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The program includes lessons and interactive exercises, resources for studying,quizzes and an exam to practice controlled while covering the following areas ofproject management:

• Project Management Framework
• Project Management Processes
• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Communications Management
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management
• Professional and Social Responsibility

Each lesson focuses on an area of ​​project management knowledge and introduces the objectives, concepts and key benefits. There are also instructions on the "inputs, tools and Techniques, and outputs" of the 42 "PMI project management processes".

The audio instruction offers examples and scenarios of real-world projects. In each lesson, we check whether the student has understood the lesson. Such exercises are designed to reinforce learning objectives and offer practice for answering questions in the style of the PMP exam.

Each lesson provides access to a glossary of over 300 terms and definitions of project management. There is also access to additional resources that can be used to study more.

The "quizzes" in each lesson and the practical exam features hundreds of questions to help prepare for the exam.

The exam questions on this lesson are focused on definitions, concepts and approaches. You need to be familiarized with PMI terminology.

At this lesson you will learn about:

Project definition

The triple constraint

The project life cycle

The influence curve

The organizational structure forms

Management by objectives

PMI has created a standard with the necessary processes to manage a project. They recommend that project managers and their teams should consider each process and determine if they are applicable to each project.

In this lesson you will learn about: the 5 processes groups that are initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing. You also will learn the 42 PMI and how they are categorized into 5 processes groups. This lesson describes what processes, knowledge areas, and processes groups are, and it explains how they are structured.

The PMP Certification exam addresses some project management critical functions that assure the coordination of several elements in a project. The PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) explains that the project management processes are integrative by nature, and they happen through the project life cycle.

In this lesson you will learn:

What is a  “project charter” and its components

The content of a project management plan

The configuration management and change management control

Scope management concerns to definition and control about what is and what is not included in a project. The term “scope” can be referred to:

Product scope, that consists in the features and functions of a product or service, with the results measured against the product requirements.

Project scope, that describes the work that needs to be done to deliver a product, service, or result with the characteristics and functions outlined in the project plan.

Time management is a key component of project management, and also a PMBOK area. This knowledge area is critical for exam success, so take your time studying the concepts and doing all the exercises. Time management is interrelated with scope and cost. Some of the formulas that you can find in this lesson will be repeated in the cost management lesson. Time management is that part of project management that concerns to scheduling. It includes the project activities definition, sequencing those activities defining and documenting its relationships, estimating the type and quantity of necessary resources to do each activity and the duration to complete them. To develop the project scheduling we will need to analyze the sequence, duration, the resources requirements and the scheduling restrictions.

Cost management is focused on the necessary cost resources to complete a project. The PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) emphasizes the “Cost project life cycle” as the best practice. The cost management questions at the exam do not require being a genious in mathematics but you will need to know some key formulas and concepts.

This lesson is focused on the quality conceps and explains the PMI quality management processes; we mean, plan quality, assure quality and control quality. Furthermore the student must know who are the quality gurus and several quality tools. Although this is not a difficult lesson, it requires the study of some easy concepts and formulas.

Projects can not be done without people. In the exam, human resources management questions are mainly focused on organizational structures, roles and las responsibilities, team development, and conflict resolution. In this lesson the Staff management plan, the purpose of the RAM (Responsibilities Assignment Matrix), the different leadership styles and the different power types are explained.

Project managers spend most of their time communicating. You will need to know what to communicate to whom, with what frecuency and when. In this lesson you will learn:

The content of a communication plan

The communication styles, its types and methods

How to determine the number of communication channels

Risk management in a project is considered as one of the most difficult lessons of the PMP exam, and requires knowing several formulas and theories. You will have to learn the different risk categories, processes, risk identification tools and how to create a risk register.

Procurement management is a difficult lesson at the PMP exam. The student must study the different contract types and its association with the project risk. In this module the project procurement management processes and some important concepts like RFP, RFB, LOI and the buyer and seller concepts are explained.