Course Overview and Objectives

This course is designed to prepare PM-ProLearners for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam.  The course focuses on concepts of predictive, adaptive, and hybrid project management. Additional areas discussed in this course are the business environment of projects and project team leadership.

Our 8-hour PMP Exam Cram builds your confidence to pass the PMP Exam with a thorough and hard-hitting review of the areas covered in the PMP Exam. PM-ProLearners will work through practice questions (which are answered & reviewed in class), testing strategies, and 60-day access to instructor support!

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Evaluate and address the project business environment including managing compliance, internal and external factors to the project, supporting organizational change, and employing continuous process improvement on the project.
• Given a scenario, explain the appropriate project methodology based on the urgency of the project and the need to deliver business value.
• Given a selected methodology, assess and plan for the project needs in terms of scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communications, stakeholders, and procurements
• Explain and synergize the concepts of leading a high performing team, including virtual teams or team members to train, empower, and engage them with shared understanding
• Given a project scenario, evaluate the project and team progress and make changes as needed within the chosen project methodology
• Given a scenario, explain the techniques to identify, assess issues, and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers to team performance and desired project outcomes
• Engage and collaborate with stakeholders (internal and external) effectively
• Evaluate the project governance required to successfully complete the project goals including appropriate artifact management
• Establish general understanding of and know when to apply agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Xtreme Programming (XP)
• Understand and model basic agile principles and mindset on projects
• Understand and model servant leadership concepts

Several features of the course facilitate achieving these course objectives, and some objectives may require self-study after the course to fully prepare for the PMP certification exam. The PM-ProLearn website and Learning Management System (LMS) provides a guide for the student experience and a foundation for the course in final exam preparation. 

Technical Requirements

For the best learning experience, we recommend using Google Chrome (v45 or higher) or Mozilla Firefox (v48 or higher) web browsers. The Smartbuilder interactive exercises are not supported by Apple’s Safari browser.

Web-Based Course Materials

1. The PM-ProLearn Website - This is the primary website used before, during, and after the PMI-ATP PMP Prep Course. When you are enrolled into a PMP Prep course, you will have access to three separate “tiles” on your dashboard:
   • PMP Exam Cram Course
     • This tracks your attendance to a PM-ProLearn course
     • Course Pre-work, detailed curriculum for the live sessions, and post-class study modules are located within this course
   • PM-ProLearn Knowledge Quizzes & Practice Tests
     • This course is for additional post-class study to develop mastery of the course learning objectives and prepare you for the PMP certification exam
     • You can test your knowledge on individual tasks or complete a full-length timed practice test to prepare for the PMP certification exam
   • Live Instructor Help Course
     • This course is for post-class study to receive live support from a PM-ProInstructor regarding application assistance or general study questions
     • When the live help desk is not open, you can post questions here which will be answered within one working day from your question submission
2. Socrative In-Class Quizzing - This is used for in-class quizzing and polling. You will be given a Quiz Room ID and Student ID by your instructor during the course

A walkthrough video for each of these websites is located in the LMS Your instructor will act as your guide and briefly discuss each of these systems on the first day of class.

Grading

This course is a pass/fail graded course. See Attendance Policy for further information regarding any missed work.

In addition to attendance, students are required to complete a course feedback survey at the completion of the course to receive a score of “pass.”

• PM-ProLearn End of Course Survey – This survey focuses on the LMS, student experience, and comments regarding your instructor

Live Session Participation

Students are expected to attend the scheduled synchronous learning class times to receive a score of “pass” and receive the certificate of completion at the end of the course. Each student is expected to attend live sessions and be actively involved in all class discussion, including asking questions and sharing knowledge and experiences with the rest of the class. Instructors will call on students that volunteer to participate, but will avoid calling on the same students repeatedly. There are no penalties for incorrect answers. The intent is to synergize information by thoughtfully reasoning through a problem or asking a pertinent question that adds value to the experience for everyone. “Cold calling” on students that are less participative can be expected.

During live synchronous sessions, the instructor is able to best gage feedback and student retention through in-class quizzing and impromptu questioning. Often more informative feedback is gained from body language and facial expressions. To the extent it is not distracting for fellow PM-ProLearners, the instructor prefers that your video remain on during virtual-led sessions. Microphones should be muted unless actively engaging with the instructor or your fellow students to minimize distracting background noise.

Preparation for Live Sessions

Prior to the live sessions, students should have completed the pre-work assignments located in the PMI Authorized PMP Exam Prep Course This includes the PM-ProLearn system overview module and a course pre-work assignment module.

Some students prefer to prepare for live sessions by downloading the presentation files and in-class exercise files. This does aid in learning for most students and is a recommended step in preparing for the first live session of the class.

During the live sessions, the majority of the content will be introduced and discussed. We use the live sessions to ensure foundational understanding of the topics covered in the class as well as any key information regarding the results of quizzes and preparation for the PMP certification exam. Homework quizzes will be assigned each night and are reviewed in detail by student request each new session.

Academic Accommodations for Disabilities

If you have a documented disability that will impact your work in this course, please contact your instructor to discuss your needs. At times, this may involve enrollment into a different course than your request to best facilitate your needs.

Course Schedule

The daily course schedule is located in the PMI Authorized PMP Exam Prep Course in the LMS.