Plan and Acquire Resources (PMI – PMP)

Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMI-PMP)

Created by: Sorin Dumitrascu
Management trainer

What Will I 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)

Target audience

• 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.