REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARATION

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Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certification

• REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARATION

NEDAC Technical Seminar Presented by S. Imran
Ahmad, PMP
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Agenda Seminar

• Introduction
• 1st Session
• Membership and Application
• 2nd Session
• PMP Preparation
• Q A

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Agenda Membership and Application

• What is PMI?
• Membership
• Requirements
• Why Join PMI?
• Certifications
• Fees
• Certification Process
• Eligibility and Requirements
• Application
• Summary
• Q A

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Introduction

• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Founded in 1969
• Leading membership association for Project
  management professionals.
• Not-for-Profit
• based in Pennsylvania, USA
• 30 SIGs 251 Chapters globally
• 260,000 Project management Professional PMP
• http//www.pmi.org

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PMI Membership
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PMI Membership Form
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PMI Membership Form
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Why Join PMI ?

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What Certifications PMI Offers?

• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Project Management Professional ( PMP)
• PMI Risk management professional (PMI-RMP)
• PMI Scheduling Professional ( PMI-SP)
• Certified associate in project Management (CAPM)

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Examination and Renewal Fees
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PMP Credential Process Timeline
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PMP Eligibility requirements
Educational background Project management Experience Project management Education
High school Diploma, Associates Degree or global equivalent Minimum five years non overlapping project Management experience during which 7500 hours spent on Project Tasks. 35 contact hours of formal project management education
Bachelors degree or global equivalent. Minimum three years/36 months of non overlapping Project management experience in last 8 years. during which 4500 hours spent on project tasks. 35 contact hours of formal Project management education
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PMP Eligibility requirements

• Project Management Experience
• 36 non-overlapping months of project
  management experience within the last eight
  years. That non-overlapping part means that if
  you worked on six projects throughout the month
  of January that only counts as one month of
  project management work, not six months.
• Eligibility requires project management
  experience in initiating planning executing
  monitoring and controlling and closing
  processes. On a single project, you may not have
  experience in all five of the process groups, but
  must have collectively.

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PMP Eligibility requirements

• Contact hours
• contact hours can be achieved by completing
  courses, workshops and training sessions provided
  by one or more of the following types of
  educational providers
• PMI registered Education Provider ( REPs)
• PMI Component Organizations
• Employer/company sponsored programs.
• Training companies or consultants.
• Distance-learning companies, including an end-of
  course assessment
• University /college academic and continuing
  education program

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PMP APPLICATION

• Step 1 Contact/General Information
• Step 2 Education
• Highest level attained
• Step 3 Project Management Experience
• Step 4 PM Course

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PMP APPLICATION

• Project Management Experience
• Start / End date
• Name of supervisor/Manager
• Project Role
• Job Title/Position
• Primary Industry
• Organization Details Contact Info.
• Description of Responsibilities
• Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain

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PMP APPLICATION

• Project Management Experience
• Description of Responsibilities
• Deliverables
• Tasks
• No. of Characters
• Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain
• Initiating (5 Tasks)
• Planning (6 Tasks)
• Executing (8 Tasks)
• Monitoring Controlling (4 Tasks)
• Closing (7 Tasks)

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PMP APPLICATION

• Save and Come Back

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SUMMARY

• PMI Membership
• Application
• Fees (40, 129, GST)
• PMI Certifications
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) 
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• PMP Requirements
• Application
• Fees (405, 555, GST)
• Degree 4500 Hrs 35 Hrs Course

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PMP Exam format

• Questions 200 (175 25)
• Examination Time 4 Hours
• Tutorial Time 15 Minutes

Process group Percentage of Questions
Initiation 11
Planning 23
Execution 27
Monitoring Control 21
Closing 9
Professional Social responsibility 9
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Agenda PREPERATION

• PMBOK
• PM Framework
• Process Groups
• Knowledge Areas
• Scope Management
• What is a Process?
• Resources
• Q A

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What is in PMBOK

• Project Management Framework.
• 5 Project Management processes.
• 9 Project Management knowledge Areas.
• 44 internal processes.
• Input, tools Technique, Output - ITTOs
• Professional Social responsibility chapter

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Project Management Framework

• Project Project is a temporary endeavour which
  has definite start and end date and create a
  unique product or service.
• Program Group of projects, their management is
  coordinated as they use the same resource. Or
  they are part of a large project broken down
  into small projects.
• Project Management Project Management is the
  application of knowledge, skills, tools and
  techniques to a broad range of activities in
  order to meet the requirements of the particular
  project.

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PM Framework contd,.

• Organizational Structure
• Functional
• Matrix
• Weak Matrix
• Strong Matrix
• Balanced matrix
• Projectized

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PM Framework contd.

• Functional Organization

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PM Framework contd..

• Weak Matrix Organization

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PM Framework contd..

• Strong Matrix Organization

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PM Framework contd..

• Balanced Matrix Organization

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PM Framework contd..

• Projectized Organization

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PM Framework contd..

• Triple Constraints

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Project management Processes knowledge areas
mapping
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Project Management Processes Groups

• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Monitoring Control
• Closing

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Process groups

• Initiation Process group
• It is the process of defining and authorizing
  the starts of a NEW project or a new phase of a
  project.
• Planning process group
• The most difficult and the most unappreciated
  process in project management. It includes the
  most processes. The main purpose of the planning
  is to facilitate execution

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Process groups

• Execution process group
• It includes the processes used to complete the
  work defined in the project management plans to
  accomplish the project requirements
• Monitoring Control process group
• It includes the processes that are performed
  to observe project execution so that the
  potential problems can be identified in timely
  manner and a corrective action can be taken.

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Process groups

• Project Closing process group
• It includes the processes used to formally
  terminate all activities of the project or a
  project phase, hand off the completed product to
  project sponsor or close a cancelled project

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Knowledge Areas

• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Communication Management
• Risk management
• Procurement management

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Scope Management

• Scope
• The sum of all projects products and their
  features. Limitations and inclusions of
  expectations.
• Scope Management
• Includes processes required to ensure that
  project includes all the work required and ONLY
  the work required to complete the project.

• Processes
• Scope planning
• Scope definition
• Create WBS
• Scope verification
• Scope control

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What is a process ?
Input
Output
Tools Technique
ITTOs
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Scope Management
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Resources for PMP Exam prep

• PMBOK
• Ritas Book.
• Kim heldman book PMP project management
  Professional Exam study Guide
• PM_study yahoo group.
• http//www.pmhub.net
• Exam questions http//www.pmstudy.com
• PMI- Lakeshore chapter membership

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Thank you and Good luck

• Q A

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Contact

• S. Imran Ahmed
• Iahmed_us_at_yahoo.com

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Thank you and Good luck