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Prepare for the

PMP® exam

before it gets

updated on

August 31,

2011

12contacthours

™accelerate development – overcome technical challenges – get to market quicker

PMP® Exam Focus

COURSE OBJECTIVE

This course prepares students to take the current PMP® exam, which is in effect through August 30, 2011. We will cover each of the nine knowledge areas, the code of ethics, and provide a review of the PMP® framework and exam facts, perspective, and approach.

The PMP® Exam Focus course: prepares you for the current exam is short, condensed, and intensive uses 400+ practice exam

questions delivers high value for money

12contacthours


PMP® Exam Focus

PMI announced an update to the PMP® examination starting August 31, 2011

PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition will remain in effect, but 30% of exam content will change due to testing of the Professional and Social Responsibility content area (Domain 6) in every domain rather than as a separate domain on the examination.

“Approximately 30% of the PMP exam content will change.Certain examination areas will be tested in a different way. Specifically, the Professional and Social Responsibility content area (Domain 6) will now be tested in every domain, rather than as a separate domain. The RDS revealed that professional and social responsibility is integrated into all of the work of project management.

Therefore, PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct should be viewed as integrated into the day-to-day role of a project manager and important in each phase of the project lifecycle.”


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PMP® Exam Focus

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The course targets individuals that have already gone through some other project management training or self-study, have read the PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition, and have basic knowledge of PMI’s project management framework. degree students that need exam preparation project managers in career transition professionals that need additional qualifying education hours EDUCATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Each hour of this training course counts as one contact hour of formal education. PMI requires 35 contact hours

to be eligible for the PMP® credential. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate as proof of attendance.

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PMP® Exam Focus

STUDY APPROACH

We will spend approximately one hour per each of the nine knowledge areas, and the code of ethics (review + exam questions).

The rest of the time will be spent on review of the PMP® framework and exam facts, perspective, and approach.

Practice exam questions are used to test proficiency in each area.

Course manual contains: sections on all chapters of the PMBOK® Guide Fourth

Edition code of ethics and professional responsibility exam information and strategies more than 400 practice questions


PMP® Exam Focus

FOCUS ON THE FLOW

We will use the PMProcess Flow™ poster to focus on the flow of the project management framework.

This full color 18” x 24” flow chart is a visual tool that has helped hundreds of students locally and around the world to see the big picture, memorize essential process level details, and pass the exam.


The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s leading organization for the project management profession

PMI serves practitioners and organizations with standards that describe good practices, globally recognized credentials that certify project management expertise and resources for professional development, networking and community

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide ) is the recognized standard for the project management profession

Provides guidelines for managing individual projects

Defines project management and related concepts

Describes project management life cycle and related processes

Project Management Institute www.pmi.org


Project Management Institute www.pmi.org

PMP Credential Handbook

http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/pdc_pmphandbook.ashx

CAPM Credential Handbook

http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/pdc_capmhandbook.ashx






Project Management Experience

PMP (Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent)Minimum three years/36 months* unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4,500 hours were spent leading and directing project tasks**

PMP (High school diploma, Associates degree)Minimum five years/60 months* unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 7,500 hours were spent leading and directing project tasks**

CAPM (High school diploma)see Education Hours (next slide)

Excel worksheetExperience_Worksheet.xlsExcel worksheetExperience_Worksheet.xls

* All project management experience must have been accrued within the last eight consecutive years prior to your application submission.

