PMP (Project Management Professional)

PMP is the globally recognised standard for project management professionals. The certification demonstrates your ability to lead and direct complex projects and manage the people, processes, and business priorities that projects require. It is suitable for predictive, agile, or hybrid project environments.

Description

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the key domains of PMP. People, Process, and Business Environment, as defined in the latest exam syllabus.

  • Plan, manage and direct projects effectively, including integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, risk, and stakeholder management.

  • Apply best practice frameworks for project lifecycle management, whether projects are predictive (traditional), hybrid or adaptive.

  • Demonstrate leadership, team and stakeholder management, communication and governance skills required to lead diverse projects.

  • Prepare confidently for the PMP exam (180-question, computer-based, 230-minute format).

Who Should Attend

  • Project managers leading medium to large projects

  • Delivery leads, team leads, and project coordinators progressing into project management roles

  • Programme managers needing formal project management recognition

  • Professionals delivering work in construction, engineering, IT, business change, digital or transformation programmes

  • Anyone seeking the internationally recognised PMP credential

About the Exam

  • Students sit the PMP exam directly with PMI®

  • The exam is a 180-question computer-based test (3 hours 50 minutes)

  • Our course prepares you thoroughly and includes a study roadmap, mock exam practice and post-course support

Outcomes

1. Apply globally recognised project management best practices

  • Understand the PMI framework, terminology, and process groups.

  • Use the PMP approach across predictive (waterfall), agile, and hybrid environments.

2. Lead and manage project teams effectively

  • Apply leadership techniques for motivating teams, managing conflict, and building high-performance cultures.

  • Improve stakeholder communication, negotiation, and engagement across the project lifecycle.

3. Plan and control key project management areas

  • Create and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, quality plans, and resource strategies.

  • Apply integrated project planning methods to ensure alignment to business objectives.

4. Strengthen decision-making and governance capability

  • Make informed decisions using data, estimates, forecasting, and performance measurement.

  • Understand governance structures and how to ensure accountability in project delivery.

5. Use agile and hybrid delivery practices where appropriate

  • Understand agile principles, roles, and ceremonies.

  • Blend predictive and adaptive practices to suit different project contexts.

6. Prepare confidently for the PMP exam

  • Work through sample questions, exam strategies, and the PMP question logic.

  • Meet the 35 contact hour requirement for exam eligibility.

Prerequisites

PMP® candidates must meet PMI’s experience criteria:

  • Either: 3+ years project leadership experience + relevant qualifications

  • Or: 5+ years project leadership experience without formal qualifications
    Our course fulfils the 35 contact hours of project management education required to sit the exam.

Topics Covered

1. People (Leadership & Teams)

  • Building and leading high-performing teams

  • Conflict management and stakeholder engagement

  • Communication strategies and leadership styles

  • Team development, coaching and motivation

2. Process (Technical Project Management)

  • Project integration and governance

  • Scope, schedule and cost management

  • Risk identification and response planning

  • Quality, procurement and resource management

  • Managing change, issues and dependencies

  • Predictive (waterfall), agile and hybrid delivery approaches

3. Business Environment (Value & Strategy)

  • Aligning projects with organisational strategy

  • Benefits and value delivery

  • Compliance, sustainability and organisational change impacts

  • Supporting organisational transformation initiatives

Exam Preparation Modules

  • PMP question styles and situational scenarios

  • Mock exam practice and review

  • Application support and exam readiness guidance

Price

The price is $3500 plus GST

Project Plus acts as a promotional partner for PMP® certification training. All PMP® training and examination preparation is delivered under Crystal Consulting’s PMI® Authorised Training Partner (ATP) licence. PMP® and PMI® are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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