- There is more energy and focus in a traditional class
- Real-time responses to questions
- Personal interaction with the instructor
- Schedule for classes can be customized to include weekends or different start times/end times each day.
- The Moodle LMS is provided as an extra resource. Students do have “PMP® Prep training on the go!” – if they want to use this.
- The four-day (or five-day) PMP® Prep classes are intensive “bootcamps.” If students follow all the guidelines, we provide them, and use the resources we provide, then the pass rate for those students is very high: typically over 95%.
For 4 students – $1,400 per student
For 5 to 9 students – $1,300 per student
For 10 or more students – $1,200 per student
(If needed, instructor travel costs are additional – airfare, hotel, meals, taxi or rental car for four days. This is usually between $1,200 and $1,400.) For any training in the Baltimore-Washington area, this will not be needed.
Guarantee- After attending any of our four-day PMP® Prep Classes (or a five-day class), if you score 75% or better on your most recent PMTraining.com Mock Lite tests[1], and if you take the PMP® certification exam within thirty days of finishing the class and do not pass, we will:
- Pay the $275 fee for PMI® members to retake the test. (We highly recommend you join PMI® before paying for the exam. PMI® will reduce the rate from $555 non-member rate to $405, and this covers almost exactly the cost of one year’s membership in PMI®.)
- Allow you to attend a second class (or portion of class) at no additional charge. Also, continued access to the virtual training modules will be provided.
- Prepare a personalized study plan for your second attempt.
If you attempt the exam a second time within another thirty days, and do not pass, we will either refund all costs of your training minus the $275 second exam fee, or again, offer the same extension of training options described above:
- Pay the $275 fee for PMI® members to retake the test.
- Allow you to attend a second class (or portion of class) at no additional charge. Also, continued access to the virtual training modules will be provided.
- We will update the study plan previously provided, and also provide 1:1 phone consulting to discuss the study plan
[1] We ask that you take at least four of the 50 question PMTraining.com Mock Lite tests we provide as part of the program within two weeks of finishing the class. (This is very important! Students often say they learned more from the mistakes made taking the Mock Lite test than from the questions they got correct!) If you are scoring 75% or better on these ‘Mock Lite Tests,’ you are ready! (This assumes you’ve also memorized the “Process Matrix” and the equations on the “Formula sheet.”) If so, please schedule the test as soon as possible. If not, contact us, and we will put together a study plan so that you can reach the needed level of proficiency on the Mock Lite tests.)
To Book, please complete the enquiry form below and we will contact you right away to discuss scheduling and what format for the class will suit you best.
- Assistance will be provided to students before the class begins to answer questions on their PMP® applications.
- The instructor will also be available to students after class has ended to answer questions on practice test questions, or class materials. This will be handled either through a special LinkedIn group so all students can see questions and the responses, or through emails to the class.
- A student manual with copies of all slides, and exercises and quizzes. (The manual is currently a bound 392-page book.)
- A “Key Input, Tools-Techniques, Outputs” document. (Many students have remarked this was one of their most useful documents for preparing for the exam.)
- A “Key Equation Sheet” (“Brain Dump” Sheet)
- A three-month license to the web-based PMTraining.com tests.
- 60-day access to our “Moodle LMS” virtual training website. This contains videos of all course materials covered in our four-day classes. We have recorded YouTube videos for all 476 slides used in the class. This comprises more than 35 hours of recorded video, more than 750 quiz questions, and more than 500 flash cards. The videos can be viewed – (or listened to) – on laptops or smartphones. Students will be able to quickly navigate to specific presentations on processes in knowledge areas, and other course materials. Additionally, we are using a “Khan Academy” style approach, and the videos and audio presentations have been modularized to be 7-10 minute segments, and after every two to three segments, a short quiz is provided that covers the materials in the preceding segments.
We have also created MP3 Audio summaries of all the Knowledge Areas and sections for the course. Most of the summaries are 50 minutes to 1 hour in length. Students can listen to these on their smart phone.
Optional – A copy of Version Six of PMBOK® Guide along with the new Agile Practice Guide®. (Questions on the new exam can come from either book.) The extra cost is typically $49.50 per student. We don’t include this by default, since we would like students to buy a copy 3-4 weeks before class, and read at least the first three chapters.
Pre-requisites for students:- Each student will be responsible for completing their applications for the PMP® Prep class with PMI®. Again, Best Practices Team can provide assistance to the students for help with the applications.
- Students will be responsible for paying for the exam with PMI®, and scheduling the test.
- Meeting or training room that will be adequate for the number of students. (If an off-site training facility is preferred, we can certainly make those arrangements. That will typically add $1,200 – $1,500 to the total price.)
- Projector screen or LCD screen
- Flip chart and easel
- Coffee, snacks and water for students?
- Students are on their own for lunch
- Class will start at 8:30AM in the morning, and end at approximately 5:30PM most days. Alternatively, we can start class at 8:00AM, and go to 5:00PM, if preferred.
