Scheduling Mentored Email Training

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Course & Module Structure

Each module includes reference materials, followed by test questions and feedback on the answers provided. The three components of each module are designed to work together to reinforce the student's learning. Regular feedback is provided to each trainee showing their overall score and their score against each of the topics. This helps highlight areas of strength and areas needing more study. Mosaic's telephone mentoring helps trainees ask any questions they may have and to provide additional guidance as needed.

We guarantee to keep working with you until you pass the examination (see our blog on guarantees).

Typical Module Structure - most people average around 3 Hrs per module

Each module includes:

Topic reading and Questions. Reading time should be 1 to 2 hours followed by answering a range of questions in the same format as the examination. Trainees should attempt to answer all questions in approximately 20 minutes.
Trainee provides answers. Answers the questions on the Excel template and then email to your mentor for scoring.
Evaluation emailed to trainee. Your Mentor provides feedback on the answers (both why answers are correct and why answers are wrong), a comprehensive scoring report measuring your overall progress and performance against each of the exam topics covered in the course. Where required, additional reference materials are recommended or provided to the trainee. Review time should be approximately 1 hour.

The next module is normally forwarded shortly after the current module is returned. Trainees wishing to fast-tack their training typically receive modules on a pre-agreed schedule; it is possible to complete the course in a week if needed.

Passing your examination requires skill in answering multiple choice questions! The course provides access to approximately 300 questions during the course. Each question has a complete answer, by reviewing the answers, trainees learn why some options are correct and why others are wrong. Mosaic's scoring matrix lets each trainee know the topics needing more work and where they are comfortably on track for a pass.

Note:- All email courses require the trainee to have access to an email system capable of receiving 'locked' PDF and Excel files (the 'lock' prevents alterations - printing is always enabled).

More information:

See more on our PMI-SP Training

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See more on our CIOB PTMC Training

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Key Deliverables

Students will acquire the necessary knowledge and understanding required to successfully pass their PMI or CIOB examination.

Mosaic's courses are specifically designed to equip trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge to pass a difficult, multi-choice examination, most people also acquire significant useful schedule management knowledge to apply in the workplace.

The course will:

Assist experienced schedulers to achieve PMI-SP accreditation or .
Assist with obtaining PMI or CIOB membership if desired.
Assist with registering to take the examination.
Assist with assessing and completing the experience section of the examination application (for PMI-SP only).
Provide a framework of information by way of references and proprietary materials to allow trainees to acquire the specific knowledge required to pass the examination.
Provide a structured framework to test trainees’ knowledge on a progressive (weekly) basis against the examination standards - you will answer hundreds of exam style questions!
Provide an examination specific focus to the training.
Provide one-on-one feedback regarding performance in each module to allow trainees to focus on areas requiring improvement.
Provide on-going support through to the examination.

Mosaic's courses work - see what trainees on our various exam prep course have said.

Module Design

Modules 1 to 5 are common to both the PMI-SP and CIOB PTMC courses
(Modules 1 to 4 may be completed as either Mentored Email™ modules or in class as part of a Blended course. For more on our classroom courses: Click Here.)
Module 6 is revision for the CIOB PTMC examination only (not included in the PMI-SP course)
Modules 7 to 13 complete the PMI-SP course (the PMBOK® Guide is a key additional reference for the PMI-SP course).

Module	Module Contents	Avaliable from: PMI-SP Hours:
# 1 – Overview & Strategy	Core principles Simple -v- Complex projects Planning Strategy	3 Hrs
# 2 – Schedule Development & Analysis	Schedule types and techniques Schedule design Time Analysis	3 Hrs
# 3 – Resource & Cost Loading	Resource analysis Cost loading	3 Hrs
# 4 – Schedule Management & Reporting	Updating the schedule Change control Reporting	3 Hrs
Blended Course Start @ Mod 5	For more information on the classroom element of our Blended courses: Click Here Augmented Module 5 - exam conversion & additional test questions (Blended course only)	Clasroom 7 or 14 Hrs +2 Hrs
# 5 – Definitions & Scheduling Software	Definitions and acronyms Desirable software attributes	3 Hrs
# 6 – CIOB Exam Revision and Test This module is for CIOB PTMC candidates only	Course revision 100 Q test - CIOB PTMC Course Complete -	1st July 2011 N/A
# 7 – Organisations	Org structures and authority / responsibility Organisational process assets and historical data Structures and systems	3 Hrs
# 8 – Scope and WBS	Scope definition constraints and assumptions *WBS & WBS Dictionary	3 Hrs
# 9 – Cost and Earned Value	Project cost management Estimating Earned Value	3 Hrs
#10 – Risk	*Risk	3 Hrs
#11 – Communication & stakeholders	Communication Theory Stakeholders	3 Hrs
#12 – Advanced Scheduling	*Scheduling (not included in mods 1 to 5) Schedule Assessment Schedule Components	3 Hrs
#13 – Revision and Test	Course revision 100 Q test - PMI-SP Course Complete -	3 Hrs

* includes references to PMI Practice Standards as well as the PMBOK® Guide

These courses are designed to include ‘just enough’ material to achieve our target benchmark and for you to pass the examinations. Our benchmark is for people achieving 80% in this course to score around 70% in their exam (roughly a 5% to 10% safety factor). No one outside of the examination development team knows the exact makeup of the current question pool (this is updated 2 or 3 times a year). Developing a ‘complete course’ covering all of the possible topics would at least double the amount of work you need to do (and the cost of the course) for no additional benefit; as one successful candidate pointed out: ‘when it comes to the exam anything over a pass is wasted effort’.

We are continually adapting and updating the course contents to keep them aligned with the current structure exam as it evolves.

Self-Paced, Distance Training for the PMI-SP® and CIOB Time Management Examination

Course & Module Structure

Key Deliverables

Module Design

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