PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Module 1 PMI, PMBOK and PMP

Starting the journey with the establishment of Project Management Institute, the modules revolve
around the evolution of PMBOK Guide and finally the purpose and criteria for PMP.

Module 2 Project & Project Management

Understanding the fundamental characteristics of a project. The discussion evolves the subject
into the need for project management. How the Project Management varies from Operations
Management, Program Management and Portfolio Management. What is Strategic planning?
What is PMO and how it can help the organizations? What exactly is the role of a project
manager? These are some of the questions that the topic addresses.

Module 3 Project Life Cycle

The module talks about the Project Life Cycle in comparison with Product Life Cycle. It also
discusses the project phases and Project Governance across the Life Cycle. The module ends
with a treatise on differentiation between a project and an operational work.

Module 4 Organizational Influence

A project is influenced by multiple factors in an organization. Right from the people involved to
the policies and the reporting relationships can impose various forces on the project work. The
module also discusses how an organization evolves over a period of time by enriching the
Organizational Process Assets.

Module 5 Project Management Processes

The module discusses about the common project management processes and their interactions.
There are 47 processes as per the PMBOK Guide (Fourth Edition). The module also discusses
the classification of these processes under the classic 5 process groups. The module also
discusses about the cross matrix of these 5 process groups across 9 knowledge areas.

Module 6 Project Integration Management

Project Integration Management includes the processes and activities needed to identify, define,
combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within
the Project Management Process Groups.

Module 7 Project Scope Management

Project Scope Management includes identifying all the work that is required to be done
to complete the project. This module starts with Collection of Requirements and encompasses
the controlling the changes to the scope.

Module 8 Project Time Management

This module discusses the processes required for the timely completion of the project. Beginning
from the Activity Lists, and followed by Activity Sequencing, the module walks through to the
schedule development.

Module 9 Project Cost Management

One of the most essential parts of Project Management and the core of the performance
reporting, Project Cost Management talks about the common approaches involved in
estimation and budget allocation. The module also discusses the Earned Value Management the
math behind performance evaluation.

Module 10 Project Quality Management

The module talks about implementation of the quality management system through policy
and procedures with continuous process improvement activities conducted throughout,
as appropriate.

Module 11 Project Human Resource Management

Project Human Resource Management includes the processes that organize, manage, and lead the
project team. The project team is comprised of the people with assigned roles and responsibilities
for completing the project.

Module 12 Project Communications Management

Project Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely
and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition
of project information.

Module 13 Project Risk Management

Project Risk Management includes the processes of conducting risk management
planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and monitoring and control on a project. It
aims at increasing the probability and impact of positive events, and decreasing the probability
and impact of negative events in the project.

Module 14 Project Procurement Management

This module includes the processes necessary to purchase or acquire products, services, or
results needed from outside the project team. The organization can be either the buyer or seller of
the products, services, or results of a project. It discusses various contract types and various types
of procurement documents and when to use which one.

Module 15 Project Stakeholder Management

This module includes the processes necessary to manage the stakeholders in the project. It
discusses the engagement levels of the stakeholders based upon their power/influence/interest in
the project.