Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Click to edit Master subtitle style REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARATION

NEDAC Technical Seminar Presented by: S. Imran Ahmad, PMP

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Agenda ~ Seminar
Introduction 1st Session

Membership and Application PMP Preparation Q&A

2nd Session

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Agenda ~ Membership and Application

What is PMI? Membership Requirements Why Join PMI? Certifications Fees Certification Process Eligibility and Requirements Application Summary Q & A
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Introduction
Project Management Institute (PMI)

http://www.pmi.org
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Founded in 1969 Leading membership association for Project management professionals. Not-for-Profit based in Pennsylvania, USA 30 SIGs & 251 Chapters globally 260,000 Project management Professional PMP

PMI Membership

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PMI Membership Form

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PMI Membership Form

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Why Join PMI ?

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What Certifications PMI Offers?

Program Management Professional (PgMP) Project Management Professional ( PMP) PMI Risk management professional (PMI-RMP) PMI Scheduling Professional ( PMI-SP) Certified associate in project Management (CAPM)
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Examination and Renewal Fees

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PMP ~ Credential Process Timeline

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PMP Eligibility requirements

Educational background Projectmanagement Projectmanagement Experience Education

High school Diploma, Minimum five years non 35 contact hours of formal Associates Degree or overlapping project project management global equivalent Management experience education during which 7500 hours spent on Project Tasks.

Bachelors degree or global equivalent.

Minimum three years/36 35 contact hours of formal months of non Project management overlapping Project education management experience in last 8 years. during which 4500 hours spent on project tasks. 5/24/12

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PMP Eligibility requirements

Project Management Experience:

36 non-overlapping months of project management experience within the last eight years. That non-overlapping part means that if you worked on six projects throughout the month of January that only counts as one month of project management work, not six months. Eligibility requires project management experience in: initiating; planning; executing; monitoring and controlling; and closing processes. On a single project, you may not have experience in all five of the process groups, but must have collectively.

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PMP Eligibility requirements

Contact hours: contact hours can be achieved by completing courses, workshops and training sessions provided by one or more of the following types of educational providers:

PMI registered Education Provider ( REPs) PMI Component Organizations Employer/company sponsored programs. Training companies or consultants. Distance-learning companies, including an end-of course assessment University /college academic and continuing education program
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PMP ~ APPLICATION
Step 1: Contact/General Information Step 2: Education

level attained Step 3: Project Management Experience Step 4: PM Course

Highest

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PMP ~ APPLICATION
Project Management Experience
Start / End date Name of supervisor/Manager Project Role Job Title/Position Primary Industry Organization Details & Contact Info. Description of Responsibilities Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain
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PMP ~ APPLICATION
Project Management Experience
Description of Responsibilities

Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain

Initiating (5 Tasks) Planning (6 Tasks) Executing (8 Tasks) Monitoring & Controlling (4 Tasks) Closing (7 Tasks)

Deliverables Tasks No. of Characters

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PMP ~ APPLICATION

Save and Come Back

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SUMMARY
PMI ~ Membership

PMI ~ Certifications

Application Fees ($40, $129, + GST) Program Management Professional (PgMP) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Application Fees ($405, $555, +GST) Degree + 4500 Hrs + 35 Hrs Course

PMP ~ Requirements

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PMP Exam format

Process group Percentage of Questions Initiation Planning 11% 23% 27% 21% 9% 9%

Questions: 200 (175

Execution Monitoring & Control Closing Professional & Social responsibility

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+ 25) Examination Time: 4 Hours Tutorial Time: 15 Minutes

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Agenda ~

PREPERATION

PMBOK PM Framework Process Groups Knowledge Areas Scope Management What is a Process? Resources Q & A
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What is in PMBOK
Project Management Framework. 5 Project Management processes. 9 Project Management knowledge Areas. 44 internal processes. Input, tools & Technique, Output - ITTOs Professional & Social responsibility chapter

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Project Management Framework

Project: Project is a temporary endeavour which has definite start and end date and create a unique product or service. Program : Group of projects, their management is coordinated as they use the same resource. Or they are part of a large project broken down into small projects. Project Management: Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project.

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PM Framework contd,.
OrganizationalStructure

Functional Matrix Weak Matrix Strong Matrix Balanced matrix Projectized

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Functional Organization

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Weak Matrix Organization

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Strong Matrix Organization

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Balanced Matrix Organization

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Projectized Organization

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Triple Constraints

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Project management Processes & knowledge areas mapping

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Project Management Processes Groups

Initiation Planning Execution Monitoring & Control Closing

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Process groups
Initiation Process group: It is the process of defining and authorizing the starts of a NEW project or a new phase of a project. Planning process group: The most difficult and the most unappreciated process in project management. It includes the most processes. The main purpose of the planning is to facilitate execution

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Process groups
Execution process group: It includes the processes used to complete the work defined in the project management plans to accomplish the project requirements Monitoring & Control process group: It includes the processes that are performed to observe project execution so that the potential problems can be identified in timely manner and a corrective action can be taken.

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Process groups
Project Closing process group: It includes the processes used to formally terminate all activities of the project or a project phase, hand off the completed product to project sponsor or close a cancelled project

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Knowledge Areas
Integration Management Scope Management Time Management Cost Management Quality Management Human Resource Management Communication Management Risk management Procurement management

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Scope Management
Scope: The sum of all projects products Scope Management:
Includes processes required to ensure that project includes all the work required and ONLY the work required to complete the project.

Processes:

and their features. Limitations and inclusions of expectations.

Scope planning Scope definition Create WBS Scope verification Scope control

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What is a process ?

Input

Tools & Technique

Output

ITTOs
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Scope Management

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Resources for PMP Exam prep

PMBOK Ritas Book. Kim heldman book PMP project management Professional Exam study Guide PM_study yahoo group. http://www.pmhub.net Exam questions : http://www.pmstudy.com PMI- Lakeshore chapter membership

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Thank you and Good luck

Q&A

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Contact
S. Imran Ahmed Iahmed_us@yahoo.com

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Thank you and Good luck

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