PMI-RMP^® Certification Exam Prep Course

International Institute of Project Management (IIPM^®), a Global Registered Education Provider (REP) of PMI^®, USA is conducting PMI-RMP^® Exam Prep Course (Public / Corporate) in the week ends / weekdays / evenings totaling to 30 hours of mandatory education covering knowledge of and skills in all 4-process areas of PMI-RMP^® specification requirements. This course fulfills the new mandatory requirement of PMI^® for 30 hrs of training with special emphasis on Project Risk Management as per PMI-RMP^® specification requirements, before applying for the PMI-RMP^® exam. The below modules of the PMI-RMP^® Exam Prep Course offered by IIPM highlight and explain briefly the overall course structure.

PMI-RMP^® Eligibility Requirements

  To qualify for the PMI-RMP^® examination, applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or global equivalent, three to five years of professional work experience, with 3,000 hours of experience in project risk management, along with 30 contact hours of formal education in project risk management.

  To maintain the credential, project risk management professionals will need to acquire 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs) per 3-year cycle in the specialty area of project risk management.
 

Who Should Attend

  CEOs, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief Purchase Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Project managers, Chief Operations Officers (COOs), Program Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Design Engineers, Portfolio Managers, Assistant General Managers, Vice Presidents, General Managers, Deputy General Managers, Assistant, Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents, Project Managements Consultants, Venture Capitalists, Bankers, Financial Analysts, Chartered Accountants,  Project Leaders, Team leaders/Members, Risk Managers, Field Staff Members, Project Engineers, Design Engineers, Project Leaders and Administrators, Industrial Engineers, Program Managers, Manufacturing Engineers, Project Coordinators, Operating Managers, Functional Managers, Information Technology Professionals, Software Developers, Quality & Testing Engineers, Sales & Marketing professionals, Civil/Mechanical/Electrical engineers, Procurement specialists, Event mangers, R&D Managers, others involved directly or indirectly with Project Management.

 

Key Deliverables 

The course consists of more than 10 excellent deliverables. Some of the key deliverables are:

• Access to draft PMI's Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. One copy of the 1st Edition Risk Management Standard will be made available when published by PMI in 2009.
   

• Risk Maturity Assessment - GAP assessment on Project Risk Management practices which presents the gap in knowledge of participants to put them in the right frame of mind about their current awareness of Risk Management Knowledge irrespective of field / experience - OPTIONAL
   

• Excellent Training Materials mostly aligned to PMI's the Examination Specifications for Risk Management Professional, Risk Management section of PMBOK^® Guide - 4th Edition.
   

• Additional Training Materials - One copy per participant
   

• PMI-RMP^® Exam Prep Course Practice CD: 1000 Q&A. Users can take as many mock tests as needed using our CD to reinforce knowledge and increase confidence level. Many questions are supplied with hints/explanation for the correct answer.  
   

• PMI-RMP^® Exam Prep Course oriented Tips & Traps- A very useful deliverable
   

• PMI-RMP^® Exam Prep Course Process-wise Questions Distribution pattern - A very good input.
   

• Industry oriented Practical Tips - Tips that carry lots of practical use.
   

• IIPMPMPCERT-Yahoo group - Free Subscription to all IIPM Patrons to exchange news and views about PM- A very useful group of 1800 PM Professionals from around world for discussion, doubts, templates, tips etc on Project Risk Management.
   

• Examples/Templates linked to MS Project- Many PMI's the Examination Specifications for Risk Management Professional, Risk Management section of PMBOK^® Guide - 4th Edition terms are explained & linked to the relevant feature in MS Project to show the practical application - A unique feature of IIPM^®.
   

• PMI-RMP^® Exam Simulated Mock Test - Conducted at the end of the course which amply demonstrates the knowledge & confidence gained in the course.
   

• PMI-RMP^® Exam Application Form : A Screen-shot step-by-step Demo - A unique feature of IIPM^® and a rare opportunity / deliverable by an REP
   

• CASE STUDY on Project Risk Management applying the skills learned to a sample IT / Construction / Manufacturing project - Conducted at the end of the course - which has boosted the confidence of the participants to apply the learned concepts to practical use. From the group of participants, 2 volunteers will act as Project Managers and will manage the project Live. The Faculty will moderate and act as the Owner of the project. Other participants will act as other Key Stakeholders.
   