** Leading and directing project tasks as identified in the Project Management Professional Examination Specification. You should have experience in all five process groups across all your project management experience. However, on a single project, you do not need to have experience in all five process groups.

http://qvive.biz/Documents/Project%20Experience%20Verification%20Worksheet_PMPWalsh.xls

http://qvive.biz/Documents/Project%20Experience%20Verification%20Worksheet_PMPWalsh.xls


Education Hours

PMP (Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent)

35 contact hours of formal education

PMP (High school diploma, Associates degree)

35 contact hours of formal education

CAPM (High school diploma)

You must meet one of these two requirements:

23 contact hours of formal educationOR

1,500 hours of professional experience on a project team


Timeline of the PMP® Credential Process

PMP Application Form

http://www.pmi.org/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/PMP%20Application%20Form.ashx


PMP® Study Resources

LinkedIn Groups PMI/PMBOK Self Study Group

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=50101 The Project Manager Network

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=37888 Project Management Link

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35313 PMP Training

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=37111 CAPM Community

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=742617 PMI Great Lakes Chapter - PMIGLC

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=867067 Project Managers PMP® Certified Networking Group

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PMP® Exam Preparation Books

First and foremost get and read PMI's PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition, officially titled A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®

Guide) Fourth Edition.

When you become a PMI member, you can download this this in pdf format for free. Get it in print and wear it out

before the exam.

Following is a list of recommended books PMP Exam Prep Sixth Edition by Rita Mulcahy PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide by Kim

Heldman The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try by Andy Crowe Head First PMP by Jennifer Greene & Andrew Stellman PMP Exam Success Series: Bootcamp Manual by Crosswind

There is also Crosswind CD ROM with 3500 exam simulation questions, which is a powerful study tool as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Project-Management-Body-Knowledge/dp/1933890517/



http://www.amazon.com/PMP-Exam-Prep-Sixth-Passing/dp/1932735186/

http://www.amazon.com/Project-Management-Professional-Study-Guide/dp/0470455586/

http://www.amazon.com/PMP-Exam-Pass-Your-First/dp/0972967346

http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Pmp-Brain-Friendly-Professional/dp/0596801912/


PMBOK® Guide Changes in Fourth Edition

Starting on July 1, 2009 the PMP® Exam is on the Fourth Edition of the PMBOK® Guide.

What has changed? This pdf file by the editor of the Fourth Edition and this summary slide explain.

The major differences between the Third Edition and the Fourth Edition are:

1. All process names are in a verb-noun format2. Efforts were made to distinguish between Enterprise Environmental Factors and Organizational Process

Assets.3. A standard approach for discussing requested changes, preventive actions, corrective actions and defect

repairs was employed.4. The processes decreased from 44 to 42. Two processes were deleted, two processes were added and 6

processes were reconfigured into 4 processes in the procurement knowledge area.5. To provide clarity a distinction was made between the project management plan and project documents used

to manage the project.6. The distinction between the information in the Project Charter and the Project Scope Statement was clarified.7. The process flow diagrams at the beginning of chapters 4-12 have been deleted and replaced with data flow

diagrams.8. A data flow diagram for each process has been created to show where information comes from as

an input and where it goes to as an output.9. A new appendix was added that addresses key interpersonal skills that a project manager utilizes

when managing a project.

A complete list of changes can be found in Appendix A of the Fourth Edition.

http://qvive.biz/Documents/ChapterchangesPMBOK4-Cynthia(Snyder)Stackpole.pdf

http://qvive.biz/Documents/ChapterchangesPMBOK4-Cynthia(Snyder)Stackpole.pdf

http://qvive.biz/Documents/Q408PMBOKRelease.pdf


PMP® Exam Passing Score

PMBOK 3rd Ed. (old exam) What is a passing score on the PMP® Exam ? Well... it worked like this; there are 200 questions on the exam. Of these 200 questions, 25 are sample or pretest questions. These questions do not count toward your score (so right or wrong, they do not help you or hurt you). The purpose of these questions is for the PMI to consider them as future exam questions. This means you have 175 questions that count toward your score. Of these 175 questions you must correctly answer 106 or 61% to pass the exam.

PMBOK 4th Ed. (new exam) PMI doesn't disclose the passing percentage. The only thing they say is "The passing score for all PMI credential examinations is determined by sound psychometric analysis”. Sorry, but there is no defined passing score for the PMP® Exam. Each of the 200 questions is weighted on a scale of difficulty. Depending on the number of easy to difficult questions among the 200 determines your passing score. E.g. if you have 60% difficult questions (as determined by PMI) you can score dramatically less than 61% and still pass. Lots of easy questions - higher passing score needed.

