Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
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
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.
Course content
- Preview02:16
- Preview09:21
- Preview11:08
- Preview03:22
- 00:12Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping
- 04:10Project Resource Management Overview
- 00:12Project Resource Management Overview
- 00:15Plan Resource Management: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs
- 05:37Inputs to Plan Resource Management
- 07:13Plan Resource Management Tools and Techniques
- 04:21RACI Charts
- 00:07Sample RACI Chart
- 05:10Outputs of Plan Resource Management
- 06:00The Estimate Activity Resources Process
- 00:17Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs
- 05:48Inputs to Estimate Activity Resources
- 04:17Tools and Techniques to Estimate Activity Resources
- 06:43The Bottom-up Estimating Technique
- 03:07Estimate Activity Resources Outputs
- 04:36The Resource Breakdown Structure
- 00:09Sample Resource Breakdown Structure
- 04:04Inputs to Acquire Resources
- 00:13Acquire Resources: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs
- 04:59Tools and Techniques to Acquire Resources
- 06:02Negotiating to Acquire Resources
- 04:00Outputs of Acquire Resources
- 14:38Exercise: Planning Resources for Your Project (I)
- 16:43Exercise: Planning Resources for Your Project (II)
- 00:36Course Project (optional)
- 02:06Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
- 22 questionsPlan and Acquire Resources (PMI - PMP)
- 00:04PMI Certification Info
Instructor
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Before Udemy, Sorin developed and delivered courses on management, project management, computer literacy, human resources, career development, soft skills for employees and even corrections incidents management.
Currently working as a consultant and program manager, he is a certified trainer and project manager, holding a master degree in International Relations and Policy Making and a bachelor degree in Law and Public Administration.
Sorin coordinated during the last 10 years projects in the areas of rule of law, regional development and human resources.
He has more than 10 years of middle/senior managerial experience within the civil service (justice, corrections, internal affairs, training), private sector (project management, consultancy, training) and NGO (industrial relations, rural development).
Sorin is also a certified International Computer Driving License (ICDL) tester and trainer for the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, certified Human Resource Professional and a Public Manager (professional degree).