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Preparing PMP Material for 40 Hours Training

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Ahmed Sanad Project Director| Siemens Energy Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hello everyone,
Hope everything is going fine.
I'm going to prepare a PMP course presentation course (40 hours), and I need your help in some tips or some interesting resources, specially that the attendees have IT background.
So, IT case studies will be so appreciated.
As I need the training to be more interactive than being one-way training.

Waiting for your help.

Best Regards,
Ahmed Sanad
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Sabedin Meha System Design Engineer| DataProgNet Ferizaj, Kosove, Albania
Hi Ahmed,

I believe PMBOK guide is the right thing for reference while preparing your presentations. If you are a PMI member you can download it for free here:

http://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-and-standards/pmbok-guide.aspx

You can also use Software Extension to the PMBOK® Guide for making presentations more IT related.

I believe interactivity depends more in your training experience

I hope this helps,

Regards
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Ahmed Sanad Project Director| Siemens Energy Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hi Sabedin,
Thanks for your help.
I already bought PMBOK before, but I need to make the presentation more interactive, more interesting to the attendees. that's why I need case studies (Specially in IT field), I need interesting resources.
something like "head First" if you know it.
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
I found that with a 40 hours PMP Prep schedule there is not much time for case studies and also no real benefit. I use PM deliverable templates to make them work, like charter, scope statement, risk register, stakeholder analysis, communication plan etc. This gives some practice, participation and is tightly related to the PMBoK.
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1 reply by Ahmed Sanad
Feb 25, 2016 12:16 AM
Ahmed Sanad
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Thanks Thomas,
It's nice to use deliverable templates, it'll give them a good view on their outputs.
And regarding case studies, i don't mean long ones, just case studies on some aspects that don't make PMP Boring for them.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Ahmed,

Check the below discussion thread, it has links to many discussion and references / respurces that might be beneficial to you:

http://www.projectmanagement.com/discussio...am-Preparation-

Hope this helps.
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1 reply by Ahmed Sanad
Feb 25, 2016 12:17 AM
Ahmed Sanad
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Thanks Rami,
I'll review them all, and will come back to you with feedback ASAP.
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Gina Abudi President| Abudi Consulting LLC Amherst, Nh, United States
Consider the book Information Technology Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe. A good resource on project management in general with an IT focus.
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1 reply by Ahmed Sanad
Feb 26, 2016 5:57 PM
Ahmed Sanad
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Thanks Gina,
I found the 6th edition available, i'll go through it, it seems interesting and important.
Thanks.
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Ahmed Sanad Project Director| Siemens Energy Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Feb 24, 2016 7:50 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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I found that with a 40 hours PMP Prep schedule there is not much time for case studies and also no real benefit. I use PM deliverable templates to make them work, like charter, scope statement, risk register, stakeholder analysis, communication plan etc. This gives some practice, participation and is tightly related to the PMBoK.
Thanks Thomas,
It's nice to use deliverable templates, it'll give them a good view on their outputs.
And regarding case studies, i don't mean long ones, just case studies on some aspects that don't make PMP Boring for them.
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Ahmed Sanad Project Director| Siemens Energy Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Feb 24, 2016 9:18 AM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Ahmed,

Check the below discussion thread, it has links to many discussion and references / respurces that might be beneficial to you:

http://www.projectmanagement.com/discussio...am-Preparation-

Hope this helps.
Thanks Rami,
I'll review them all, and will come back to you with feedback ASAP.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Feb 25, 2016 7:12 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Sounds Great - Good Luck.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 25, 2016 12:17 AM
Replying to Ahmed Sanad
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Thanks Rami,
I'll review them all, and will come back to you with feedback ASAP.
Sounds Great - Good Luck.
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Consider using flash cards throughout the training. For example, when you have finished a section, distribute flash cards on the topic and let the group ask then answer the question.

At the end of the training, consider doing a mock exam.
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1 reply by Ahmed Sanad
Feb 26, 2016 6:34 PM
Ahmed Sanad
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Thanks Stephane,
I'm going to give them an exam at the end of the course, to measure their understanding, and a mid-term exam as well.
and it's a good point to use flash cards.
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Ahmed Sanad Project Director| Siemens Energy Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Feb 24, 2016 1:57 PM
Replying to Gina Abudi
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Consider the book Information Technology Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe. A good resource on project management in general with an IT focus.
Thanks Gina,
I found the 6th edition available, i'll go through it, it seems interesting and important.
Thanks.
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