PMP 2 - Project Processes and Project Integration Management (Fourth Edition)

This course was designed as a supplemental study guide for the major content areas of Chapters 3 and 4 of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition. In this course, you will be introduced to the five project management process groups and nine project management knowledge areas into which PMI® sorts all project activities. You will also learn how processes in the Project Integration Management knowledge area encourage relationships between project processes that keep the project's activities co-ordinated and on track for success.

NOTE: As of July 1, 2009, the PMP® certification exam will align with the Fourth Edition of the PMBOK® Guide. This course prepares learners who plan to take the updated exam.

After completing this course, you'll be able to:

1. Understand the role of the five process groups: Initiating Process Group, Planning Process Group, Executing Process Group, Monitoring and Controlling Process Group, and Closing Process Group
2. Understand the role of the knowledge areas: Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project Human Resource Management, Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, and Project Procurement Management
3. Understand that each of the 42 processes identified by PMI® as being universal to project management can be classified into one knowledge area and one process group
4. Understand the overlapping nature of the interaction between the processes and process groups
5. Understand the ways in which inputs and outputs of various processes determine the relationship between the processes
6. Understand the processes of the Project Integration Management knowledge area
7. Understand the inputs, tools and techniques, and the outputs of the various component processes of the Project Integration Management knowledge area

This course is self-paced and online. You will have access to this course for 30 days.

Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners with some project management experience.

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK Guide).

Estimated time to complete: 3.5 hours of online course work

Cost: $79.00

Duration: 30 days

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