PMP® Exam Preparation Course
Project managers ready to pursue the PMI PMP credential, the gold-standard certification for working project managers.
Overview
The Project Management Professional (PMP)® is the gold-standard credential for working project managers. This intensive course is designed to do one thing well: prepare you to pass the current PMI PMP exam covering the People, Process, and Business Environment domains.
Petersen Training is a PMI Premier Authorized Training Provider, so the materials, instructors, and 500+ practice questions in our proprietary Exam Simulator come from the real PMI source, not third-party study guides. Our instructors are PMP-certified project managers who have run the kinds of projects the exam asks about. They stay available, along with the Exam Simulator, until you are certified.
What you'll learn
- Significantly increase your chances of passing the PMP exam on the first attempt
- Master PMI principles, terminology, and the three exam domains (People, Process, Business Environment)
- Identify key traits of a servant leader
- Apply predictive, agile, and hybrid project management approaches
- Practice exam-taking techniques using our Exam Simulator
- Receive coaching on the PMI exam application process
- Internalize PMI principles you can use on real projects after the exam
What's included
- PMI Authorized Training Partner Content
- Access to our proprietary Exam Simulator with 500+ PMI-style questions
- Instructor-led coverage of predictive (waterfall) and adaptive (agile) PM concepts
- Servant leadership and people-domain training
- Exam application strategy and eligibility coaching
- Continued access to instructors and Exam Simulator until you are certified
Who should attend
Project managers ready to pursue the PMI PMP credential, the gold-standard certification for working project managers.
Prerequisites
- 60 months leading small project teams or components of a project in the last eight years
- PMI requires 35 contact hours of project management education, and this course satisfies that requirement
Agenda
A typical delivery. Custom on-site engagements are adapted to your team and industry.
- Day 1Foundations + People domain
- PMI principles, terminology, and exam structure
- Building a high-performing team and servant leadership
- Conflict management and stakeholder engagement
- Practice questions on the People domain
- Day 2Process domain: predictive
- Scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk in a predictive context
- Procurement and contracts
- Earned value and project performance
- Practice questions on predictive process content
- Day 3Process domain: adaptive / agile
- Adaptive and hybrid life cycles
- Servant leadership in agile teams
- Iterations, ceremonies, and value delivery
- Practice questions on agile and hybrid content
- Day 4Business Environment + exam strategy
- Project compliance, benefits realization, and organizational change
- Tailoring projects to business value
- Full-length Exam Simulator session
- Exam application walkthrough and audit preparation
- Time management strategies and personalized study plans
- Final Q&A and next steps
Upcoming sessions
Public dates listed below. Custom on-site delivery is available year-round. Contact us for a quote.
Frequently asked questions
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What if I do not have the experience PMI requires?
Can we bring this on-site to our team?
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Talk to us about delivering this to your team.
Custom on-site, live online, or a seat in an upcoming public cohort. Tell us a little about your team and we'll come back with a quote and timing.