PMP Exam Preparation Workshop

October 19 & 20 (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

The Lodge - Bettendorf

SUMMARY

Are you ready to verify your project management expertise by earning the Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional (PMP) certification? Shorten your study time and increase your probability of passing the exam with this world-class, two-day preparation course. Past participants have about a 95% pass rate. Innovators guarantees you will pass the exam on the first try. If you don't, Innovators will reimburse your $275 retake fee. Some qualifications apply, like attending the entire course and taking the exam within 90 days.

Your facilitator, Lee Towe, PMP, served on the leadership team of nine people who created the PMBOK® Guide, 3^rd Edition and is the primary author of the human resources chapter. So you get a unique and complete explanation for the reasons that inputs, outputs and techniques are important to the 44 project management processes outlined in the PMBOK Guide.

 Please Note:  This prep class is for the 4^th Edition of the PMBOK. 

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the workshop, you will have a solid grasp of the 44 processes and how they fit together. You will have a suggested layout for "brain dump" pages you will want to create as soon as you enter the testing area. You will have highlights from many PMI reference books at your fingertips in one comprehensive source. (Much of the exam includes information not specifically contained in PMBOK Guide.) Primarily, you will have the focus and confidence that, after a little more studying, you will be able to pass the PMP exam.

COURSE OUTLINE: 2-DAY WORKSHOP                                                                                                                                                                          Crash course on the primary principles

• PMI®philosophies and exam priorities to help you identify the best answer
• Workbook illustrations and class demonstrations of major concepts that go beyond PMBOK® Guide, including...
• Work breakdown structures
• Monte Carlo simulations and statistical distributions
• Control charts and other quality tools
• Motivation theories and a responsibility assignment matrix
• Conflict management approaches and types of power
• Contract types and negotiation strategies
• Course workbook with color process chart and over 200 practice questions.
• Games and activities that assist comprehension.You receive your own four-page color puzzle to help you learn the proper order of the processes.
• Exercises for the most important tools, including...
  • Earned value analysis
  • Network diagrams, including late start and late finish dates
• Three-point estimation (PERT) calculations
• Crash tables
• Decision trees

WHO SHOULD ATTEND                                                                                                                                                                              People who want PMP Certification for themselves or people who oversee certification programs for their organizations.

PRE-CLASS STUDY                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Once registration has been completed, you will receive pre-class study recommendations. The materials required for this study include an internet browser and a copy of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK®) from PMI. 

COST AND REGISTRATION

Cost for QCPMI members is $450 if funds are received by October 5th or $500 if funds are received later. The cost for non-PMI members will be $600. Registrations will not be accepted after October 15.  You can register on-line or pay  via check, money order or cash. Please make checks payable to PMI Quad City Area Chapter along with the completed registration form (attached) to:

PMI Quad City Area Chapter
PO Box 4527
Davenport, IA 52804

 CANCELLATION, SUBSTITUTIONS AND RESCHEDULING

• Training courses are first-come, first-serve, so early registration is strongly recommended.
• Cancellations received by October 6 will receive a full refund of tuition paid, less $50.
• Refunds will not be given for cancellations after October 5, but substitutions are welcome.
• If the PMI QC Area Chapter finds it necessary to cancel the workshop due to weather or other various conditions, a full refund of paid tuition will be made.Every attempt will be made to reschedule the workshop within 8 weeks of the original date scheduled.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS        Please visit our website at www.pmiqcareachapter.org or contact Mike O'Connor, VP Professional Development, regarding workshop registration or questions:   mmisoc@gmail.com or 563 299-3507.