Control Schedule process Revision of schedules
• Control schedule techniques
• Emerging trends in Schedule Management
• Quiz – Project Schedule Management

Exercise: Critical Path Method calculations

​​COST MANAGEMENT

• The importance of Cost Management in Projects
• Project Lifecycle costing vs. Product Lifecycle costing
• Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control
• Estimating Costs process
• Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control
• Analogous, Parametric and Bottom-up methods of Cost estimating
• Determine Budget process
• Cost Baseline and its management
• Control costs process
• Cost and Schedule Performance Indices and their use in Forecasting
• Emerging trends in Cost Management
• Cost Management in Agile Methodologies
• Quiz – Project Cost Management

Exercise: Earned Value calculations

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• Project Quality vs. Product Quality
• Concepts of Quality Management
• Project Management vis-à-vis Quality Management
• Current themes in Quality Management
• Planning Quality Management process
• Project Quality Management Plan and Process Improvement Plan
• Manage Quality process
• Perform Control Quality process
• Tools of Quality Control – including Control Charts, Cause and Effect diagrams, Stratification, Checklists, Histograms, Scatter diagrams etc.
• Cost of Quality/ Cost of Non-Quality concepts
• Emerging Trends in Quality Management
• Quality Management in Agile
• Quiz – Project Quality Management

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• Developing Resource Management Plan process
• Organizational Planning & Structures
• Description of OBS and RBS
• RAM and RACI Charts
• Team Charter
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Resource estimation techniques
• Acquire Resources Process
• Managing Virtual teams in a Project environment
• Building effective Project teams
• Develop Team process
• Importance of Trainings in Project team development
• Delegation for effective management
• Multiple stages of Team Development
• Manage Team process
• Interpersonal skills
• Conflict Handling – multiple models
• Control Resources process
• Conducting Performance reviews
• Trends in HR Management
• Agile considerations
• Quiz – Project Resource Management

​​COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

• Planning Communications Management Process
• Project Communications structures
• Communications requirements analysis in the Project environment
• Communication Channels in a Project
• Communications Management Plan
• Sender Receiver models in the Project environment
• Manage Communications process
• Communication Methods – Push, Pull and Interactive
• Monitor Communications Process
• Reporting Performance
• Obstacles in cross-cultural communication
• Trends in Communication Management
• Agile considerations
• Quiz – Project Communications Management

​​RISK MANAGEMENT

• Risk Management cycle in a Project environment
• Plan Risk Management process
• Importance of Risk Management Plan in the Risk Management Lifecycle
• Types of Risks which can impact a Project
• Identify Risks process
• Risk identification facilitators – Brainstorming, Delphi techniques, SWOT Analysis, Documentation Review, Checklist Analysis etc
• Risk Register preparation and updation
• Risk report
• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process
• Probability Impact Matrix and its use in Risk Management
• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process
• Use of varying Simulation Techniques
• Application of Decision Tree analysis and Sensitivity Analysis tools to Risk Management
• Plan Risk Responses process
• Strategies of Risk response for positive and negative risks
• Different types of Risks – Primary Risks, Secondary Risks, Residual Risks etc.
• Implement risk responses process
• Monitor Risks process
• Use of Risk Audits and Reserve Analysis for monitoring of Risks
• Corrective and Preventive Actions in Risk Management process
• Emerging trends in Risk Management
• Agile considerations
• Quiz –Project Risk Management

Demo:

• Risk Register

​​PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

• Why Procurement is important for Projects?
• Procurement Management lifecycle
• Project Manager’s Procurement Management responsibilities
• Plan Procurement Management process
• Make or Buy analysis
• Major types of Contracts – including FFP, Cost plus, T& M and their variations
• Risks associated with various types of contracts
• Importance of Procurement Management Plan
• Creating Procurement SOW and Bid Documents
• Conduct Procurement Process
• Source Selection criteria to analyze vendor responses
• Source selection process
• Bidder Conferences
• Use of Independent Estimates
• Contract negotiations process
• Multiple negotiation tactics
• Contracts – their legal implications
• Control Procurement process
• Contract change – how to manage them more effectively
• Procurement Audit and Inspection
• Claims administration processes
• Discharge of contracts
• Emerging trends in Procurement Management
• Agile considerations
• Quiz – Project Procurement Management

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Stakeholders in Project and their importance
• Identify Stakeholders Process
• Conducting Stakeholder Analysis – Power-Interest Grid
• Creating the Stakeholder Register
• Plan Stakeholder Engagement Process
• Stakeholder Engagement Levels
• Developing Stakeholder Engagement Plan
• Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement process
• Use of interpersonal skills in stakeholder engagement
• Control Stakeholder Engagement Process
• Monitoring effectiveness of stakeholder engagement
• Considerations in Agile
• Adjusting strategies and engagement modes
• Trends in Stakeholder Management
• Quiz: Stakeholder Management

Demo:

• Stakeholder Analysis
• Stakeholder Register

​​PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Professional Responsibilities of the Project Manager
• Professional responsibilities towards
  • Self
  • Profession
  • Stakeholders
  • Society
• Quiz: Professional Responsibilities