Course Description

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Getting ready to write the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam? If you have a minimum of three years’ experience leading and directing projects and are on-track toward attaining the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Project Management Professional (PMP)® designation, this course will prepare you to write the PMP® Exam. Are you already a PMP® certification holder? This course will refresh and build your knowledge in current agile and hybrid approaches while also helping you earn professional development units (PDUs) to maintain your credential.

SAIT has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by PMI. As a PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP), we meet PMI-established quality assurance criteria and our instructors for PROJ-120 are authorized to teach PMP® Exam preparation.

Delivered online remotely, this course includes 35 contact hours (combined 24 hours of virtual instruction using Zoom and 11 hours self-directed online study accessing content in PMI’s learning platform) as well as one 30-minute individual virtual coaching session with the instructor. Course fees include certified instructor expertise, PMI course content and learning materials. The course does not include PMP® Exam fees nor PMI membership fee (optional). Apply with PMI to write the PMP® Exam once you have completed this course and are ready to write.

Note: Registration closes two days prior to the course start date.

Learner Outcomes

This interactive course contains five modules that will immerse you in real-world scenarios, representing various industries and project management situations to help you practice applying principles and concepts at work.

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• build a team, define team ground rules, negotiate project agreements, empower and train team members, engage and support virtual teams and build shared understanding about the project
• determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices
• plan and manage scope, budget, resources, schedule, quality of products, deliverables and project/phase closure
• integrate project planning activities, plan and manage procurement and establish project governance
• assess and manage risks, execute project to deliver business value, manage communications, engage stakeholders, create project artifacts, manage project changes and project issues and ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity
• lead a team, support team performance, address and remove impediments, obstacles and blockers, manage conflict, collaborate with and mentor relevant stakeholders and apply emotional intelligence to promote team performance
• manage compliance requirements, evaluate and deliver project benefits and value, evaluate and address internal and external business environment changes, support organizational change and employ continuous process improvement.

Note that the PMP® certification exam is created based on the PMP® Exam Content Outline.

There are no formal assessments for this course, however, attendance is required – you must attend a minimum of 7 of the 8 virtual sessions. PMI will issue your certificate upon successful completion of this course. Note: virtual sessions will not be recorded.

Contact conedadvising@sait.ca for more information or PMI’s detailed course outline.