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Introduction |
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Project Management Framework – overview |
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– Overview of Projects and Project Management |
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– Project Management Lifecycle |
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– Role of Project Stakeholders |
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– Various Project Organization structures – including Functional, Matrix and Projectized organizations |
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– Program management Office – the concept and its organization |
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– Process Groups and their interlinkages |
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– Interaction of Processes across various Process Groups |
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Initiating Process Group |
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– Overview of Initiating Process Group processes |
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– Project initiation process |
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– Description of Various Project selection criteria |
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– Overview of ROI, Payback period, NPV and IRR methods |
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– Project Charter – contents and its importance in the Project Execution |
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– Preliminary Scope Statement – role in the Project |
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Planning Process Group |
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– Overview of Planning Process Group processes |
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– Role of various Management Plans in Project execution |
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– Importance of WBS in Project Management |
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– Schedule Development process |
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– Use of Mathematical techniques in Schedule development including Critical path determination |
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– Development of the Cost baseline for the Project |
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– Crashing, Resource Leveling, PERT etc |
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– Depreciation calculation techniques |
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– Description of various Quality Management tools – including Cost-benefit analysis, Design of Experiments |
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– Control Charts, Pareto diagrams etc |
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– Cost of Quality/ Non-Quality |
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– Contributions of Pioneers of Quality – including that of Deming, Juran, Crosby |
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– Development of the RACI Matrix/ Staffing Management Plan |
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– Communications Management Plan- contents |
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– Description of Sender Receiver models |
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– Development of the Risk register |
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– Role of PI matrix and RPNs in Risk Prioritisation |
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– Various Risk response strategies and their illustrations |
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– Procurement Management Plan |
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– Overview of Procurement process |
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– Description of various Contract types and their illustrations |
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– Project Management Plan – contents |
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– Role of PMIS in Project Planning, Execution and Controlling |
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Executing Process group |
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– Overview of the Executing Process Group Processes Importance of Quality Assurance in Project delivery |
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– Overview of Statistical and other techniques used in Project Quality Management |
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– Project team acquisition and Development |
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– Leadership styles of Project Managers |
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– Description of Theory X,Y,Z, Expectancy and Need based Theory |
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– Team – Conflict Management models |
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– Information Distribution models |
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– Management of Stakeholders’ expectations |
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– Seller Selection process |
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– Project Manager’s role in Directing and Managing a Project |
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Monitoring and Controlling Process Group |
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– Overview of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group processes |
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– Role of Scope Verification |
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– Application of Earned Value Management systems for Project performance reporting |
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– Role of Issue logs in Stakeholder management |
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– Overview of various HR theories concerning Team Management |
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– Management of Risks |
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– Contract administration and Control processes |
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– Configuration Management Control |
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– Role of Change Control Board (CCB) in Project Management |
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– Change Control process- management |
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– Role of Integrated Change Control in Project Performance |
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Closing Process Group |
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– Overview of Closing Process Group processes |
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– Updations to Organisational Process Assets |
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– Role of Project Manager in Administrative closure |
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Professional Responsibilities of the Project Manager towards |
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– Self |
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– Project |
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– Project stakeholders |
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– Project Management Profession |
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– Public |
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Tips for taking the PMP® examination |
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Mock test ( 200 questions)
(This test is QAI proprietary) |
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– Discussion of Mock test results |