- The room will be available for the instructor to set up at least 30 minutes before the start of class
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introductions | Review Day 1 | Review Day 2 | Review Day 3 |
| Exam Strategy | Scope Mgmt | Cost Mgmt | Risk Mgmt |
| Foundational Concepts | Lunch | Earned Value | Lunch |
| Lunch | Time Mgmt | Earned Value Exer. | Procurement Mgmt |
| Integration Mgmt | NW Diagraming | Lunch | Stakeholder Mgmt & Communication Mgmt |
| NW Diag. Exer. | Quality Mgmt | ||
| Resourse Mgmt | Final Review |
Many companies today are finding it difficult to allow students to attend a four-day class on workdays. Therefore, another alternative is to have a “blended class” that mixes some face-to-face classroom time with webinar classes and review sessions, and also use the on-demand videos as a foundation. This way the training can be modularized and can be structured to fit the students’ schedules. Students need to be very focused and disciplined, and follow-through on all the assignments.
Key Benefits- Training can be modularized to suit the student’s schedule.
- Yet – students have a “lifeline” for help with questions.
- Moderate price
- Full guarantee is provided.
- The Moodle LMS and MP3 summary audio files are the foundation for the training, and give the students the capability for “PMP® Prep training on the go!” This is a “full-service class,” with instructor assistance before and after class.
- For 4 students – $900 per student
- For 5 to 9 students – $800 per student
- For 10 or more students – $700 per student
- Currently, we can only offer this blended option in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD area.
- If a student completes all the modules and blended training sessions, and scores 75% or better on your most recent PMTraining.com Mock Lite tests[1], and if they take the PMP® certification exam within thirty days of finishing the class and do not pass, we will:
- Pay the $275 fee for PMI® members to retake the test. (We highly recommend you join PMI® before paying for the exam. PMI® will reduce the rate from $555 non-member rate to $405, and this covers almost exactly the cost of one year’s membership in PMI®.)
- Allow them to attend a second class (or portion of class) at no additional charge. Also, continued access to the virtual training modules will be provided.
- Prepare a personalized study plan for your second attempt.
- If a student attempts the exam a second time within another thirty days, and does not pass, we will either refund all costs the your training minus the $275 second exam fee, or again, offer the same extension of training options described above:
- Pay the $275 fee for PMI® members to retake the test. Allow you to attend a second class (or portion of class) at no additional charge. Also, continued access to the virtual training modules will be provided.
- We will update the study plan previously provided, and also provide 1:1 phone consulting to discuss the study plan
[1] We ask that each student take at least four of the 50 question PMTraining.com Mock Lite tests that we provide as part of the program within two weeks of finishing the class. (This is very important! Students often say they learned more from the mistakes made taking the Mock Lite test than from the questions they got correct!) If you are scoring 75% or better on these ‘Mock Lite Tests,’ you are ready! (This assumes you’ve also memorized the “Process Matrix” and the equations on the “Formula sheet.”) If so, please schedule the test as soon as possible. If not, contact us, and we will put together a study plan so that you can reach the needed level of proficiency on the Mock Lite tests.)
To Book, please complete the enquiry form below and we will contact you right away to discuss scheduling and what format for the class will suit you best.
We will provide all the elements of the four-day traditional class, but the training approach, the scheduling and the pricing are somewhat different.
- Assistance will be provided to students before the class begins to answer questions on their PMP® applications.
- The instructor will also be available to students after class has ended to answer questions on practice test questions, or class materials. This will be handled either through a special LinkedIn group so all students can see questions and the responses, or through emails to the class.
- A student manual with copies of all slides, and exercises and quizzes. (The manual is currently a bound 392-page book.)
- A “Key Input, Tools-Techniques, Outputs” document. (Many students have remarked this was one of their most useful documents for preparing for the exam.)
- A “Key Equation Sheet” (“Brain Dump” Sheet)
- A three-month license to the web-based PMTraining.com tests.
- 60-day access to our “Moodle LMS” virtual training website. This contains videos of all course materials covered in our four-day classes. We have recorded YouTube videos for all 476 slides used in the class. This comprises more than 35 hours of recorded video, more than 750 quiz questions, and more than 500 flash cards. The videos can be viewed – (or listened to) – on laptops or smartphones. Students will be able to quickly navigate to specific presentations on processes in knowledge areas, and other course materials. Additionally, we are using a “Khan Academy” style approach, and the videos and audio presentations have been modularized to be 7-10 minute segments, and after every two to three segments, a short quiz is provided that covers the materials in the preceding segments.
We have also created MP3 Audio summaries of all the Knowledge Areas and sections for the course. Most of the summaries are 50 minutes to 1 hour in length. Students can listen to these on their smart phone.
Optional – A copy of Version Six of PMBOK® Guide along with the new Agile Practice Guide®. (Questions on the new exam can come from either book.) The extra cost is typically $49.50 per student. We don’t include this by default, since we would like students to buy a copy 3-4 weeks before class, and read at least the first three chapters.
Pre-requisites for students:- Each student will be responsible for completing their applications for the PMP® Prep class with PMI®. Again, Best Practices Team can provide assistance to the students for help with the applications.
- Students will be responsible for paying for the exam with PMI®, and scheduling the test.
- Covers “Project Framework” and “Integration Management”
Students need to go through “Introduction and Exam Strategies” before the first class.
Four – 2 hour-3-hour face-to-face review meetings/classes.- First – review Schedule Management and N/W Diagramming
- Second – review Cost and EVM
- Third – review Risk Management
- Fourth – Final Review
- First – review Scope Management
- Second – review Quality Management
- Third – review Resource Management + Communications Management + Stakeholder Management + Professional Responsibility
- Fourth – Procurement Management
