Course Description

Charting Your Career from PM to PMP^® includes topics on project management best practices and the PMI^® PMBOK^®. Our course is intended for project managers who want to enhance their project management skills, become more familiar with the tenets of the PMBOK knowledge areas, and prepare for the PMP^® or CAPM^® certification exams. This course provides 35 hours of project management education. Our instructor has several years of experience teaching the course and has helped prepare over 1000 project managers for the PMP exam.

Prerequisites

Charting Your Career from PM to PMP^® is beneficial to learners who have a basic understanding of project management fundamentals and who are familiar with PMI’s PMP Certification Handbook.

Course Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be more familiar with:

·         Project management best practices supported by the PMBOK Guide

·         PMI’s Nine Knowledge Areas

·         PMP/CAPM certification requirements and the application process

·         Professional conduct and responsibilities

Course Content

Day 1 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

• Introduction
• PMI Overview
• The PMBOK Guide
• Certification Requirements
• The Project Management Framework
• The Project Management Processes
• Project Integration Management

Day 2 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management

Day 3 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Communications Management

Day 4 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

• Project Human Resource Management
• Project Risk Management

Day 5 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

• Project Procurement Management
• Professionalism
• PMI Code of Conduct
• Exam Perspectives
• Sample Questions

Course Materials

Registrants will be provided a student handbook, PMBOK Guide, 4^th Edition, Q&As for the PMBOK Guide, and PMP Exam Prep Book.

Testimonials

Here are a few testimonials from some of our students.

• "I attended the recent training provided by Project Trailblazers in Feb 1-5.  The instructor was knowledgeable and articulate. Your training prepared me well and I successfully passed the PMP exam this morning."
• "Excellent and lively presentation and content. Particularly useful was the wealth of examples from the instructor’s experience."
• "The test taking tips (were) very helpful as well as using real-life scenarios to relate to PMBOK."

Additional Information

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Free parking in the parking structure.

Metro accessible (Orange Line - Dunn Loring)  and shuttle service (Fairfax Connector).

Cancellation Policy

Registrants will receive a full refund (less processing fees) when Project Trailblazers receives a written notification 15 business days prior to the first day class begins. Send cancellation notification to info@ProjectTrailblazers.com.

"PMI^®", "PMP^®", "CAPM^®", and "PMBOK^®" are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. registered in the United States and other nations.

Project Trailblazers^® is a registered trademark of Project Trailblazers, LLC registered in the United States.