This course provides a comprehensive preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification exam, including test-taking tips, 25 comprehensive module quizzes, five process group tests, and two full-length, 200-question practice exams. These cover the areas of interest from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (the PMBOK® Guide), which provides a report to help determine your areas of weakness. Learners must have access to the PMBOK® Guide in order to fully engage in the material in this course and to fully prepare for the PMP® exam. This course prepares learners to take the current edition of the PMI PMP® certification exam, which will be discontinued by PMI^® as of January 2, 2021.

• Environmental factors and organizational process assets affecting project management
• The five overlapping stages of a project life cycle
• How to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each knowledge areas
• Utilizing progressive elaboration and integrated change management to keep plans relevant
• Project Integration Management that coordinates various processes
• How project baselines (scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed
• Effective management of human resources and stakeholder communications
• Key methods to estimate schedules and costs including variances throughout the project timeline
• Continuously engaging project stakeholders in related activities
• Putting PMBOK® Guide knowledge into practice