Practice of Project Management: The PMBOK® Way

More than PMP® Exam Prep

Course Description
Successful project management starts with a successful manager. This professional development course ensures just that.

For project as well as senior professionals, this course is more than just PMP® Exam Preparation. It assists in developing knowledge competencies to decipher the “PM Way” for global projects effectively. The course is aligned to the PMBOK® Fourth Edition to assist help participants learn how to plan, manage and control complex projects with international best practices.

It is designed for the unique needs of Project Managers and industry professionals where taking time away from work to attend day long workshop are a constraint. Moreover, this course is designed with time in between learning sessions to learn and assimilate along with guidance of an expert mentor and coach to answer questions.

Course Methodology
Course is delivered in both workshop and instructor led web sessions. The sessions are based around the Practice of PM Processes and real world experiences in form of case-lets to enunciate the key principles of PM. The participant will have access to the learning portal to view recorded lectures, content and assessments to reinforce learning.

Who Should Attend
• Managers and Project Team Members with at least 4-5 years of work experience in a project environment not necessarily as a Project Manager.
• PM Professionals who are taking the next step in their PM career, earning the Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation. This course along with access to the web based learning portal will facilitate exam preparation. Guarantee!

Objectives
At the end of the course, the participant will be able to:
• Define the PM terminologies and explain the PM Performance Tasks which are part of the PMs Professional Role as defined by PMI® PMBOK® Guide
• Explain the difference between project lifecycle and project management processes
• Explain how the initiation processes assists in aligning the customer needs and requirement to the project objectives
• Define the scope of project along with associated measures of success
• Explain the process of developing a schedule plan
• Explain the difference between Product Quality and Project Quality along with processes involved in quality management
• Differentiate between issues and the risks and explain the process of developing risk response plans
• Describe how to develop a communication plan taking into account the requirements for stakeholders
• Explain the project team development and management processes required during directing and managing project execution
• Describe the process of updating, monitoring and managing changes to a project plan
• Explain the difference between project progress and performance report
• Describe the processes involved in closing a project