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Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Validate your ability to lead and direct complex projects across any industry.

Course Overview

The Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the gold standard for project management professionals worldwide. This intensive course prepares you for the PMP exam by covering the latest project management practices emphasized by PMI, including predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches. You will delve into the three key domains: People, Process, and Business Environment, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to successfully lead projects in any industry.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand and apply the project management framework and lifecycle based on the latest PMI standards (including PMBOK® Guide concepts).
  • Master the knowledge and skills across the three PMP exam domains: People, Process, and Business Environment.
  • Effectively lead and motivate project teams (People Domain).
  • Utilize the technical aspects of managing projects, including predictive, agile, and hybrid methodologies (Process Domain).
  • Understand the connection between projects and organizational strategy (Business Environment Domain).
  • Fulfill the 35 contact hours of project management education required for PMP exam eligibility.
  • Confidently prepare for and approach the PMP certification exam.

Comprehensive Syllabus

  • Manage Conflict: Interpret conflict sources, analyze context, recommend resolution.
  • Lead a Team: Set clear vision, support diversity, value servant leadership.
  • Support Team Performance: Appraise performance, provide feedback, verify improvements.
  • Empower Team Members and Stakeholders: Organize around strengths, support task accountability.
  • Ensure Team Members/Stakeholders Are Adequately Trained: Determine required competencies, provide training/mentoring.
  • Build a Team: Appraise stakeholder skills, deduce project resource requirements.
  • Address and Remove Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers: Identify, prioritize, use network to implement solutions.
  • Negotiate Project Agreements: Analyze bounds, assess priorities, participate in negotiations.
  • Collaborate with Stakeholders: Evaluate engagement needs, optimize alignment, build trust.
  • Build Shared Understanding: Break down situations, survey stakeholders, support consensus.
  • Engage and Support Virtual Teams: Examine virtual needs, implement engagement options.
  • Define Team Ground Rules: Communicate organizational principles, establish environment, manage/rectify violations.
  • Mentor Relevant Stakeholders: Allocate time, recognize growth opportunities.
  • Promote Team Performance through Emotional Intelligence: Assess behavior, analyze personality indicators, adjust emotional state.
  • Execute Project with Urgency Required to Deliver Business Value: Assess opportunities, prioritize scope.
  • Manage Communications: Analyze needs, determine methods/frequency, communicate effectively.
  • Assess and Manage Risks: Determine risk management options, iteratively assess risks.
  • Engage Stakeholders: Analyze stakeholders, categorize them, engage during project.
  • Plan and Manage Budget and Resources: Estimate needs, manage budget/resources.
  • Plan and Manage Schedule: Estimate tasks, utilize milestones, optimize schedule.
  • Plan and Manage Quality of Products/Deliverables: Determine quality standard, recommend improvement options.
  • Plan and Manage Scope: Determine scope, manage scope creep, validate scope.
  • Integrate Project Planning Activities: Consolidate plans, assess dependencies, analyze data.
  • Manage Project Changes: Anticipate changes, use change management practices, determine strategy.
  • Plan and Manage Procurement: Define needs, manage contracts/agreements.
  • Manage Project Artifacts: Determine requirements, validate information, control artifacts.
  • Determine Appropriate Project Methodology/Methods and Practices: Assess needs, recommend approaches (predictive, agile, hybrid).
  • Establish Project Governance Structure: Determine structure based on needs.
  • Manage Project Issues: Recognize issues, recommend corrective actions, manage issue resolution.
  • Ensure Knowledge Transfer for Project Continuity: Discuss responsibilities, outline expectations, verify execution.
  • Plan and Manage Project/Phase Closure or Transitions: Determine criteria, validate readiness, conclude activities.
  • Plan and Manage Project Compliance: Confirm requirements (security, safety, regulatory), classify compliance categories, determine approach.
  • Evaluate and Deliver Project Benefits and Value: Investigate benefits, document agreement, verify measurement system.
  • Evaluate and Address External Business Environment Changes for Impact on Scope: Survey changes, assess impact, recommend options.
  • Support Organizational Change: Assess culture, evaluate impact, execute change management plan.
  • Understanding the PMP Exam Structure and Question Types (Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Situational, etc.)
  • Time Management and Exam Taking Strategies
  • Review of Key Concepts Across Domains
  • Full-length Mock Exams and Performance Review

Certification Exam

This course helps prepare you for the official Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

  • Exam Format: Multiple-choice, multiple responses, matching, hotspot, limited fill-in-the-blank
  • Number of Questions: 180 questions (175 scored)
  • Pass Mark: Not published by PMI (determined by psychometric analysis)
  • Duration: 230 minutes (with two 10-minute breaks)
  • Exam Type: Proctored exam (typically computer-based testing center or online)
  • Eligibility Requirement: Passing the exam is only one part. Certification requires meeting strict education AND project management experience requirements set by PMI (e.g., degree + 36 months leading projects OR high school diploma + 60 months leading projects, plus 35 hours of project management education/training like this course). Refer to PMI for exact, current requirements.

Quick Course Info

Target Audience: Project Managers, Program Managers, Team Leads, Project Coordinators, Business Analysts, anyone leading or directing projects.

Prerequisites: While no formal prerequisites for the *course*, PMP *certification eligibility* requires significant project management experience and education (see Exam section & PMI website).

Duration: Typically 5 Days / 35 Contact Hours (Verify based on offering)

Format: In-Person (Dar es Salaam) & Online Live options available.

Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP)® by PMI

What's Included

PMI Authorized PMP Exam Prep materials, 35 Contact Hours certificate, access to practice questions/exam simulator (specify if included), potential PMBOK® Guide access, Exam Application support (specify if offered).

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