Sandra M. Mitchell – Cert Prep: Project Management Professional

By: Sandra M. Mitchell

Level: Beginner

Duration: 6h 15m

Released: March 26, 2018

Description:

In today’s competitive workplace, effective project managers are critical to the bottom line. That’s why the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification is so important. The PMP demonstrates your mastery, your experience, and your education. Discover what it takes to pass the PMP exam, by following along with project manager and exam prep trainer Sandy Mitchell.

This certification training course teaches critical project management concepts from the exam and offers study guides and sample practice exams to hone your test-taking skills. This course also fulfills the 35-hour education requirement needed to sit for the exam and provides 35 PDUs for current PMPs who need the credit to maintain their certification.
Sandy covers the major ideas from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and walks you through the project lifecycle. She also goes over material that is not covered in the guide-pointing out what is most likely to be featured on the exam and what you should try to commit to memory.

Note: Materials in this class are based on the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017.

Topics include:

• The importance of project management
• PMBOK® Guide overview
• Project management business documentation
• Project environments and organizational structure
• The role of a project manager
• Project integration management
• Project scope management
• Project schedule management
• Project cost management
• Project quality management
• Project resource management
• Project communications management
• Project risk management
• Project procurement management
• Project stakeholder management

Contents:

• Introduction
• 01. Project Management Overview
• 02. Parts of the PMBOK Guide
• 03. Project Management Business Documents
• 04. The Environment in Which Projects Operate
• 05. The Project Manager Role
• 06. Project Integration Management
• 07. Project Scope Management
• 08. Project Schedule Management
• 09. Project Cost Management
• 10. Project Quality Management
• 11. Project Resource Management
• 12. Project Communication Management
• 13. Project Risk Management
• 14. Project Procurement Management
• 15. Project Stakeholder Management
• Putting it all Together

About the Instructor:

Sandra M Mitchell is a PMP with over 20 years of project management experience and has spent the last 14 years managing projects in the biotech and pharmaceuticals industry. Prior to that she managed projects in the military. She has bachelors in business and counseling psychology and holds an MBA with specialties in leadership and program management.