Lesson 1 -PMP Prep Introduction V3
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PMP® Certification Training Lesson 01—Introduction
This course is based on PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition PMP, PMI, PMBOK is a registered mark of PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE®
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Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
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Define PMI and PMP®
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Identify the application requirements for the PMP® examination Identify the guidelines to fill up the PMP® application
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Describe the PMP® exam outline and syllabus
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What are PMI and PMP®
The following are the terms you need to remember: ● PMI: Project Management Institute
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PMP®: Project Management Professional
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PMI is an organization; PMP® is a credential
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PMI writes and supervises the PMP® examinations
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PMP® credential is valid for 3 years
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PDU: Professional Development Unit
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PMBOK® Guide: A Guide to the Project Managem Management ent Body of Knowledg Knowledge e
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PMBOK® Guide is a textbook for the PMP® exam
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Application Requirements for the PMP® Exam Category
College/University
PM Training
Education
Hours Leading and
Months of PM Experience
Directing Project Tasks
One
Bachelor’s Degree
35 Contact Hours
4,500 hours
36 months within last 8 consecutive years
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High School Graduate
35 Contact Hours
7,500 hours
60 months within last 8 consecutive years
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PMI membership is USD $129 to join (plus USD $10 application fee). Renewal Renew al fee is USD $129. Once the exam fee is paid, PMI sends an Authorization Letter
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Some applications are randomly selected for “audit”
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Examination must be taken within a year of receiving the Authorization Letter
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R.E.P.: Registered Education Provider Application can be submitted online
For more details, refer refer to the PMP® handbook on www.pmi.org
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Guidelines to Fill Up the PMP® Application
Here are a few guidelines that will help you fill up your application: ●
Become a PMI member befo before re submitting the PMP® application;
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Enter the name and contact details carefully;
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In the “project experience” field, enter just enough information to meet the eligibility criteria;
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State the work done in brief – focus specifically on the work that YOU have done;
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“P rimary Contacts” mentioned in your application before submitting the application and make Contact all the “Primary sure they will be prepare prepared d to validate the experience if required during the audit;
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If you are not sure, ask an existing PMP® professional to review before before submitting.
If your application does get picked for audit: ●
Follow instructions received on email, collect evidence, and submit.
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About the PMP® Exam The following are the exam details: ● ●
Total durationof ofquestions: the exam is200. 4 hours. Total number Out of tthese, hese, 25 questions are considered pre-test questions used for future tests. Only 175 questions are scored.
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All questions are “multiple choice questions”, with only one correct answer answer..
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You get 1 point for every right question. There is no penalty for wrong answers.
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PMI grades students on each of the five process groups and assigns a grading of “Below Proficient”, “Proficient” “Proficient” and “Moderately Proficient” in each of the five process groups.
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The result (pass or fail) is determined by a combination of these grades. How many grades or number of points one has to score to pass the PMP® exam is not made public by PMI.
Pr Proj ojec ectt Mana Manage geme ment nt Pro Proce cess ss Gro Group up
Perc Percen enta tage ge of of Ques Questi tion onss
Nu Numb mber er of of Q Que uest stio ions ns
Initiating
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Planning
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48
Executing
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60
“PMP Examination Content Outline” on
Monitoring and Controlling
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the PMI website.
Closing
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For more details, please refer to the
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PMP® Exam Syllabus There are five process groups, ten knowledge areas, and forty-seven processes. The process groups are: ● Initiating ● Planning
The knowledge areas are: Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Quality Management Project Human Resource Management Project Communications Management Project Risk Management Project Procurement Management Project Stakeholder Management • • •
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Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing
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There are 47 project management processes. For instance, “Develop Schedule”, one of the processes, is a part of the “Planning” process group and the “Project Time Management” knowledge area.
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About this Tutorial There are a total of 15 lessons. This being the first one. The other lessons are: Lesson 2: Project Management Framewor Frameworkk Lesson 3: Project Management Processes Groups Lesson 4: Integra Integration tion Management • •
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Lesson 6: 5: Time ScopeManagement Management Lesson Lesson 7: Cost Management Lesson 8: Quality Management Lesson 9: Human Resource Managemen Managementt Lesson 10: Communication Management Lesson 11: Risk Management Lesson 12: Procuremen Procurementt Management Lesson 13: Stakeholder Manage Management ment Lesson 14: Process Group View Lesson 15: Professional and Social Responsibility
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Thank You
This course is based on PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition PMP, PMI, PMBOK is a registered mark of PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE®
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