Project Management Professional (PMP) - September 2026 Intake

Course Description & Learning Outcomes

The intensive five-day Project Management Professional (PMP®) preparation course is designed to equip aspiring project managers with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary project management practices aligned with the PMBOK® Guide — Eighth Edition. The course progresses systematically from foundational concepts of project management and value delivery systems through advanced performance domains including governance, scope, schedule, finance, stakeholders, resources, and risk. Participants will explore project life cycles, development approaches, tailoring techniques, and emerging topics such as artificial intelligence, procurement, and the role of Project Management Offices. Each day combines theoretical knowledge with practical tools, techniques, and real-world applications to ensure candidates are fully prepared for the PMP examination and ready to lead projects effectively in any industry.

Course Outline

Duration – 5 days

1) Foundations of Project Management

• Key terms and concepts in project management

• Foundational elements: project characteristics, governance, and operations

• Relationship of portfolio, program, project, and operations management

• Creating value and the system for value delivery

• Project environment, organizational process assets, and product management considerations

• Functions associated with projects and project management roles

• The project management mindset and the six guiding principles

2) Project Life Cycles and Governance Domain

• Project phases and project development approaches: predictive, adaptive, and hybrid

• Considerations for selecting a development approach and delivery cadence

• Project Management Focus Areas: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing

• Governance Performance Domain: project value creation and governance models

• Metrics and mechanisms for effective project governance

• Governance processes including initiating, integrating plans, sourcing, execution, quality assurance, and change

• Tailoring considerations and interactions with other performance domains

3) Scope, Schedule and Finance Domains

• Scope Performance Domain: planning, eliciting requirements, defining and developing scope

• Monitoring, controlling, and validating scope to prevent scope creep

• Schedule Performance Domain: planning, developing, monitoring, and controlling the schedule

• Steps for developing the schedule and managing schedule baselines

• Finance Performance Domain: planning financial management and estimating costs

• Developing the project budget and monitoring and controlling project finances

• Cost baseline, expenditures, and funding requirements

4) Stakeholders, Resources, and Risk Domains

• Stakeholders Performance Domain: identifying stakeholders and planning engagement

• Planning, managing, and monitoring communications throughout the project life cycle

• Managing and monitoring stakeholder engagement effectively

• Resources Performance Domain: planning, estimating, and acquiring project resources

• Leading the team, building team competencies, and monitoring and controlling resourcing

• Risk Performance Domain: planning risk management and identifying project risks

• Performing risk analysis, planning risk responses and implementing risk responses

• Monitoring risks, risk classification, and tailoring considerations across all three domains

5) Inputs, Outputs, Tools, Techniques and Emerging Topics

• Inputs and outputs across project management processes

• Tools and techniques including earned value, decision trees, work breakdown structures and Kanban boards

• Manage and control changes

• Evaluate external business environment changes

• Remove impediments and manage issues

• Continuous improvement

• Artificial Intelligence in project management: use cases, ethical concerns and responsible adoption

• Procurement: make-or-buy analysis, contract types, source selection and claims administration

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