Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM®) Exam Preparation by Informa Middle East

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Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)® Exam Preparation Take away your complimentary personal copy of the PMBOK® Guide - 4th Edition Gain 24 Professional Development Units (PDUs)

15 – 18 December 2013 • Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai, UAE

Top 3 Learning Objectives 1. Gain an in-depth understanding of each component of the CAPM® certification exam and significantly improve your chances of passing the exam at the first attempt 2. Develop complete familiarity with the structure of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and PMI’s project management best practice 3. Understand the scope of a project manager’s duties and take your career to the next level – Demonstrate your understanding of project management fundamentals, terminology and processes

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Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)® Exam Preparation 15 – 18 December 2013 • Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai, UAE Course Overview

Meet Your Expert Course Leader Edward Shehab PMP, PgMP, CSSGB, PMOC, CBAP Edward Shehab is an accomplished expert with over 20 years’ experience in project and programme management, business process analysis and design, as well as operational and organisational excellence. He has worked in the USA and the Middle East, providing consulting and training for many global and regional organisations in the government, town planning, engineering, consumer products, information technology, systems integration and new product development sectors. Since 2008, he has been based in Dubai, providing consulting and training services to project professionals in the Middle East and Gulf region, covering project, risk and programme management. Prior to coming to the UAE, Edward held several high ranking leadership positions in the USA with large organisations like GE, Gillette (P&G), Philips Electronics, Analog Devices, Teradyne, Fidelity Investments and Bank of America, to name a few. He served in varying management roles ranging from operations to projects to leading high performance PMOs. He is an expert at assessing and designing custom methodologies for portfolio, project, and programmes, creating and setting up new and strategically aligned PMOs, as well as building efficiency through the use of Six Sigma, business process and organisational modelling, and requirements management. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI, certified Program Management Professional (PgMP)® from PMI, Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)® from The IIBA, Project Management Office Certified (PMOC), and a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), he holds a Master of Science degree in “Management of Programs and Projects” and a Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, both from the USA. He is fluent in English and Arabic. The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered service and collective mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. CAPM is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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This CAPM® exam preparation training course will prepare you for the certification exam by reviewing the 4th Edition of the PMBOK® Guide Guide in full details, including the five process groups, nine knowledge areas and each and every one of the 42 processes. The course will highlight the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of each process that the exam focuses on. You will be supplied with customised course materials. This course includes exercises and lots of sample questions which will build your confidence and raise your chances of passing the CAPM® exam on your first attempt.

Course Methodology Your expert Course Director Edward Shehab will take you through PowerPoint presentations and engage you with reallife examples and topic discussions. Flip boards and charts will be used to demonstrate key points. You will solve quizzes for each knowledge area to solidify your knowledge, as well as take home additional practice questions to prepare for the exam.

Certificate And PDUs Awarded You will be awarded an IIRME Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course. Attending this course will earn you the required 24 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for the CAPM® Exam.

Who Should Attend? Project Managers, Project Planners/Schedulers, Cost Engineers, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Professionals, Event Managers and Coordinators, Procurement Officers, and anyone who is a beginner in the project world will benefit from this course and its credential. New project practitioners who have not accumulated 1500 hours of experience (or one year) can simply take this course to be equipped with everything they need to know to pass the exam.

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Course Timings Registration will be at 07:30 on the first day of the course. Course sessions will start promptly at 08:00 and end at 14:30 with breaks for refreshments. Lunch will be served at the end of each day’s sessions.

Course Content

• Quality assurance, quality audits • Quality control and techniques

Day One Introduction And Project Management Concepts • Project management context, life cycles, phases, stakeholders • Project roles and responsibilities • Types of organisations – Functional, Matrix, Projectised • Nine knowledge areas and five processes Project Integration Management • Inputs-processes-outputs of integration management • Developing the project charter • Project execution, monitoring and controlling • Project plan development and overall change control • Project closeout Project Scope Management • Project and product scope • Defining project scope • Creating the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) • Verifying scope and completed deliverables • Controlling project scope, scope creep

Day Two Project Time Management • Defining schedule activities and milestones • Sequencing activities, types of dependencies and relationships • Estimation techniques • Estimating project duration • Developing the project schedule baseline • Critical Path Method (CPM) • Special overview of critical path calculations including activity float, early and late start, leads and lags Project Cost Management • Estimating activity costs, types of estimates • Determining project budget and funding requirements • Controlling project costs using Earned Value Management (EVM)

Day Three

Human Resource Management • Role of the project manager in HR, developing the HR plan • Organisation charts – Role And Responsibility Charting (RACI), Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) • Project roles and responsibilities • Project team development, team building • Managing the project team Project Communication Management • Types and dimensions of project communication • Effective communication and listening, communication blockers • Project stakeholders – identification, analysis • Communications management plan • Information distribution, managing stakeholder expectations • Performance reporting

Day Four Project Risk Management • Elements of project risk, risk drivers, types of risks • Stakeholder risk tolerance • Developing the risk management plan • Identifying project risks • Developing the risk register • Qualitative risk analysis, probability and impact matrix, risk scores, risk breakdown structure • Quantitative risk analysis • Risk response planning – strategies for negative and positive risks • Monitoring and controlling project risks Project Procurement Management • Procurement planning process, make or buy analysis • Types of contracts – fixed, cost reimbursable, time and material • Conducting procurement (tender and bid), seller solicitation, proposal evaluation and seller selection • Administering contracts, contract change control, performance review, audits and inspections • Contract closeout

Project Quality Management • Quality goals and concepts, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle • Quality planning, cost of quality, marginal analysis • Quality management techniques, control charts, Six Sigma and standard deviation review The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered service and collective mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. CAPM is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)® Exam Preparation

15 – 18 December 2013

Course fees include documentation, luncheon and refreshments. Delegates who attend all sessions will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

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