PMP Course and Project Introduction

The PMP course would give you full introduction of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques on to manage project based on the PMBOK (Project Management Body Of Knowledge) from PMI.

The latest version of the PMBOK, and the base for PMP course – Khóa học quản lý dự án chuyên nghiệp, also base on this knowlege framework.

Therefore, with the summary on the PMP course, or an PMP course overview – based mainly on the keywords, main picture/diagrams/.. or formulas, I hope it could give you some guides, reminds,… for your detailed preparing on your PMP exam.

The very first contents from PMP course or PM knowlege is related to the terms, attributes,… of project and project management

Project can be defined as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
– Temporary
– Unique purpose
– Requires resources
– Involves uncertainty
– Have progressive elaboration
– Have a primary customer/sponsor

Normally, project have involvement of people that we called stakeholders – they are individuals and organizations that are actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected as a result of project execution or project completion

There are some characteristics of project life cycle for you to remember

You might ask how a success project is? Or what would need to be considered when the project manager need to compromised the things in the project. Below project success definition and project triple constraint might be the answer for you

– Making or saving a certain amount of money, – Providing a good return on investment, – Making the sponsors happy

Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools & techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. According to the PMP course and the PMBOK fifth edition, there are ten knowledge areas on project management, in relationship to other PM concepts as depicted in the Project Management Framework below

Beside consolidated Integration Management knowledge area, other project knowledge areas are categoried into below two groups or functions

• Core functions: Scope, Time, Cost, Quality – they are ‘hard’ knowledge areas
• Facilitating functions: HR, Communications, Risk, Procurement and Stakehoder Management – the ‘soft’ ones

At other dimensions (in the view of project progress or time), we can put project management activities into different 5 process groups, include Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing

Mapping the Project Management activities into the knowledge areas and into process groups, we can have them allocated in below matrix

To page any PMP-related exam, you must very well understand each of those activities – from concept/knowledge, skills, to tools and techniques,…

Good luck to your exam!