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Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
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Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)

Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMI-PMP)
Created bySorin Dumitrascu
Last updated 11/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the role of the project manager in project resource management activities
  • Understand examples of inputs to the Plan Resource Management process
  • Identify the tools and techniques of the Plan Resource Management process
  • Describe the components of a RACI chart
  • Recognize examples of information that should be included in the roles and responsibilities section of a resource management plan
  • Identify the purpose of the Estimate Activity Resources process
  • Recognize examples of the inputs to Estimate Activity Resources process
  • Identify the tools and techniques you use for estimating activity resources
  • Present the principles of using the bottom-up estimating technique
  • Understand the outputs of the Estimate Activity Resources process
  • Describe a resource breakdown structure, given a scenario
  • Recognize the inputs to the Acquire Resources process
  • Identify the tools and techniques you use to acquire resources for a project
  • Sequence the steps for using negotiation to acquire project resources
  • Identify the outputs of the Acquire Resources process
  • Demonstrate your understanding of the Plan Resource Management, Estimate Activity Resources, and Acquire Resources processes

Course content

1 section • 36 lectures • 2h 52m total length

  • A day in the life of a project manager3:52

    A day in the life of a project manager

  • Course Choice, Skill Development and Prior Knowledge
  • Course Overview2:16

    In this course, you'll learn how to develop a resource management plan. You'll also learn best practices for estimating and acquiring necessary resources, developing and managing the project team.

  • Effective Learning7:04

    Effective Learning

  • FAQs1:02

    FAQs

  • Program Overview (I)9:21

    The Project Management Professional Certification Course (PMI-PMP) includes a number of 28 sections covering the most relevant information in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK6) developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

  • Program Overview (II)11:08

    The Project Management Professional Certification Course (PMI-PMP) includes a number of 28 sections covering the most relevant information in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK6) developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

  • Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping0:12

    Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping

  • Project Resource Management Overview4:10

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the role of the project manager in project resource management activities

  • The Science of Better Learning5:14

    The Science of Better Learning

  • Project Resource Management Overview0:12

    Project Resource Management Overview

  • Plan Resource Management: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs0:15

    Plan Resource Management: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs

  • Inputs to Plan Resource Management5:37

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize examples of inputs to the Plan Resource Management process

  • Plan Resource Management Tools and Techniques7:13

    After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the tools and techniques of the Plan Resource Management process

  • RACI Charts4:21

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the components of a RACI chart

  • Sample RACI Chart0:07

    Sample RACI Chart

  • Outputs of Plan Resource Management5:10

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize examples of information that should be included in the roles and responsibilities section of a resource management plan

  • The Estimate Activity Resources Process6:00

    After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the purpose of the Estimate Activity Resources process

  • Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs0:17

    Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs

  • Inputs to Estimate Activity Resources5:48

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize examples of the inputs to Estimate Activity Resources process

  • Tools and Techniques to Estimate Activity Resources4:17

    After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the tools and techniques you use for estimating activity resources

  • The Bottom-up Estimating Technique6:43

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the principles of using the bottom-up estimating technique

  • Estimate Activity Resources Outputs3:07

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the outputs of the Estimate Activity Resources process

  • The Resource Breakdown Structure4:36

    After completing this topic, you should be able to describe a resource breakdown structure, given a scenario

  • Sample Resource Breakdown Structure0:09

    Sample Resource Breakdown Structure

  • Concepts, Insights and Inquiries
  • Inputs to Acquire Resources4:04

    After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the inputs to the Acquire Resources process

  • Acquire Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs0:13

    Acquire Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs

  • Tools and Techniques to Acquire Resources4:59

    After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the tools and techniques you use to acquire resources for a project

  • Negotiating to Acquire Resources6:02

    After completing this topic, you should be able to sequence the steps for using negotiation to acquire project resources

  • Outputs of Acquire Resources4:00

    After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the outputs of the Acquire Resources process

  • Exercise: Planning Resources for Your Project (I)14:38

    After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the Plan Resource Management, Estimate Activity Resources, and Acquire Resources processes

  • Exercise: Planning Resources for Your Project (II)16:43

    After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the Plan Resource Management, Estimate Activity Resources, and Acquire Resources processes

  • Practical Activity: Designing a RACI Chart
  • Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
  • Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
  • PMI Certification Info0:03

    PMI Certification Info

  • Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)2:06

    In this course, you'll learn how to develop a resource management plan. You'll also learn best practices for estimating and acquiring necessary resources, developing and managing the project team.

  • Takeaways, Practical Applications and Endorsements
  • PMI PMP Exam Outline3:07

    PMI PMP Exam Outline

  • Ready to ace the PMI-PMP Exam?0:23

    After completing the Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMP), take your preparation to the next level with the Test Prep: Project Management Professional: PMI - PMP Exam Mastery.

    Dive deep into key topics, practice with real exam scenarios, and ensure you're fully equipped to conquer the PMI exams with confidence.

  • Applied Knowledge is the Real Power17:45

    You think knowing stuff changes the game? You think sitting in a library, stacking up facts like you’re building a Jenga tower, is gonna make you a winner? Man, that’s cute. But life ain't a trivia night. Information alone? It’s worthless. It’s like having a Lamborghini in your garage but you never learned how to drive. You just sit in it, making engine noises. Vroom vroom. People walk by, they see the car, but they also see you ain't going nowhere. You got all this knowledge, all these textbooks, but when life throws a punch, you’re still looking up the definition of "duck." It’s what you *do* with that information that actually matters. Don't be the person with the shiny car and no keys.

Requirements

  • No special requirements or prerequisites are needed to take this course, but some extra reading about projects, project management, project life cycle, organizational project management, project scope, project schedule, project costs, project quality, project human resources and project communications will help.
  • Part of the Project Management Professional Certification Course (PMI-PMP)

Description

The Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP) is course 17 of 28 of the Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMI-PMP).

Unless you plan to do all the work on your project yourself, you're going to need to put a team together. That's not as easy as it sounds. You have to have people with the right mix of skills and expertise to make up a high- performing team.

You will need to be able to identify and acquire all the resources you'll need for project success. In this course, you'll learn how to develop a resource management plan.

You'll also learn best practices for estimating and acquiring necessary resources, developing and managing the project team, and optimizing resources throughout the project.

1. Project Resource Management Overview
2. Inputs to Plan Resource Management
3. Plan Resource Management Tools and Techniques
4. RACI Charts
5. Outputs of Plan Resource Management
6. The Estimate Activity Resources Process
7. Inputs to Estimate Activity Resources
8. Tools and Techniques to Estimate Activity Resources
9. The Bottom-up Estimating Technique
10. Estimate Activity Resources Outputs
11. The Resource Breakdown Structure
12. Inputs to Acquire Resources
13. Tools and Techniques to Acquire Resources
14. Negotiating to Acquire Resources
15. Outputs of Acquire Resources
16. Exercise: Planning Resources for Your Project

That’s it! Now go ahead and push that “Take this course” button, and see you on the inside!

Who this course is for:

  • Leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals and project workers with or without formal project management training will improve project management skills and knowledge and will be ready to stand for formal certification.

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