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Free online courseProject management (PMP) exam preparation

Duration of the online course: 15 hours and 2 minutes

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Master PMP-style project management skills fast with this free online course—PMBOK 6 processes, scope, schedule, and exam-ready practice.

In this free course, learn about

  • PMBOK 6 framework: process groups, knowledge areas, and how they interact
  • Definitions and differences: project vs program vs portfolio
  • Project lifecycle phases and how lifecycle choice affects planning and control
  • Purpose of Planning process group and key planning outputs
  • Enterprise Environmental Factors (internal/external) and Organizational Process Assets
  • Project manager roles, responsibilities, and leadership styles
  • Integration Management basics: Develop Project Charter as first process
  • Project management plan contents and how it guides execution and control
  • Scope Management: planning scope approach, requirements, scope statement, WBS
  • Collect Requirements: documenting stakeholder needs, expectations, and acceptance criteria
  • Create WBS: decomposing deliverables into work packages for estimation and control
  • Validate vs Control Scope: formal acceptance vs managing scope changes
  • Schedule Management: plan approach, define/sequence activities, estimate durations
  • Develop and Control Schedule: factors affecting schedule and monitoring variances/changes

Course Description

Build the confidence to approach the PMP exam with a clearer, more structured understanding of how project management works in practice. This free online course is designed to help you connect PMBOK Guide 6th Edition concepts to the way questions are asked on the certification exam, so you can think like a project manager instead of memorizing isolated definitions.

You will develop a solid foundation around what a project is, how it differs from programs and portfolios, and why the project lifecycle matters when selecting the right tools and actions. From there, the course reinforces how the Process Groups and Knowledge Areas fit together, helping you recognize patterns that frequently appear in exam scenarios. This context makes it easier to decide what comes next, what document is appropriate, and which stakeholder needs attention at a given moment.

A major advantage of this training is the focus on decision-making across real PM work situations: understanding enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets, aligning leadership approach to the needs of the team, and clarifying the project manager’s role as an integrator and facilitator. You will also strengthen your grasp of Integration Management, including how the project management plan ties work together and supports consistent execution and control.

As you progress, you will sharpen essential skills for Scope Management, from planning and requirements to defining scope and creating a Work Breakdown Structure that supports realistic estimates and control. The course then builds practical thinking for schedule planning, breaking work into activities, sequencing them correctly, estimating durations, developing a schedule that holds up under constraints, and controlling the schedule when changes and risks appear. Throughout, practice questions help you check comprehension and improve exam readiness by training you to interpret wording and select the best answer, not just a plausible one.

Whether you are advancing your career, transitioning into project leadership, or refreshing core knowledge before the PMP exam, this course provides a focused path to stronger project management fundamentals and more confident exam preparation.

Course content

  • Video class: PMP Training Videos | PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition | Full PMP Certification Exam Prep Course

    17m

  • Exercise: _What is a project according to the PMBOK guide version 6?

  • Video class: Projects, Programs, Portfolios

    18m

  • Exercise: What defines a program in project management?

  • Video class: Project

    19m

  • Exercise: _What is a project lifecycle?

  • Video class: PMBOK6 Process Groups | Knowledge Areas | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    18m

  • Exercise: What is the primary focus of the Planning process group in project management?

  • Video class: EEF OPA Organizational

    35m

  • Exercise: _What are the two types of enterprise environmental factors that can influence a project?

  • Video class: Project Manager Role | Leadership Styles | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    23m

  • Exercise: What is a primary role of a project manager?

  • Video class: Project Integration Management Part 1 | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    17m

  • Exercise: _What is the first process in the Integration Management knowledge area?

  • Video class: Project Integration Management Part 2 | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    25m

  • Exercise: What is a key component included in a project management plan?

  • Video class: Project Scope Management Introduction| Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    19m

  • Exercise: _What is project scope management concerned with?

  • Video class: Plan Scope Management| Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    10m

  • Exercise: What is the main focus of the 'Plan Scope Management' process?

  • Video class: Collect Requirements Process| Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    48m

  • Exercise: _What is the process called for documenting what the customer wants and their expectations for the end product?

  • Video class: Define Scope Process| Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    12m

  • Exercise: What is a key concept emphasized in defining project scope?

  • Video class: Create WBS Process | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    16m

  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in project management?

  • Video class: Validate Scope and Control Scope Processes | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    07m

  • Exercise: What is a key outcome of the Validate Scope process?

  • Video class: Plan Schedule Management Process | Full PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    16m

  • Exercise: _What is the approach to be used in planned schedule management?

  • Video class: Define Activities Process | PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    16m

  • Video class: Sequence Activities Process | PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    22m

  • Exercise: _What is the importance of sequencing activities in project management?

  • Video class: Estimate Activity Durations Process | PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    25m

  • Video class: Develop Schedule Process | PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    18m

  • Exercise: _What is one factor that could affect the development of a project schedule, even if the activities have been decomposed, sequenced, and their duration estimated?

  • Video class: Control Schedule Process | PMP Exam Prep Training Videos

    10m

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