• Access to PMI's the Examination Specifications for Risk Management Professional, Draft PMI's Practice Standard for Project Risk Management, PMBOK^® Guide -2008 ,4th Edition and Internationally famous Project Planning, Risk Management & Controlling specific books.
   

• Access to an excellent library with 250 International books on Project Management, Project Planning, Risk Management & Controlling, Construction/IT Project Management. The library can be used for further study related Situational Questions on exam and for references / research work on any topic in Project Management for gaining PDUs.
   

• 30 hours mandatory Education in Project Risk Management / Contact Hours Certificate, which fulfills the mandatory Education Requirements as per PMI^®, USA.
   

• Guest House for outstation candidates: IIPM^® can arrange for well-furnished, A/C Guest House accommodation for outstation candidates @ Rs. 900/- per day extra. IIPM^® understands your needs. This is a special additional service to our outstation candidates.

Project Risk Management Professional - Exam Process Areas
 

  The course covers the knowledge of and the skills as per Project Risk Management knowledge area as per PMBOK^® Guide:4th Edition and aligned to the 4-process areas as laid out in the draft Standard for Project Risk Management.

Part 1: Project Risk Management as per PMBOK^® Guide:4th Edition

1. Introduction
2. Risk Management Planning  
3. Risk Identification 
4. Qualitative Risk Analysis 
5. Quantitative Risk Analysis 
6. Risk Response Planning 
7. Risk Monitoring & Control 

Part 2: Practice Standard for Project Risk Management (Draft)

• Process Area I: Risk Communication

• Process Area II: Risk Analysis

• Process Area III: Risk Response Planning

• Process Area IV: Risk Governance

I. Introduction to Project Risk Management

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Purpose Of The Practice Standard For Project Risk Management
Chapter 3: Project Risk Management Definition
Chapter 4: Role Of Project Risk Management In Project Management
Chapter 5: Good Risk Management Practice
Chapter 6: Critical Success Factors For Project Risk Management
Chapter 7: Exercises

II. Principles and Concepts

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Definitions
Chapter 3: Individual risks and overall project risk
Chapter 4: Stakeholder risks attitudes
Chapter 5: Interactive process
Chapter 6: Communication
Chapter 7: Responsibility for project risk management
Chapter 8: Project manager's role for project risk management
Chapter 9: Exercises

III. Introduction to project risk management processes

Chapter 1: Project risk management and project management
Chapter 2: Project risk management processes
Chapter 3: Exercises

IV. Plan risk management

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the plan risk management process
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the plan risk management process
Chapter 3: Tools and techniques for the plan risk management process
Chapter 4: Documenting the results of the plan risk management process
Chapter 5: Exercises

V. Identify risk

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the identify risk process
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the identify risk process
Chapter 3: Tools and techniques for the identify risk process
Chapter 4: Documenting the results of the identify risk process
Chapter 5: Exercises

VI. Perform qualitative risk analysis

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the perform qualitative risk analysisprocess
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the perform qualitative risk analysis process
Chapter 3: Tools and techniques for the perform qualitative risk analysis process
Chapter 4: Documenting the results of the perform qualitative risk analysis process
Chapter 5: Exercises

VII. Perform quantitative risk analysis

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the perform quantitative risk analysis process
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the perform quantitative risk analysis process
Chapter 3: Tools and techniques for the perform quantitative risk analysis process
Chapter 4: Documenting the results of the perform quantitative risk analysis process
Chapter 5: Exercises

VIII. Plan risk responses

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the Plan risk responses Process
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the Plan risk responses Process
Chapter 3: Risk response strategies for the Plan risk responses Process
Chapter 4: Tools and techniques for the Plan risk responses Process
Chapter 5: Documenting the results of the Plan risk responses Process
Chapter 6: Exercises

