2-Day Workshops

Essential Skills of Project Management

Analytical Skills for Project Management

Group Facilitation and Problem-Solving Skills for Project Management

Leadership, Influence and Team-Building Skills for Project Management

Execution, Integration and Closing Skills for Project Management

The AIM Workshop:
Anticipate, Innovate, Motivate

PMP® Exam Preparation Workshop

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation Workshop

The A.C.E. Method:
Assessment, Crash Course & Exercises

SUMMARY

Are you ready to verify your project management expertise by earning the Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification? Shorten your study time and increase your probability of passing the exam with this world-class, two-day preparation course, which is led a certified PMP. Past participants have more than a 99 percent pass rate. Innovators guarantees you will pass the exam on the first try. If you don't, PMLEADER will reimburse your $275 retake fee.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the workshop, you will have a solid grasp on the ways that the 39 processes fit together. You will have a suggested layout for three "brain dump" pages you will want to create as soon as you enter the testing area, including formulas and charts. You will have the highlights from PMI reference books at your fingertips in one comprehensive source. (Must of the exam includes information not specifically contained in PMBOK®.) Primarily, you will have the confidence that, after a little more studying, you will be able to pass the PMP exam.

COURSE OUTLINE: 2-DAY WORKSHOP

I. Assessment of your current knowledge in order to focus your study time
   A. Inventory of your strengths compared to exam topics
   B. 240 sample questions
   C. List of key concepts

II. Crash course on the primary principles
   A. PMI® philosophies and exam priorities to help you identify the best answer
   B. Study pages that go beyond PMBOK® to show you where inputs originate and outputs are used
   C. Workbook illustrations and class demonstrations of major concepts, including:

    - Work breakdown structures
    - Monte Carlo simulations and statistical distributions
    - Control charts and other quality tools
    - Motivation theories and a responsibility assignment matrix
    - Conflict management approaches and types of power
    - Contract types and negotiation strategies

III. Exercises that reinforce learning and memorization
   A. Games and activities that assist comprehension
   B. Chart and methods for memorizing the 39 processes and their major outputs
        (Several participants who have taken the exam have said this chart, customized by Innovators, was the key to their success!)
   C. Exercises for the most important tools, including:

    - Earned value analysis
    - Network diagrams, including late start and late finish
    - PERT calculations
    - Crash tables
    - Present value calculations
    - Decision trees

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

People who want PMP Certification for themselves or people who oversee certification programs for their organizations. Participants have used this workshop successfully in all stages of their exam preparation -- at the very beginning as an introduction, in the middle in order to focus efforts and at the end as a last-minute review.

PMLEADER recommends taking the course about 10-20% of the way into your studies. By reviewing PMBOK before attending the workshop, participants have a mental framework for comprehending and remembering course activities. By taking the course early in the preparation process, participants cut down their overall study time by taking advantage of mnemonic devices, identified areas of focus, study charts, accurate explanations of difficult concepts and identification of weak personal areas.

PMLEADER
A Division of Innovators International, Inc.
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Des Moines, IA 50322-1325

Phone: 515-276-5914 or 800-829-5550
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