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Agenda - PMP Certified
• Welcome to the class. Instructor and PMP candidate introductions
• Changes to the new exam format
• Key themes for the exam
• Agile themes and strategies
• FEARDUI and other question types
• Review Project Framework - Chapter 2
• Foundational project management definitions
• Review the five Project Management Process Groups
• Differences between Projects, Programs and Portfolios
• Traditional versus Agile approaches to project management
• Agile development terms and definitions
• Scrum and other agile methodologies
• Review Knowledge Areas, Processes and Key ITTO - Chapter 3
• Listing key Knowledge Areas
• What you need to know about Inputs, Tools, Techniques and Outputs
• Mapping the major processes by knowledge area
• Common inputs and common documents
• Review Integration Management - Chapter 4
• Listing the components of a good project management plan
• Agile and Integration Management Concepts
• ECO, New PMP Exam and Integration Management
• Wrap Up/Review
Topics
• Review Project Scope Management - Chapter 5
• Understanding the key ITTO of the Scope Management knowledge area
• Traditional (Predictive) Scope Management
• Key tools for collecting project requirements
• Key outputs for Scope Management
• Decomposition within Agile
• Review Project Schedule Management - Chapter 6
• Defining network diagrams, critical path and possible test topics
• Techniques for tracking the schedule
• Release estimating methods
• Network diagramming and other supplemental techniques
• Review Project Cost Management - Chapter 7
• Cost estimating techniques in Traditional and Agile projects
• Cost budgeting and funding requirements
• Agile cost planning and budgeting
• Earned Value Analysis and Agile EVA
• Review Project Quality Management - Chapter 8
• Quality Management themes and definitions
• Understanding the key ITTO of the Quality Management knowledge area
• Manage quality tools and techniques
• Wrap Up/Review
Topics
• Review Project Human Resources Management - Chapter 9
• Plan Resource Management and the responsibility matrix
• Describing how to create staffing and human resource plans
• Listing the stages of team development and team theory
• Resource Management tools and techniques
• Agile concepts for team development
• Review Project Communications Management - Chapter 10
• Dimensions of communications
• Listing the components of a communications management plan
• Describing stakeholders and perform stakeholder analysis
• Tools, techniques and methods of communications
• Review Project Risk Management - Chapter 11
• Understanding the various categories of risk and how tested on the exam
• Describing risk planning and response strategies
• Risk Breakdown Structure and the Risk Management Plan
• Wrap Up/Review
Topics
• Review Project Procurement Management - Chapter 12
• Detail the key inputs, tools, techniques and outputs of procurement
• Define various contract types and legal terms needed for the exam
• Centralized and decentralized contracting
• Conduct Procurements in an Agile environment
• Understanding Project Stakeholder Management - Chapter 13
• Create a stakeholder register and engagement matrix
• Plan and control stakeholder engagement
• Stakeholder tools, techniques and methods
• Stakeholder engagement in an Agile environment
• Wrap Up/Review
• Discussing Professional Responsibility - Chapter 14
• Understanding how ethics might be tested on the exam
• Grasping the meaning of Professional and Social Responsibility
• Ethics Discussion and Review
• Wrap Up/Review
Taking the Exam
Every participant receives a 2000-question Practice Test Simulator that allows you to practice the exam hundreds of times. Additionally, your PMP®-certified Academic Adviser is available to help with any final test preparation details.
Pearson Testing administers the real PMP exam and offers the exam every day of the week except Sunday. To those affected by COVID-19 pandemic, Pearson allows in-home testing as well. Be sure to work with your adviser to determine the best day to take the actual PMP exam. Ideally, your exam date should be a day with minimal work/family distraction. In short, you can take the exam at any time post-class. Just be sure to do so within four weeks of class completion.
Pass the First Time Guarantee
If you don't pass the first time, take our class again for free. Continue your full access to all course materials and custom simulators while receiving detailed test-taking advice and professional support from your PMP-certified adviser.
Should you not pass the PMP exam in three attempts, our 100% Pass Guarantee covers a full tuition refund. The only catch? You have to take your first test within 4 weeks and any retakes within 8 weeks (while you still remember the material).
What is PMP Certification?
Getting the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a two-part process. First, there is an application that you need to submit to the Project Management Institute (PMI). The application requires you to document time working on projects within the last eight years. Additionally, you should have completed 35 hours of project management-related training or education. PMI details everything in full in their handbook.
If you think you meet these requirements, then you can submit your application from the PMI website. The online application has an auto-save function so you can come back to it. Once submitted, an employee of the Project Management Institute will review your application. Typically, the reviewer takes about five business days to review your application. Once approved, you will receive an e-mail from PMI. In the email will be an eligibility code. You will need this code to pay for and schedule your exam with Pearson Testing Center.
How is the PMP exam administered?
The PMP exam is a non-adaptive, computer based exam of 180 multiple choice questions. Administered by an independent testing administrator (Pearson), each exam question has one correct answer. You have 230 minutes to complete the exam. Most test-takers finish the exam with a little time to spare. Each question has a level of difficulty assigned to it by PMI. The “mix” of difficult and easy questions determines how many questions you need to answer correctly. At the end of the four hours, your exam will be graded immediately and you will receive your scores. The scores are the following:
- Needs Improvement
- Below target
- Target
- Above target
It is possible to receive a below target score in one area and still pass. However, you will need to offset that below proficient score with higher scores in all other areas.
How should I study for the PMP exam?
In early January 2021, the PMP exam changed around the Exam Content Outline or ECO. While many exam questions come directly from the
PMBOK® Guide, which stands for Project Management Body of Knowledge, many questions now come from a collection of 7 academic books including the Agile Practitioners Guide also from PMI. Regardless, all PMP exams are based on the
PMBOK® Guide,. A successful study plan would be the following:
- Read the PMBOK® Guide,
- Attend an EdWell boot camp
- Use our exam simulator to take a few practice exams
- If you score above 75% on our practice exams, you are ready to take the exam
How much time should I devote to studying?
Before attending an EdWell PMP boot camp, we recommend 4-5 hours of pre-class reading. Add in the hours of classroom instruction and we guarantee you will pass the exam.
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