PMI-SP® Certification Exam Preparation Workshop

Training Date: May 16, 23 & 30 - 2023  (3 Tuesdays)

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST

PMI-CTT Members start your course registration Click Here

Non PMI-CTT individual start your course registration Click Here

Overview: 

PMI‐SP® Certification from the Project Management Institute is the industry standard for demonstrating competence and a solid foundation of project scheduling skills. This workshop prepares participants to write the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI‐SP) certification exam and provides the 23 hour educational credits. Provides an overview of the PMI scheduling framework for project management set out in the PMI Standard for Scheduling and the PMBOK Guide.

What You'll Learn: 

All official exam topics are covered using the PMI framework. The program features:

Comprehensive review of PMBOK related subject matter

Comprehensive review of “Practice Standard for Scheduling - Third Edition”

Reference Binder covering PMI-SP exam topics organized by subject, knowledge area, and hundreds of review questions with answers for each topic

Instructor access outside course hours

Participants evaluate their existing knowledge, determine what knowledge is missing, and create a study plan to fill the gaps.

Agenda / Schedule - Time & Activity Management:

1. Scheduling Principles and Concepts

Understand Schedule Management key concepts

Describe the Project Management Process Groups

Describe the various types of project life cycles

Define scheduling approaches

Describe the Agile techniques 

2. Schedule Strategy

Describe the process for developing the Schedule Management Plan

Understand the objectives and and goals of scheduling

Define scheduling approaches

Define the scheduling methodology policies and procedures

Define schedule configuration management

Describe the elements of the schedule Management Plan 

3. Schedule Planning and Development

Define the project Scope

Create the WBS

Define the schedule activities and milestones

Develop the schedule model

Conduct schedule risk analysis

Create the schedule and performance baselines 

4. Schedule Monitoring and Controlling

Review the project status

Perform a schedule analysis

Perform an Earned Value Analysis

Identify variances between the actual performance and Schedule Baseline

Manage changes to Schedule Baseline

Update the Performance Management Baselines 

5. Schedule Closeout

Obtain final acceptance from stakeholders

Create a final report

Create a Lessons Learned

Update the Organizational Process Assets

Distribute the final report

Archive project records 

6. Stakeholder Communications Management

Develop strategies to foster productive relationships with stakeholders

Create a Communication Management Plan

Gain stakeholder support for the project schedule

Maintain stakeholder support

Create project schedule reports

Keep stakeholders aware of issues that could impact the project schedule

What is included in the fee:

· 23 hours of interactive training

· PMBOK Knowledge Area quizzes

· Course manual with all instructional content

· Practice exam questions

· Instructor access outside course hours

· Assistance with PMI application

· 23 PDU / 23 Educational contract hours required for new PMI application to write the CAPM exam

· Certificate of completion

Training Date: May 16, 23 & 30 - 2023  (3 Tuesdays)

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST

PMI-CTT Members start your course registration Click Here

Non PMI-CTT individual start your course registration Click Here