PMP Exam Passing Score MYTHS:http://www.deepfriedbrainpmp.com/2009/12/popular-myths-pmp-exam-pass-score.html

http://www.deepfriedbrainpmp.com/2009/12/popular-myths-pmp-exam-pass-score.html


Study, Study, Study … and Memorize …?

Formulas, Equations, Numbers

Project Documents

Processes in Knowledge Areas

Processes in Process Groups

ITTO’s Inputs Tools &

Techniques Outputs

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Eric van der Meulen, President

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Eric van der Meulen,

PMP

President & FounderExperienced leader in product

and process development,

engineering, and r&d, with broad

expertise in plastics, innovation

strategy, and stage-gate project

management.

Credentialed Project Management

Professional (PMP) with 15+ years

experience in project and

program management for large

and small companies,

and internationally, both as

functional leader and as

consultant.

Holds patents in the area of

printing and other aspects of

polycarbonate automotive

glazing.

Received 2006 Frost & Sullivan

Award for Technology Innovation.

Experienced leader in product

and process development,

engineering, and r&d, with broad

expertise in plastics, innovation

strategy, and stage-gate project

management.

Credentialed Project Management

Professional (PMP) with 15+ years

experience in project and

program management for large

and small companies,

and internationally, both as

functional leader and as

consultant.

Holds patents in the area of

printing and other aspects of

polycarbonate automotive

glazing.

Received 2006 Frost & Sullivan

Award for Technology Innovation.


Project Boundaries

Monitoring & Controlling

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tingProject Inputs

Project Deliverables

Project Records

EndUsers

ProcessAssets

ProjectInitiator/Sponsor

Project Boundaries


From Charter to Schedule

CharterScope

Statement

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BreakdownStructure

ScheduleActivities

Work Packages

Destination

Travel plan

Hotel booking

Local transportation

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Relax

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5 days at destination

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Hiking trails

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Select hotel

Book hotel

Critical Path

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Stakeholders

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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

"Hi Eric, just wanted to drop you a quick note that I passed the PMP exam yesterday. Thanks for your help with getting me certified."

"I passed my PMP credentials exam last Thursday. It was a challenge. ... Thank you for your help with the exam prep. Your course put me on the right track."

"Just wanted to let you know that I passed the CAPM exam today. Your class was a great help. Thanks."

"I’m happy to report to you that I passed the PMP exam yesterday! The course you provided was very helpful in preparing for the exam. Thank you."

"An excellent course in Project Management essentials and best practices taught by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic instructor. A must for anyone planning to take the PMP exam!"

"Eric was very professional and knowledgeable. Good presenter! Kept our attention. Very organized."

"Eric is very good at explaining project management from a PMI viewpoint."


Practice Exam Question

Which of the following represents the project manager’s responsibility in regard to change on a project?

A. Influence the factors that cause project change.

B. Ensure all changes are communicated to the change control board.

C. Deny change whenever possible.

D. Prioritize change below execution.



What is the function of the project sponsor?

A. To help manage senior management expectations.

B. To be the primary interface with the customer.

C. To fund the project and formally accept the product.

D. To help exert control over functional managers.



Which of the following is the best description of the critical path?

A. The activities that represent critical functionality.

B. The activities that represent the largest portions of the work packages.

C. The activities that represent the highest schedule risk on the project.

D. The activities that represent the optimal path through the network.



Communication skills would be used most during which of the following processes?

A. Distribute Information.

B. Status Meetings.

C. Report Performance.

D. Communications Change Control.

4 weeks

400+ questions

starts 7/12, 6:30 pm

info 248.231.7452

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Prepare for the

PMP® exam

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updated on

August 31,

2011

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