Dates: Multiple Dates
Duration: 60 Hours
Delivery: Face-to-face and Online
Certificate of Completion from Queen Mary University of London
PMP Preparation Driveway
The globally acknowledged Project Management Professional (PMP)®certification assesses an individual’s competence in overseeing a professional project’s personnel, procedures, and business objectives. Administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), there are over a million PMP certification holders worldwide. This certification is relevant to project managers across diverse industries such as healthcare, construction, information technology (IT), and business.
This course aims to prepare participants for the PMP certification, a globally recognized credential for project managers. Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully navigate the PMP exam and excel in their project management roles. To attain the certification, candidates must fulfil experience prerequisites and pass an examination. Securing a PMP certification provides professionals with a competitive advantage in the employment landscape and can increase salary prospects. Moreover, individuals with PMP credentials frequently experience enhanced opportunities for career advancement and increased ease in securing promotions or new employment. This certification is instrumental in setting individuals apart from their peers when competing for project bids.
Learning Outcomes:
This training course is divided into three sections; the people domain, where the students will be familiar with the people working on the projects, their roles, skills and outcomes and the stakeholders. The second section is the process domain, where the students understand the project process, such as the business value of projects, the business case, the project planning, scope, schedule, cost, risk, communication, quality, procurement, and integration. In the third section, the students will be familiar with the business environment where the project grows, such as the benefit and value of delivering projects, and evaluate the external business factors’ impacts on projects. Finally, there a room for the students to assess their learning via weekly online quizzes and mock tests at the end of the course.
Program Structure:
- The course will provide professionals within the public health sectors with the best leadership skills to implement effectively in their organisations.
- There will be an activity or set of activities for each session which will be designed to help you engage with the introduction to the theories explored within the course.
- Your facilitator will be on hand to guide you through the programme and will expect you to bring personal experience and reflection on the topics covered.
- Group work will be required for participants to engage in the course. Such activity allows participants to embed the new knowledge within their experience through active discussion and challenge.
Introduction to PMP and course housekeeping
Domain I – People (42%)
- Manage conflict
- Lead a team
- Support team performance
- Empower team members and stakeholders
- Ensure team members/stakeholders are adequately trained
- Build a team
- Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team
- Negotiate project agreements
- Collaborate with stakeholders
- Build shared understanding
- Engage and support virtual teams
- Define team ground rules
- Mentor relevant stakeholders
- Promote team performance through the application of emotional intelligence
Domain II – Process (50%)
- Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value
- Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices
- Integrate project planning activities (Project Integration Management)
- Plan and manage scope (Project Scope management)
- Plan and manage the schedule (Project Schedule Management)
- Plan and manage budget and resources (Project Cost management)
- Plan and manage the quality of products/deliverables
- Manage communications (Project Communication Management)
- Assess and manage risks (Project Risk Management)
- Plan and manage procurement (Project Procurement Management)
- Engage stakeholders (Project Stakeholders Management)
- Ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity
- Manage project changes
- Manage project artefacts
- Establish a project governance structure
- Manage project issues
- Plan and manage project/phase closure or transitions
Domain III – Business environment (8%)
- Plan and manage project compliance
- Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value
- Evaluate and address external business environment changes for impact on the scope
- Support organizational change
- Course closure and evaluation
Who is this course for?
- The course covers materials for all levels from junior through to senior project management professionals.
- Project managers or professionals with equivalent job roles.
- Ideal for individuals aiming to enhance employability in a competitive job market.
- Well-suited for project managers, team leaders, and those aspiring to elevate their project management skills.
- Applicable to business and functional professionals engaged in managing or working on extensive and complex projects.
- Suitable for PMO (Project Management Office) managers overseeing a substantial number of projects, seeking to enhance project management practices across their organizations and who need to upskill their knowledge in a worldwide project management framework.
- Students: who need to enhance their project management skills and obtain PMI recognition in project management.
- People who are in their early careers working in NGOs to enhance their project management skills.
Benefits for Employers
The course participants will have the opportunity to showcase their role in different fields with their employers. After completion of the course, participants (supported by their tutor with additional fee) will be given the opportunity to write a report describing what they have learnt and what is particularly relevant to their employers. The report will focus on one single perspective or to build a hybrid model that will help their employers to achieve their strategic and tactical goals. This will help reassure the employers of the benefits of the programme and help consolidate managers’ understanding.