course | Certified Project Management Practitioner (CPMP)

Foundations of Project Management:

• What is a project? Key definitions and principles
• Project vs. operations
• Overview of project management frameworks
• Triple constraint model (scope, time, cost)
• Role of the project manager
• Organizational structures and project environments
• Project success factors and challenges

Project Lifecycle and Process Groups:

• Phases: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Closing
• Waterfall vs. Agile lifecycle models
• Overview of PMBOK knowledge areas
• Deliverables and stage-gate reviews
• Project charter and importance
• Project baselines and control systems
• Change control processes

Project Scope Management:

• Scope planning and documentation
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Scope creep and how to manage it
• Requirements gathering techniques
• Scope validation and control processes
• Use of decomposition in defining deliverables
• Models for prioritizing scope
   

Time and Schedule Management:

• Developing a project schedule
• Critical Path Method (CPM) explained
• Gantt charts and network diagrams
• Resource allocation
• Schedule compression techniques: crashing and fast-tracking
• Float analysis and buffer strategies
• Monitoring schedule performance

Cost Management and Budgeting:

• Project cost estimation techniques
• Cost baseline and budgeting
• Earned Value Management (EVM) principles
• Cost variance and performance indices
• Direct vs. indirect costs
• Forecasting and cost control systems
• Financial risk in projects

Quality Management:

• Definition and dimensions of quality
• Cost of quality (COQ)
• Quality assurance vs. quality control
• Process improvement models (Six Sigma, PDCA, TQM)
• Benchmarking and best practices
• Quality metrics and measurement systems
• ISO standards and their relevance to projects

Risk Management and Analysis:

• Definition and categories of project risk
• Risk identification and assessment
• Qualitative vs. quantitative risk analysis
• Risk response strategies: avoid, mitigate, transfer, accept
•  Risk registers and probability-impact matrices
• The role of assumptions and constraints
• Monitoring and controlling risks
   

Stakeholder and Communication Management:

• Stakeholder identification and classification
• Power/interest and salience models
• Communication planning frameworks
• Barriers to effective communication
• Feedback loops and communication styles
• Conflict resolution models (Thomas-Kilmann)
• Building engagement and trust

Human Resources and Procurement Management:

• Resource planning and organizational
• Motivation: Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland
• Team development stages (Tuckman model)
• Procurement lifecycle and contract types
• Make-or-buy decision analysis
• Source selection criteria
• Contractual risks and dispute resolution