Module 1: Project Framework Understanding
- Defining projects, project management, and distinguishing projects from programs and portfolios
- Types of project management lifecycles: predictive, iterative, incremental, agile, and hybrid
- Organizational structures, PMO types, and the evolving role of the project manager
- Project influences, assumptions, constraints, risks, issues, stakeholders, and business documents
- PMP exam requirements, study plan, registration process, and exam day guidance
Module 2: Agile and Scrum Mastery
- History of agile, the agile mindset, core values, and the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto
- Scrum framework in depth: roles, artifacts, ceremonies, and the Scrum of Scrums
- Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), and servant leadership
- User stories, backlog grooming, information radiators, and agile mind map review
- Selecting and tailoring the right methodology based on project complexity and context
Module 3: People Domain Leadership
- Managing conflict, leading teams, and supporting team performance across project phases
- Empowering and training team members and stakeholders to build shared project understanding
- Building high-performing teams, removing impediments, and negotiating project agreements
- Collaborating with stakeholders, engaging virtual teams, and defining team ground rules
- Mentoring stakeholders and promoting team performance through emotional intelligence application
Module 4: Scope and Schedule Management
- Determining project methodology and planning scope management from initiation
- Collecting requirements, defining scope, creating the WBS, validating, and controlling scope
- Planning schedule management, defining and sequencing activities, and estimating durations
- Developing the project schedule using critical path method, resource leveling, and compression techniques
- Controlling schedule variances and managing changes through integrated change control
Module 5: Cost and Quality Control
- Planning cost management, estimating costs, determining the project budget, and controlling cost
- Earned value management: calculating CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, and interpreting performance metrics
- Planning quality management, managing quality, and controlling quality outputs
- Applying quality tools and techniques to prevent defects and ensure deliverable standards
- Practice questions covering cost and quality with mind map review and exam-focused question analysis
Module 6: Risk and Procurement Management
- Planning risk management, identifying risks, and building the risk register
- Performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis using probability-impact matrices
- Planning and implementing risk responses: avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept, and exploit
- Monitoring risks, managing contingency and management reserves, and reviewing residual risks
- Planning, conducting, and controlling procurements including contract types and vendor management
Module 7: Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, and Project Integration
- Managing communications and selecting appropriate channels, formats, and reporting methods
- Engaging stakeholders, planning stakeholder management, and maintaining engagement throughout
- Integrating project planning, executing to deliver business value, and managing project changes
- Creating project artifacts, establishing governance structures, managing issues, and ensuring knowledge transfer
- Planning and managing project closure including lessons learned and final deliverable handover
Module 8: Business Environment Alignment
- Planning and managing project compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements
- Evaluating and delivering project benefits, value, and return on investment to the organization
- Assessing and responding to external business environment changes that impact project delivery
- Supporting organizational change through structured change management and stakeholder communication
- Connecting project outcomes to strategic objectives and sustaining benefits post-project closure
Module 9: Exam Strategy and Readiness
- Fast review of all three domains: People, Process, and Business Environment with mind maps
- PMP tips and tricks session: keywords, important definitions, and high-frequency scenario questions
- Full mock exam simulation followed by comprehensive debrief and answer rationale discussion
- Exam day strategy: time management, question pacing, and situational judgment techniques
- Final Q&A, personalized study recommendations, and guidance on PMI application and exam booking
