PMP: Project Management Professional (Based on PMBOK 5)

What Is a Project?

• Is It a Project?
• What Is Project Management?
• Skills Every Good Project Manager Needs
• Understanding Organizational Structures
• Understanding Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Creating the Project Charter

• Exploring the Project Management Knowledge Areas
• Understanding How Projects Come About
• Kicking Off the Project Charter
• Formalizing and Publishing the Project Charter
• Identifying Stakeholders
• Introducing the Kitchen Heaven Project Case Study
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Developing the Project Scope Statement

• Developing the Project Management Plan
• Plan Scope Management
• Collecting Requirements
• Defining Scope
• Writing the Project Scope Statement
• Creating the Work Breakdown Structure
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Creating the Project Schedule

• Creating the Schedule Management Plan
• Defining Activities
• Understanding the Sequence Activities Process
• Estimating Activity Resources
• Estimating Activity Durations
• Developing the Project Schedule
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Developing the Project Budget and Communicating the Plan

• Creating the Project Cost Management Plan
• Estimating Costs
• Establishing the Cost Baseline
• Understanding Stakeholders
• Communicating the Plan
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Risk Planning

• Planning for Risks
• Planning Your Risk Management
• Identifying Potential Risk
• Analyzing Risks Using Qualitative Techniques
• Quantifying Risk
• Developing a Risk Response Plan
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Planning Project Resources

• Procurement Planning
• Developing the Human Resource Management Plan
• Quality Planning
• Bringing It All Together
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Developing the Project Team

• Directing and Managing Project Work
• Acquiring the Project Team
• Developing the Project Team
• Managing Project Teams
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Conducting Procurements and Sharing Information

• Conducting Procurements
• Laying Out Quality Assurance Procedures
• Managing Project Information
• Managing Stakeholder Engagement
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Measuring and Controlling Project Performance

• Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
• Controlling Procurements
• Controlling Communications
• Managing Perform Integrated Change Control
• Controlling Stakeholder Engagement
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Controlling Work Results

• Monitoring and Controlling Risk
• Managing Cost Changes
• Monitoring and Controlling Schedule Changes
• Utilizing Control Quality Techniques
• Validating Project Scope
• Controlling Scope
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Closing the Project and Applying Professional Responsibility

• Formulating Project Closeout
• Closing Out the Project
• Closing Out the Procurements
• Balancing Stakeholders' Interests at Project Close
• Professional Responsibility
• Applying Professional Knowledge
• Understanding How This Applies to Your Next Project
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Appendix A: Exam Objective Mapping

Appendix B: Process Inputs and Outputs