PCMP®

Certified Project & Contract Management Professional (PCMP®)

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this program, participant will be able to apply the generally recognized practices of project & contract management acknowledged by the global standards of Global Quality Council (GQCO©) in association with Human Resource Management Institute (HRMI©) to successfully manage projects & contracts. They will:

  • Get started with project & contract management fundamentals.
  • Identify organizational influences and project life cycle.
  • Work with project & contract management processes.
  • Initiate & Plan a project.
  • Plan for project time management.
  • Plan project budget, quality, and communications.
  • Plan for risk, procurement, and stakeholder management.
  • Execute a project.
  • Manage project work, scope, schedules and cost.
  • Control & Close a project.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must meet specific educational and work experience criteria at the time they submit their application, in order to be eligible to sit for the PCM® exam. These requirements are outlined below:

  • Hold a Bachelor degree or higher,
  • At least 5 years work experience in Management, and
  • ِِِِAgree to abide by the Code of Ethics established by the HRMI

Any applicants with lesser working experience than the above will be reviewed by the HRMI Certification Board to determine the eligibility for the program.

PROGRAM ASSESSMENT

In order to get certified, participants must meet the eligibility requirements, and pass the HRMI certification exam successfully.

PCMP® Body of Knowledge

Fundamentals of Project Management

  • Basic Concept of Management
  • What is the project?
  • What is the project management?
  • Relations Between project, program & portfolio
  • Difference Between project & operation.
  • Project management framework
  • Project life cycle/phases
  • Project manager roles and responsibilities
  • Organizational influences & structure
  • Project management processes

Integration Management

  • Feasibility studies (project selection methods)
  • How to create project charter
  • How to develop project management plan.
  • Perform integrated change control.

Scope Management

  • Scope definition.
  • Scope validation.
  • Scope control.
  • Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Schedule Management

  • Planning techniques
  • Sequence activities.
  • Develop schedule.
  • Schedule control
  • Schedule compression
  • Resource management and resources allocation (leveling & smoothing)

Cost Management

  • Cost estimating vs. pricing.
  • Cost life cycle.
  • Cost types.
  • Cost estimating methods and cost budgeting
  • Profitability measures for project selection.
  • Control costs.

Quality Management

  • Quality planning techniques.
  • Quality assurance.
  • Quality control.

HR Management

  • Plan human resource management.
  • Develop project team.
  • Manage project team.
  • Leadership & management styles.

Communication Management

  • Plan communication management.
  • Manage communications.
  • Control communications.

Risk Management

  • Plan risk management.
  • Identify risks.
  • Qualitative Risks
  • Plan risk response.
  • Risk monitoring and control.
  • Control risks.

Procurement & Contract Management

  • Plan procurement & contract management.
  • Procurement & Contract processes.
  • Control Procurement & Contracts.
  • Close Procurement & Contracts

CERTIFICATION PREPARATION COURSE

The program would be conducted in the English Language by one of HRMI Registered Educational Centers (REC). The REC has the qualifications necessary to offer this course. The course is instructed by certified HRM instructors and has been carefully designed to achieve its goal.

AWARD OF CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be conferred the Certified Project & Contract Management Practitioner (PCMP®) by HRMI®