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PMP Exam PreparationWorkshop

Setting expectations for the PMP Review

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Contact InformationBobby Kapoor, PMPPMP Prep Session CoordinatorEmail: [email protected]

Paolo Treves, PMPChair, PMP Prep ProgramEmail: [email protected] : 647-716-2448 For up-to-the-minute updates on all University of Toronto closures due to snow, traffic, or other emergency, please check http://www.utoronto.ca, or call the automated phone line at 416-978-7669

If the room is not opened on time please call: 416-978-2323


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Venue : Room - 107 Astronomy and Astrophysics buildingAddress: 50 St George Street, Toronto ON M5S 3H4 (Entrance on Russell

Street)


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Session Schedule

Date Session Room

14/01

AM Introduction and Framework

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PM Scope

21/01 AM Time

PM Cost

28/01

AM Quality

PM Human ResourceCopyright © 2017 PMI SOC

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Session Schedule


Date Session Room

04/02

AM Communication

107

PM Risk

11/02 AM Procurement

PM Stakeholder

25/02

AM Professional Responsibility

PM Integration and Sample Exam

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Session Logistics

• You have been given the material for all sessions

• You have been also given the PMP Project Management

Study Guide

• The facilitator will lead you through the material and

answer your questions

• Each session includes sample exam questions


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Session Logistics

• Prepare for each session by completing the suggested

reading

• Make every effort to complete the reading ahead

• Each session will start at 8.30 am for the morning

sessions and 1:00 pm for the afternoon sessions


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Session Logistics

• Facilitators

• Breaks

• Volunteers for

– Sessions Coordinator – Attendance Sheet

– Equipment Coordinator – Laptop & projector

– Setup & Coordination a Yahoo/Google Group

• Feedback – a link to a feedback form will be emailed to

participants after every session– please do fill them out.


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• Study Guide and presentation material

• PMI Bookstore site: www.pmibookstore.org

• Obtain other PM books from Chapters or Amazon

through Internet

• Books for Business - 120 Adelaide Street W

• UFT Bookstore - 214 College St (St George & College)


Session Logistics

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Miscellaneous

Please keep your cell phones on vibrate

Open Parking lot opposite this Building on St. George Street

Underground Parking lot under 40 St George, Entrance on Huron

Street.

Washrooms are on the Ground Floor

Housekeeping

Agenda

• Session Objectives

• Session Content Review

• Reading Requirements

• Questions and Answers

PMP Exam PreparationWorkshop Overview

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Objectives

• Review the overall content of the PMP Review

Sessions

• How to study for exam?

• Review PMP Certification Requirements

• To answer any questions regarding the testing and

certification process

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PM Framework

Topic Overview:

• The framework required to support project

management

• Tests will include diverse topics, not just PMBOK

• Information from all knowledge areas will be included

in test questions


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PM Framework

Topics will include:

• Project life cycle

• Organizational structures, cultures and styles

• Stakeholders

• General management skills


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PM Standards

Topic Overview:

• The processes required to support project

management

• Diverse topics will be tested

• Information from all knowledge areas will be included

in test questions


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Topics will include:

• Project life cycle

• The five process groups

• How the process groups fit together

• Difference between project phases and process

group phases


PM Standards

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Project Management Process Groups

• Initiation Process Group

• Planning Process Group

• Executing Process Group

• Monitoring and Control Process Groups

• Closing Process Group

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Fig 3-3. Project Management Process Interactions, page 53


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Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas

Knowledge Areas

Project Management Process Groups

Initiation Planning Execution Monitoring & Controlling Closing

Project Integration Management

Project Scope Management

Project Time Management

Project Cost Management

Project Quality Management

Project Human Resources Management

Project Communications Management

Project Risk Management

Project Procurement Management

Project Stakeholder Management

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Project Integration Management Overview

• Develop Project Charter

• Develop Management Plan

• Direct and Manage Project Work

• Monitor and Control Project Work

• Perform Integrate Change Control

• Close Project or Project Phase

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 4-1. Project Integration Management Overview, page 65


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Project Scope Management

• Plan Scope Management

• Collect Requirements

• Define Scope

• Create WBS

• Validate Scope

• Control Scope

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 5-1. Project Scope Management Overview, page 106


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Project Time Management • Plan Schedule Management

• Define Activities

• Sequence Activities

• Estimate Activity Resources

• Estimate Activity Durations

• Develop Schedule

• Control Schedule

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 6-1. Project Time Management Overview, page 143


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Project Cost Management

• Plan Cost Management

• Estimate Costs

• Determine Budget

• Control Costs

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 7-1. Project Cost Management Overview, page 194

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Project Quality Management

• Plan Quality Management

• Perform Quality Assurance

• Control Quality

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 8-1. Project Quality Management Overview, page 230


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Project Human Resources Management

• Plan Human Resource Management

• Acquire Project Team

• Develop Project Team

• Manage Project Team

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 9-1. Project Human Resources Management Overview, page 257


