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Course Details
Course Name: Project Management Certification Exam Preparation 35-Hour Course
Course Code: BL0208WB26
Date & Time: February 26 – March 26, 2026, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/EST; This class consists of five (5) full-day sessions that will meet on Thursdays.
Thursday, February 26, 2026 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST (Log-in time: 8:50 am)
Thursday, March 5, 2026 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST (Log-in time: 8:50 am)
Thursday, March 12, 2026 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT (Log-in time: 8:50 am)
Thursday, March 19, 2026 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT (Log-in time: 8:50 am)
Thursday, March 26, 2026 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT (Log-in time: 8:50 am)
Location: Online
Format: Live, instructor-led
Registration Fee: $1,750 per person
Early Bird Discount Fee: $1,595 per person (expires December 19, 2025)
Rutgers Discount Fee: $1,595 per person (offered to all Rutgers faculty, staff, students, and alumni)
Payment plans are available with a $700 initial deposit; remaining balance due by February 18, 2026.
Note: Exam fees and PMI membership are not included in the registration fee. The registration fee does include all course materials and the cost of shipping course materials domestically within the United States. For shipping outside the continental U.S. and to international locations, additional fees apply. Please email Marianne Bennett for a shipping estimate at mbennett@njaes.rutgers.edu.
Registration Closes: February 18, 2026
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Payments should be made out to: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Checks and money orders should be mailed to: Office of Continuing Professional Education, Attn: Registration Dept., 102 Ryders Ln, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8519
Purchase Orders can be mailed to the address above or electronically sent to registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
Course Overview
*PMP and PMI are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
The Office of Continuing Professional Education at Rutgers University is offering this PMP Certification Exam Preparation course.
Throughout the program, you will acquire the competencies and knowledge you’ll need to effectively perform your job and achieve career success. Course materials include a hard copy course manual, digital course manual, digital flashcards, and online exam simulator. The course is designed to help you learn and retain the material effectively and efficiently by combining a recognized exam preparation system with expert instruction and peer discussion.
This 35-hour program will prepare participants to take the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, which leads to a globally-recognized certification credential. The course will cover the three domains in the PMP Examination Content Outline: Business Environment, People, and Processes.
The course will be delivered via Zoom in real time. You will need a laptop, desktop, tablet or smart phone that is able to support Zoom to access the training. Cameras and microphones are not required, but are strongly recommended for class participation and engagement. A call-in option is also available for audio.
Featured Topics
Foundations
- Welcome and Introductions
- Introduction to the instructor and participants, creating a shared understanding of goals for the course. It also covers the PMP Qualifications and Application Process.
- Preparations for the Exam
- PMP principles, PMI mindset, “Theory Pills,” exam administration, and exam question formats.
- Framework
- The basic descriptions of the performance domains, principles, processes, models, methods, artifacts, and tailoring are covered in this chapter.
- Predictive Development Approach: Life Cycle and Governance
- The introduction and predictive approach covers the more traditional waterfall project life cycle where there is a great degree of certainty and predictability about project requirements.
- Agile /Hybrid Development Approach: Life Cycle and Governance
- The agile and hybrid approach addresses the more modern adaptive and hybrid frameworks that are common in product development today for projects where there is a great degree of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity about project requirements.
Performance Domains
- Risk
- This domain involves addressing risks (opportunities and threats), ambiguity, and complexity in the project environment.
- Stakeholders
- This domain involves identifying and engaging stakeholders throughout the project life cycle. Communication in various formats and frequency is a key to successful engagement in this domain.
- Resources
- This domain covers the roles, and the processes associated with developing and managing a team through the project life cycle. The appropriate roles and organizational structures are key to a foundation for success in this domain.
- Scope
- This domain addresses focusing on delivering value and benefits to the organization and stakeholders because of the project work and outcomes. Key components in this area relate to benefits management, requirements, product scope, project scope, quality standards, and testing.
- Planning General
- General aspects of the planning performance domain including estimating methods, documents (artifacts), models (techniques), and processes (methods). General planning is applied in multiple domains.
- Schedule
- This domain addresses the scheduling aspects of the planning performance domain, including the processes of how to build a schedule, through maintaining and managing the schedule.
- Finance / Cost
- This domain addresses the cost aspects of the planning performance domain, including the processes of how to establish cost estimates, creating a budget through maintaining and managing the budget, and project financial performance.
- Procurement
- This domain involves the contract aspects of the planning performance domain, including the processes of how to establish make or buy decisions, and contract engagement through maintaining and managing the contract performance and closure.
- Project Work
- This domain addresses processes associated with the actual work of the project and applied in multiple domains. This commonly includes physical resources, team building, managing change, and continuously improving.
