This course prepares you for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam by covering the knowledge and skills required for modern project management. You will develop skills for successful project planning, leadership, stakeholder engagement, predictive, agile, and hybrid delivery approaches, scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, governance, and project closure. You will apply project management concepts to realistic scenarios, practice making decisions commonly encountered on the PMP exam, and complete exam-style questions to strengthen your understanding of the material and prepare for certification.
Students will:
- Explain the PMP exam structure and the principles of modern project management.
- Compare predictive, agile, and hybrid project delivery approaches.
- Apply leadership and stakeholder management strategies to project teams.
- Develop project scope, schedules, and project plans.
- Apply cost, quality, and resource management techniques.
- Evaluate project risks, issues, and change requests.
- Apply communication, procurement, and governance practices.
- Explain how projects support business value and organizational goals.
- Perform project closure and knowledge transfer activities.
- Apply PMP decision-making strategies to realistic project scenarios and certification exam questions.
This course prepares the student to take the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
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Course Outline:
Lesson 1: PMP Mindset, Value Delivery and Exam Foundations
Modern project management goes beyond managing schedules, budgets, and deliverables. In this lesson, you learn how The standard evaluates project managers, how modern organizations define project success, and how value delivery drives decision-making throughout the project life cycle.
Lesson 2: People, Leadership and Stakeholder Influence
Modern project success depends on leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. In this lesson, you develop the emotional intelligence, conflict management, negotiation, and people leadership skills required to succeed in both The exam and real-world project environments.
Lesson 3: Predictive, Agile and Hybrid Delivery Models
Modern project managers must understand how predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches support different business needs and delivery environments. In this lesson, you learn to compare and apply predictive, agile, and hybrid delivery approaches based on project
Lesson 4: Scope, Schedule and Planning Decisions
As a PMP candidate, you must understand how planning decisions influence delivery performance, stakeholder expectations, risk exposure, and project success. This lesson will help you develop the planning mindset required to build realistic, controlled, and value-oriented project plans across predictive and hybrid environments.
Lesson 5: Cost, Quality and Resource Optimization
In this lesson, you will learn the core PMP concepts related to budgeting, quality management, forecasting, and resource optimization. You will also develop the decision-making mindset required to monitor performance, control deviations, and make responsible adjustments across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments.
Lesson 6: Risk, Issues and Change Decision-Making
Modern projects operate in environments where uncertainty, urgency, and constant change are normal. In this lesson, you will develop the risk-based thinking, escalation judgment, and change management mindset required for the exam and real-world project leadership.
Lesson 7: Communications, Procurement and Governance
Even technically strong projects can collapse when communication breaks down, procurement relationships fail, or governance mechanisms are unclear. In this module, you will learn how project managers coordinate stakeholders, manage vendor relationships, and operate within governance frameworks that support accountability, transparency, and business value delivery.
Lesson 8: Business Value, Compliance and Organizational Change
Organizations expect projects to generate measurable business value, comply with regulatory and strategic requirements, and support long-term organizational transformation. In this lesson, you learn how project managers align delivery execution with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and enterprise strategy.
Lesson 9: Project Closure, Transition and Benefits Realization
True project success requires formal closure, operational readiness, knowledge preservation, and confirmation that expected business benefits are being achieved over time. In this module, you will learn how project managers close projects responsibly, support operational transitions, capture organizational knowledge, and evaluate long-term value delivery.
Lesson 10: PMP Situational Reasoning and Full Exam Simulation
In this final module, you will strengthen your PMP decision-making mindset, improve exam strategy execution, and practice applying Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid concepts through realistic exam simulation scenarios. The lesson is designed to reinforce confidence, strategic thinking, and exam readiness.
All necessary course materials are included.
Certification(s):
This course prepares the student to take the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
To apply for the PMP, students will need to have either:
- A four-year degree
- 36 months leading projects (For helpful tips on what this means, click here.)
- 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification
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- A high school diploma or an associate’s degree (or global equivalent)
- 60 months leading projects
- 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification