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Project Communications Management

• Plan Communications Management

• Manage Communications

• Control Communications

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 10-1. Project Communications Management Overview, page 288


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Project Risk Management

• Plan Risk Management

• Identify Risks

• Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

• Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

• Plan Risk Responses

• Control Risks

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 11-1. Project Risk Management Overview, page 312


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Project Procurement Management

• Plan Procurement Management

• Conduct Procurements

• Control Procurements

• Close Procurements

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 12-1. Project Procurement Management Overview, page 356


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Project Stakeholder Management

• Identify Stakeholders

• Plan Stakeholder Management

• Manage Stakeholder Engagement

• Control Stakeholder Engagement

REFERENCE: PMBOK V5, Figure 13-1 Project Stakeholder Management Overview, page 392


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How to pass the PMP exam?

• Forget about what you think or what you know about

project management

• Till you obtain your PMP certification, you will see the

world of Project Management through “PMBOK 5th

Edition”.

• Never forget the first two rules

• Always look for best fit answer


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How to pass the Exam?

• Easy:Easy questions can be answered

right away: all others may be skipped

and mentally classified as “recall”,

“deduct”, or “compute” challenges.

• Recall: Recall questions test your

ability to memorize definitions so you

can select the correct answer in

accordance with the definition in

PMBOK V5

Easy

Deduct

Compute

Recall


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• Deduct: Deduct questions test your ability to

rationalize the selection of the correct answer,

such as in a context of ethics, for example.

You will be given a situation to interpret and to

rationalize which of 4 answers best covers the

situation in the question

• Compute:Compute questions can be time-

consuming, yet are no more valuable than easy

questions. As for deduct questions, postpone

the “poser questions” until later in the test: you

can easily get lost in the complexity of the

questions and lose track of time.

Easy

Deduct

Compute

Recall


How to pass the Exam?

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Sample Exam

• Methodology of writing a Computer Based Multiple

Choice Exam

• There will be another set of questions to test your

knowledge


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PMP Certification

Requires a combination of:

• Education

• Experience

• Passing a written exam


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PMP Exam – Eligibility Criteria

Work Experience:

• 4500 hours if you have a university degree

• 7500 hours if don’t have a university degree

• This experience must be obtained within the last 8 years

• Experience must span the five PM process groups

PM Education:

• 35 contact hours of project management education that

covers all the knowledge areas.


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The Exam• 200 multiple choice questions

• 4 hours written at a Prometric Learning Centre

• Focus is on:

• 5 Process Groups: Initiation, Planning, Execution,

Monitoring and Controlling, Closing

• 10 Knowledge Areas: Integration, Scope, Time, Cost,

Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk,

Procurement, Stakeholder, Professional

Responsibility / Code of Conduct


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The PMP ExamBreakdown of the 200 Questions on the Exam

• Initiating the Project 13%

• Planning the Project 24%

• Executing the Project 31%

• Monitoring and Controlling the Project 25%

• Closing the Project 7 %


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The PMP Exam Pre Test Questions

• 25 pretest questions will be randomly placed throughout the new

examination to gather statistical information on the performance of

these questions in order to determine whether they may be used on

future examinations. These 25 pretest items are included in the

200-question examination, but will not be included in the pass/fail

determination; candidates will be scored on 175 questions

• To pass the PMP examination, candidates must answer a minimum

of 106 of the 175 scored questions correctly (i.e. approximately 61%

or greater score) Note : PMI made a decision in 2006 to no longer publish passing scores for its exams. In 2007, PMI also removed all

quantitative elements from the post-exam review for test candidates. The passing score is estimated inside a range between 61% and 75%.


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Exam Eligibility

• One-year eligibility period. All candidates will be given one year to

take the examination. This one-year eligibility period begins when a

candidate's application is approved.

• Limit on the number of times candidates will be permitted to test.

Candidates will have three opportunities to take and pass the PMP

examination within their one-year eligibility period. If candidates do not

succeed on the third attempt, candidates will have to wait one year

from their third unsuccessful attempt before being permitted to test

again.


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PMI Certification Application/Renewal Agreement

Candidates applying for certification as Project Management

Professionals must:

• Satisfy educational and experiential requirements

• Read and accept the terms and responsibilities of the Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct

• Read and accept the terms and responsibilities of the PMI Certification Application/ Renewable Agreement


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PMI Certification Application/Renewal Agreement

The PMI Certification Application/ Renewable Agreement includes:

“I agree to satisfy and conduct myself in accordance with all PMI

certification program policies and agreement ... And I shall maintain

confidentiality of PMI examination questions and contents.

Furthermore, I agree not to discuss, debrief or disclose, in any

manner, the specific content of PMI examination questions and

answers, to any individual.”

Reference:

http://www.pmi.org/certification/~/media/pdf/certifications/pdc_pmpha

ndbook.ashx


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