The PMI Mid-Missouri Chapter is offering a three-day Project Management Professional (PMP) workshop to help prepare you for the PMP certification exam.

Becoming certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as a Project Management Professional (PMP®), or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), is an important stop on the career path of any project professional. It increases earning power, demonstrates commitment to the discipline, and now more than ever, it is a requirement among companies, government entities and recruiters. PMI® certification signifies expertise utilizing a body of knowledge that is recognized throughout the world as an exceptionally effective standard.

This workshop covers the five process groups and nine knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (as presented in the 4th edition PMBOK® Guide). In addition, it covers information on the professional responsibility portion of the exam. Each module contains exercises and practice questions formulated to prepare you to earn your PMP® or CAPM®.

Attendees will learn how to identify the inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs of the project management processes. The course drills down on all areas -- reviewing key topics tested on the exam. Participants will also have the opportunity to identify areas of weakness. They leave with tremendous confidence - prepared to pass the PMP® or CAPM® exam.

The course thoroughly covers each of the following knowledge areas within the discipline of Project Management:

• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Communications Management
• Human Resource Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Management
• Procurement Management

It also includes two additional modules:

• Professional Responsibility
• Exam Strategy

Senior Executives, Project managers and project team members, PMO (Project Management Office) employees, Consultants, Stakeholders, Functional managers, Department managers with employees assigned on projects, IT professionals, Procurement professionals, Portfolio managers, Specialist in project management or similar disciplines and functions, Engineers of all varieties, Researchers and Developers

Commended for his outstanding abilities as an instructor, Jay Gassaway brings an exceptional breadth of real-world experience to his role as an instructor at the Griffin Tate Group.

Serving Public Service Electric & Gas for 35 years, Jay's tenure reflects his competency and commitment as a highly accomplished project management professional. He created and implemented the Project Management Manual that is utilized for managing nuclear projects costing up to $250 million. Additional duties include personnel instruction, process facilitation and internal consulting on related issues. He also created and conducted training in project management fundamentals for over 100 departmental supervisors and managers to improve organizational goal achievement.

Jay developed and implemented the design change management process for Hope Creek Nuclear Generating station. Additionally, he managed the process for the definition, scoping, prioritization and initiation of all nuclear projects, including an economic analysis system for evaluation and prioritization of conceptual projects.

Jay is currently the director at large of the Project Management Institute, Delaware Valley Chapter. He was the 2006 chapter president and served as chapter vice president and a member of the executive board from 2002-2004. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Jay holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from Villanova University, an MBA in finance and economics from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.