Project Management Professional (PMP)

Overview

If you are taking this course, you probably have some professional exposure to the duties of a project manager, or you may be considering embarking on a career in professional project management. Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management-both on the job and through professional certification-is becoming the standard to compete in today‟s fast-paced and highly technical workplace. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to successfully manage projects.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to successfully manage projects. They will:

• Get started with project management fundamentals.
• Identify organizational influences and project life cycle.
• Work with project management processes.
• Initiate a project.
• Plan a project.
• Plan for project time management.
• Plan project budget, quality, and communications.
• Plan for risk, procurements, and stakeholder management.
• Execute a project.
• Manage project work, scope, schedules, and cost.
• Control a project.

For Organization

• The PMP® program is the first professional certification program in the world to attain International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 recognition, a globally recognized mark of quality management systems.
• PMI® has provided project management certifications for over 25 years, and the PMP® credential was the first one designed specifically for project managers.
• The aim of the PMP® Certification exam and its attendant requirements is to provide consumers of these services with some assurance that the person or people delivering the project management service meet independently verified standards

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​For Individuals

• This recognition is seen through increased marketability to employers and higher salaries; according to the PMI® Project Management Salary Survey–Seventh Edition, certification positively impacts project manager salaries. Current survey estimates are 15-20% more.
• The PMI® certification program supports professional growth and advancement while building greater project management knowledge and skills.
• The PMP® certification reflects best practices in the discipline of project management, not anyone standard or industry. This provides better transferability between organizations and industries. Credential holders can have confidence that the PMP® credential provides a baseline recognized in a variety of organizations, industries, and methodological approaches.
• Since PMI® maintains such rigorous practices to keep its certification program relevant and validated; you never have to worry about a PMI certification becoming ​