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PMI® Project Management  Professional (PMP)® Workshop



PMI® Project Management  

Professional (PMP)® Workshop

PMI, PMP, PMBOK & PMI Talent Triangle are registered marks of  

Project Management Institute, Inc.


About Project Management  

Professional (PMP)®

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Why PMP®?

 To become a better project manager as the best

practices have been included procured from myriad

project managers across the globe.

 Increases the success rate of your project as you  

become more organized.

 Minimizing resource utilization and making a

project cost effective .

 Changes how others look your abilities.

 To keep your job, promoted or get a job.

 Hike in your current salary (Help you to get ahead)

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Exam Eligibility Requirement

Category Eligibility of  

Education

Formal  

PMP®

training

hours

Hours  

leading and  

directing  

project

One Bachelors Degree or global  

equivalent

35 Contact  

Hours

4,500 hours

Two High school diploma,  

associate degree or global  

equivalent

35 Contact  

Hours

7,500 hours

After paying the examination fee online, PMI® will send an authorizationletter

 Exam must be taken within one year of receiving the authorization letter

 PMI may randomly choose to send your application for auditing

You need to contact a prometric center to schedule a date for the exam

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Examination Pattern

Total 4 Hours duration

Out of 200, 25 are considered as pre-test questions (zero

marks) and only 175 are scored for the exam result

Grading system is followed to arrive at the result Pass or Fail.  

Result is based on the individual grades on each process group.

Grades are

 Below proficient

 Proficient

 Moderately Proficient

 There is no negative marking.

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Distribution of Q’s across Process Groups

Process Group Percentage of Questions

Initiating 13

Planning 24

Executing 31

Monitoring & Controlling 25

Closing 7

Note: This % of distribution might vary as required by PMI®.

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Introduction to Project Management

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What is a Project?

 What is a Project?

 A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique

product, service or result

 Projects drive change, enable business value creation and have an  

initiation context

 A project can create:

A product that can be either a component of another item or an end  

item in itself,

A capability to perform a service or,

A result such as an outcome or document.

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- Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, Page 4-6


Programs & Portfolio

Project Management exists in a broader context governed by:

 Program Management

 Portfolio Management

 Organizational project management (OPM) and strategies

Program Management:

It is a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain

benefits and control not available from managing them individually. It focuses

on project interdependencies and optimal approach for managing them.

Programs and projects deliver results

For example,

New aircraft manufacturing program has multiple related projects. Project A –

manufacture cockpit; Project B – manufacture fuselage; Project C –

manufacture turbine engine etc.

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- Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, Page 14


Programs & Portfolio

 Portfolio Management:

It refers to a collection of projects or programs (may not be necessarily
related or interdependent) and other work that are grouped together to
facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business
objectives.

Portfolios make value decisions

For example,

Aircraft manufacturer may have business lines such as domestic aircraft
manufacturing, international aircraft manufacturing, warfare aircraft
manufacturing etc.

 Note: Organizational Project Management (OPM) - Integrates project,
program and portfolio management with organizational enablers to achieve
strategic objectives. In other words, do the right projects and allocate of
resources for them

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Project Management  Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide)

- Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, Page 15 -16


What is Project Management?

 It is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project

activities,

 Using the 49 processes and 5 process groups i.e. Initiating, Planning,

Executing, Monitoring & Controlling and Closing with appropriate

application and integration, project management can be accomplished.

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Project Constraints

Scope

Quality  

Schedule  

Budget

Resources  

Risk

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Project Vs Operations

 Operations are an organizational function performing the ongoing execution  

of activities that produce the same product or provide a repetitive service

Value is realized in operations

Examples: Manufacturing, Production operations etc…

 Though temporary in nature Projects can help achieve the organization goals  

when they are aligned with the organization’s strategy.

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Project Life Cycle

Project life cycle - A collection of sequentially (typical – and sometimes

overlapping) project phases determined by management and needs of the

organization

Phase – A number of relatedactivities  

resulting in deliverable(s)

Types of project life cycle:

 Predictive
 Adaptive (Agile)

Characteristics of the project life cycle:

 Starting the project
 Organizing and preparing
 Carrying out project work
 Closing the project

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Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, Page 18,19 & Fig 1-2 Page 548


Development Life Cycle & Phase Gate

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Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017, Page 19,21

Development life cycles – Those phases of the project lifecycle where product  

development happens

Types of development life cycle

 Predictive (waterfall)
 Iterative
 Incremental
 Adaptive (Agile)
 Hybrid (mix of predictive and adaptive)

Phase gate – Aphase-end review with a decision to

 Continue to next phase as is or with modification
 Remain in the same phase or repeat some of the phase work
 End the project


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