Course Overview

Organizations throughout the world are relying on the execution of projects to help them succeed in today’s global economy and what they have discovered is that they need to manage projects with more efficiency and effectiveness. This is why highly skilled Project Managers are in great demand because they know how to improve a project’s success while reducing risks and costs.

Acuity Institute is an Authorized Training Partner (ATP®) for the Project Management Institute. This course delivers the licensed PMI® Authorized PMP® Exam Prep course content. The course provides students the comprehensive knowledge they need to prepare for the PMI PMP Certification Exam. This licensed training allows students to obtain the skills needed to move directly into the workplace as a Project Manager. For those who intend to obtain their PMP certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI) this course fulfills the educational requirements needed and fully prepares you for PMI’s PMP Certification Exam. On average, students complete the course in 35 hours (average completion time, actual time may vary).

No prerequisites are required for this course.

Course Description

The PMP Exam Prep course consists of 3 components.

This program will earn you 35 PDUs which will fulfill the educational requirement to be eligible for the PMP exam.

Key Outcomes

• Apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management
• Describe the processes from initiating to closing a project
• Identify the roles and responsibilities within a project
• Explain how Project Management fits in an organization
• Obtain the right project authorizations
• Establish the scope of the project
• Complete the work defined in the Project Management plan
• Deliver the project objectives
• Track, review, and regulate project progress and performance
• Identify areas that require changes to the plan
• Finalize all activities to formally close the project
• Prepare for the Project Management Institute’s PMP® exam

What is a Digital Badge?

A digital badge is a verified graphic representation of your Acuity certificate. It is embedded with data that provides context, meaning, and details of the certification you earned. The digital badge is provided at no cost to you.

Benefits to claiming your digital badge include:

• Easily share your digital badge on social and professional media, link to it from any email or document, add it to an email signature, and embed it in a blog or website
• Your certification can be verified online in real time with just one click
• Access labor market insights that relate your skills to jobs

Technical Requirements for accessing Acuity Institute’s Content

Viewing Online Content on a Desktop or Laptop

• Internet Browser – Most recent version of Google Chrome is recommended (while our content is accessible from many other browsers, we find that other browsers may provide an inconsistent viewing experience)
• A high speed internet connection
• Sound capability on your computer (speakers or headphones)

Viewing Online Content on Tablets and Smartphones – Please note, since tablets and smartphones typically have smaller screens, certain content may be difficult to view

• iPads using Safari in Apple iOS 6 or later (iPad generation 3 or later is required)
• iPhones using Safari in Apple iOS 6 or later (iPhone generation 5 or later is required)

Accessing Downloadable Content

• Course eBooks – Adobe Reader (free software), or equivalent PDF viewing software
• Course Toolkit Templates – Microsoft Office 2010 or later
• Using SigmaXL Statistical Analysis Software – Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, and and Excel 2016 (Excel 365) with latest service packs installed, this includes Microsoft Vista with Service Pack (SP) 3, or later operating system (Windows 10 compatible). 1 GB of RAM or greater memory and 100 MB of available hard-disk space on your computer.

Instructor Support

Acuity Institute wants the learning experience to be as supportive and engaging as possible, we are here to help you succeed. We understand the importance of having a place to ask questions to the experts about tools and techniques, exercises, project work or general technical support. During training, students can submit questions to instructors through Acuity Institute’s Help Desk and the Student Forum. Responses are provided to student questions in one business day or less. If questions and/or answers are complex, an Acuity Institute instructor will schedule a one-on-one phone meeting with the student to review the question/answer.

PMI® Professional Development Units

Acuity Institute is an Authorized Training Partner (ATP) of the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Being an Authorized Training Partner allows Acuity Institute to grant Professional Development Units (PDUs) to customers who complete our qualified programs. As an Authorized Training Partner, Acuity Institute has agreed to abide by the PMI® established quality assurance criteria. PMI® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

PMI, PMP, PMBOK and ATP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.