IX. Monitor and control risks

Chapter 1: Purpose and objective of the Monitor and control risks process
Chapter 2: Critical success factors for the Monitor and control risks process
Chapter 3: Tools and techniques for the Monitor and control risks process
Chapter 4: Documenting the results of the Monitor and control risks process
Chapter 5: Exercises
 

Part 3: Tools/Templates For Project Risk Management

Sample Risk Break Down Structure (.doc)
How to calculate expected value (.doc)
Sample Impact Scale (.doc)
Sample Risk Register (.Xls)
Difference between Brainstorming and Delphi technique (.doc)
Detail Monte Carlo Analysis report (.doc)
Probability Impact Matrix For Threat And Opportunities (.doc)
Schedule Risk Analysis (.doc)
Cause and effect diagram (Ishikawa or fishbone diagram)
SWOT Analysis Framework (.doc)
Process Flow Chart
Risk Identification (.ppt)

Part 4: Case Study

Case Study 1 : Risk Management in IT Implementation
Case Study 2 : Managing Risk On Global Projects

Part 5: Flash Cards

A set of Flash Cards (350) on Project Risk Management will be provided in a CD, which will be useful for practicing the exam.

Part 6: Project Risk Management Final Exam/Test

Part 7: RMP Final Exam/Test

A final mock test will be conducted at the end of the session to explain exam related tips and to demonstrate the knowledge gained.

Part 8: Tips & Traps

Practical and exam oriented Tips and Traps will be provided throughout the course.

The Program Structure

   PMI-RMP^SM Exam Prep Course Programs are scheduled around the world at convenient locations.  This
 30-hour contact education course can be taken either on

•  2 Week-ends (Sat / Sundays) 9.0 am thru 6.0 pm  for 4 days  
                                        Or

•  Continuous days Sat - Tue, 9.0 am thru 6.0 pm for 4 days  

Duration: 4 days (Continuous Days)

Course Fee: Rs. 18,000 + 12.36 % ST

Faculty Profile:

Mr. O. Arivazhagan, B.E (Honors), PMP, MBB, CFM (HFI, USA)

Mr. O. Arivazhagan, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP^®)  , from PMI^®, USA, a Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), and a Honors graduate in Civil Engineering from University of Madras has, in total, 23 years of cumulative professional experience in Domestic & International EPC/Turnkey Projects, Software projects, and in conducting Project Management Training programs. He has successfully organized & conducted more than 25,000 person-hours of training(http://www.iipmchennai.com/feedback1.html) in project management around the globe and is a frequent speaker on project management in various corporate, forums/conferences around the world (http://www.iipmchennai.com/Archive.html). He has Managed, Estimated, Designed, Planned, Tendered, Coordinated, Executed projects in various capacities and has handled projects in Industrial, Power sector/ Software fields worth more than US$ 100 million in countries including India, Saudi Arabia and UAE. He has developed/managed software projects for the automation of Industrial structures, Foundation design, Preprocessors for Tower Analysis, CAD fabrication drawings in Auto LISP/VBA/ BASIC. He has managed and implemented large ERP projects for construction project companies. He was General Manager of a large contracting company in the middle-east. He is an active member of PMI®, USA.

  He was on the Board of Directors of PMI's DPC-SIG in the capacity of Vice Chair: Marketing for the period of 2001 to 2004. Also
Mr. Arivazhagan is one the leaders in the DPC Leaders' group. He has delivered several lectures/training programs on Project Management in India, Middle-East, and Asia-pacific & USA. He is an active user of MS Project 2003. He enjoys teaching/training/consulting and his areas of interests/ specializations are Construction Project Management, Software Project Management & Event/Movie Projects Management.

  Mr. Arivazhagan is a certified film maker/director from Hollywood Film Institute, Los Angeles, USA. His vision is to introduce project management principles and techniques in Movie projects to manage movie projects" on time and within budget”
(www.idm-madras.com).

  Mr. Arivazhagan is also a social activist and is interested in helping the poor and underprivileged in whatever way he can. (http://www.iipmchennai.com/ss.html)

Mr. Arivazhagan is one of Founding Directors of PMI® Chennai Chapter. See chapter.pmi.org/chennai/newletter.html.

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