This 4-day intensive workshop is an immersion into the project management concepts, techniques and knowledge areas covered in the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification examination administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). At the end of this workshop participants will be ready to take the PMP® examination. Participants are encouraged to take the PMP® exam as soon as possible after this workshop, while the material is still fresh! Consult http://www.pmi.org/PDF/pdc_pmphandbook.pdf for instructions on PMP® exam prerequisites and sign-up procedures.

This workshop utilizes a unique associative learning approach that facilitates rapid assimilation of the vast amount of material covered in the PMP® examination. This approach helps you to construct a “mental framework” and to fit the various concepts, techniques and knowledge nuggets into this framework in a fairly common sense, natural and intuitive manner.  As a result, it is not only easier for you to recall this material when taking your PMP® examination, but, perhaps more importantly, you will also be able to apply it more effectively in your real world practice of project management, thus making your PMP® certification not merely a professional qualification but also a professional asset!

In order to get you into the PMP® exam frame of mind, the workshop alternates learning modules with short tests. There are seven learning modules, and each includes a short self-graded test of multiple-choice questions resembling those on the actual PMP® examination. There is also one 200-question practice exam at the end of the workshop. Each of the seven learning modules lasts between 2 hours and 2.5 hours and concludes with a test. We will cover two to three learning modules per day for the first three days, while the fourth day will be devoted entirely to review and to PMP® exam taking strategy, and will conclude with the practice final (200 questions). The table below outlines the agenda.