Project Management Professional

(PMP) Certification

REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARATION

NEDAC Technical Seminar
Presented by:

S. Imran Ahmad, PMP

 Agenda ~ Seminar

Introduction

1st Session
 Membership and Application

2nd Session
 PMP Preparation
Q & A

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Agenda ~ Membership and Application
What is PMI?
Membership
Requirements
Why Join PMI?
Certifications
Fees
Certification Process
Eligibility and Requirements
Application
Summary
Q & A
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 Introduction

Project Management Institute (PMI)

 Founded in 1969
 Leading membership association for Project
management professionals.
 Not-for-Profit
 based in Pennsylvania, USA
 30 SIGs & 251 Chapters globally
 260,000 Project management Professional PMP
http://www.pmi.org

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 PMI Membership

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PMI Membership Form

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PMI Membership Form

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 Why Join PMI ?

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 What Certifications PMI Offers?

Program Management Professional (PgMP)

Project Management Professional ( PMP)

PMI Risk management professional (PMI-RMP)

PMI Scheduling Professional ( PMI-SP)

Certified associate in project Management (CAPM)

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Examination and Renewal Fees

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PMP ~ Credential Process Timeline

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 PMP Eligibility requirements

Educational Project management Project management

background Experience Education
High school Diploma, Minimum five years non 35 contact hours of formal
Associates Degree or overlapping project project management
global equivalent Management experience education
during which 7500 hours
spent on Project Tasks.

Bachelor’s degree or Minimum three years/36 35 contact hours of formal

global equivalent. months of non overlapping Project management
Project management education
experience in last 8 years.
during which 4500 hours
spent on project tasks.
 PMP Eligibility requirements

 Project Management Experience:

36 non-overlapping months of project management
experience within the last eight years. That non-overlapping
part means that if you worked on six projects throughout
the month of January that only counts as one month of
project management work, not six months.
Eligibility requires project management experience in:
initiating; planning; executing; monitoring and controlling;
and closing processes. On a single project, you may not
have experience in all five of the process groups, but must
have collectively.
 PMP Eligibility requirements

Contact hours:
contact hours can be achieved by completing courses,
workshops and training sessions provided by one or more of
the following types of educational providers:
 PMI registered Education Provider ( REPs)
 PMI Component Organizations
 Employer/company sponsored programs.
 Training companies or consultants.
 Distance-learning companies, including an end-of course
assessment
 University /college academic and continuing education program
 PMP ~ APPLICATION

Step 1: Contact/General Information

Step 2: Education
Highest level attained
Step 3: Project Management Experience
Step 4: PM Course

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 PMP ~ APPLICATION

Project Management Experience

Start / End date
Name of supervisor/Manager
Project Role
Job Title/Position
Primary Industry
Organization Details & Contact Info.
Description of Responsibilities
Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain
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 PMP ~ APPLICATION

Project Management Experience

Description of Responsibilities
 Deliverables
 Tasks
 No. of Characters
Number of Hours Spent on Each Domain
 Initiating (5 Tasks)
 Planning (6 Tasks)
 Executing (8 Tasks)
 Monitoring & Controlling (4 Tasks)
 Closing (7 Tasks)

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PMP ~ APPLICATION

 Save and Come Back

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 SUMMARY

PMI ~ Membership
 Application
 Fees ($40, $129, + GST)
PMI ~ Certifications
 Program Management Professional (PgMP)
 Project Management Professional (PMP) 
 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
PMP ~ Requirements
 Application
 Fees ($405, $555, +GST)
 Degree + 4500 Hrs + 35 Hrs Course

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 PMP Exam format

Process group Percentage of

Questions
Initiation 11%

Planning 23%
 Questions: 200 (175 + 25)
Execution 27%
 Examination Time: 4 Hours
Monitoring & 21%
 Tutorial Time: 15 Minutes
Control
Closing 9%

Professional & 9%
Social
responsibility
Agenda ~ PREPERATION

PMBOK
PM Framework
Process Groups
Knowledge Areas
Scope Management
What is a Process?
Resources
Q & A
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 What is in PMBOK

• Project Management Framework.

• 5 Project Management processes.
• 9 Project Management knowledge Areas.
• 44 internal processes.
• Input, tools & Technique, Output - ITTOs
• Professional & Social responsibility chapter

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 Project Management Framework

• Project: Project is a temporary endeavour which has definite start

and end date and create a unique product or service.

• Program : Group of projects, their management is coordinated as

they use the same resource. Or they are part of a large project
broken down into small projects.

• Project Management: Project Management is the application of

knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of
activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular
project.

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 PM Framework contd,.

Organizational Structure

 Functional
 Matrix

 Weak Matrix

 Strong Matrix

 Balanced matrix

 Projectized
PM Framework contd.

Functional Organization
PM Framework contd..

Weak Matrix Organization

PM Framework contd..

Strong Matrix Organization

PM Framework contd..

Balanced Matrix Organization

PM Framework contd..

Projectized Organization
PM Framework contd..

Triple Constraints
Project management Processes & knowledge areas mapping

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Project Management Processes Groups

• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Monitoring & Control
• Closing

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 Process groups

• Initiation Process group:

It is the process of defining and authorizing the starts of a
NEW project or a new phase of a project.

• Planning process group:

The most difficult and the most unappreciated process in
project management. It includes the most processes. The
main purpose of the planning is to facilitate execution

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 Process groups

• Execution process group:

It includes the processes used to complete the work
defined in the project management plans to accomplish
the project requirements

• Monitoring & Control process group:

It includes the processes that are performed to observe
project execution so that the potential problems can be
identified in timely manner and a corrective action can be
taken.
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 Process groups

• Project Closing process group:

It includes the processes used to formally terminate all
activities of the project or a project phase, hand off the
completed product to project sponsor or close a cancelled
project

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 Knowledge Areas

• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Communication Management
• Risk management
• Procurement management

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 Scope Management
• Scope: • Processes:
The sum of all projects  Scope planning
products and their features.  Scope definition
Limitations and inclusions of  Create WBS
expectations.  Scope verification
• Scope Management:  Scope control
Includes processes required to
ensure that project includes all
the work required and ONLY
the work required to complete
the project.

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 What is a process ?

Input Tools & Output

Technique

ITTOs
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 Scope Management

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 Resources for PMP Exam prep

PMBOK
Rita’s Book.
Kim heldman book “PMP project management
Professional Exam study Guide”
PM_study yahoo group.
http://www.pmhub.net
Exam questions : http://www.pmstudy.com
PMI- Lakeshore chapter membership

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Thank you and Good luck

Q&A

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 Contact

S. Imran Ahmed
Iahmed_us@yahoo.com

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Thank you and Good luck

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