- Measurement
- This domain involves processes associated with ensuring accurate representation of the current state of the project. These measurements could relate to risk, scope, schedule, budget, quality (testing), team, stakeholders, and contracts.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience regardless of whether their formal job role is project manager, who are not certified professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training and are preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Project managers who have proven skills and experience can find exciting, high-visibility opportunities in a wide range of fields. This course is specifically designed to provide you with the practical body of project management knowledge and skills that you need to demonstrate project management mastery on the job. Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today’s fast-paced and highly technical workplace.
This course enables candidates to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to prepare them to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification exam. This course fulfills the 35 hours of Project Management education/training requirement for PMP® exam eligibility.
What Can a PMP® Credential Do for You?
Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® certification demonstrates to employers, clients, and colleagues that a project manager possesses project management knowledge, experience, and skills to bring projects to successful completion. As the demand for skilled project managers is at a critically urgent level, practitioners who hold the PMP certification are well positioned to provide the professional skills necessary to lead project teams and achieve successful project results.
The PMP® certification recognizes the competence of an individual to perform in the role of a project manager, specifically experience in leading and directing projects. Year after year, the PMP® certification has garnered global recognition and commanded a higher salary for certified individuals over non-certified individuals.
About the Instructor
Mimi B. Rosenfeld
Mimi B. Rosenfeld is a project manager who leads cross-functional teams with a focus on process, communication, and training. Mimi holds Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute and an MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University. In her current role as Project Manager for Medstart, she coordinates crowd funding initiatives for medical and health IT start-ups. She also serves as Program Manager of the Career Development Network for the Project Management Institute, New York City Chapter (PMINYC). Previously, at publishing giants Time Inc. and Bonnier Corp., Mimi led implementations of four enterprise systems. She served as a consultant on strategy for complex, multi-channel database marketing programs, and directed internal teams on project execution. She has streamlined and standardized workflows to determine best practices, and publishers continue to use her quality control tools. Mimi has volunteered as a Program Manager with PMINYC, recently in Outreach Communications and currently for the Career Development Network. In addition, she volunteers with Health 2.0 NYC, organizing events to advance innovation in healthcare. Mimi is a PMI-certified instructor, enjoys sharing information in formal and informal settings, in the classroom and on the job, and is an advocate for lifelong learning.
Student Reviews
“I thought you did a great job with the course. I know I got a lot out of it, much more than I expected honestly. I have been managing projects for a while, but there are a ton of ideas from this curriculum that I was not aware of, and that I am already starting to implement in my day to day work.”
– Past Participant
“I learned many tools that will not only help me prepare for the certification, but also knowledge that can be applied to my career already.”
– Past Participant
“Mimi is a master and should write her own book on this course. She is a gem. Her knowledge is endless and her metered approach to communication is exceptional and essential for this level of content.”
– Angela Anderson, Long Beach Township
Sustainability CoordinatorContinuing Education Credits
The Project Management Certification Exam Preparation 35-Hour Course is approved for 3.5 Rutgers CEUs (35 contact hours), as well as the following credits from professional organizations.
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 11 Management Contact Hours
NJ Certified Tax Collector (CTC): 9 General/Secondary Contact Hours
NJ Certified County Finance Officer (CCFO): 11 Office Management & Ancillary Contact Hours
NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 32.5 TCHs (Approval #01-032501-30)
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this education program will be awarded 35.0 NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).
NJ Certified Municipal Financial Officer (CMFO): 11 Office Management & Ancillary Contact Hours
NJ Professional Engineers: 32.5 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) credits
NJ Qualified Purchasing Agent (QPA): 10 Office Admin/General Duties Contact Hours
NJ Registered Municipal Clerk (RMC): 10 Professional Development Contact Hours
Course Requirements and Policies
Meals
No meals will be provided at this course.
Course Materials
Your registration fee includes all course materials. For shipping outside the continental U.S. and to international locations, additional fees apply. Please email Marianne Bennett for a shipping estimate at mbennett@njaes.rutgers.edu. Materials are shipped directly to the address associated with your account prior to the first day of class.
Technology Requirements
This online course will be delivered via Zoom. Registrants will receive more information as we move closer to the start date including a link to access the course. Participants should log in at least 10 minutes before the start time.
Equipment you will need to access this training:
- A laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone that will support Zoom.
- Cameras are not required, but are strongly recommended for class participation and engagement.
- Speakers and microphone are not necessary but highly recommended; a call in option is also available for audio.
- High speed internet or Wi-Fi connection is required.
Email Requirement
A unique email address is required for each registrant to register and access our courses.
- If this is your first time registering with us, please provide your own unique email address when registering; do not provide an email address that you share with co-workers.
- If you have previously taken classes with us and have used an email address that you share with your co-workers or supervisor, your account must be updated with a unique email address. To do this, please send an email to us at registration@njaes.rutgers.edu stating that your email address needs to be changed and include:
- Your full name
- The shared email address that needs to be changed
- Your unique email address
- A phone number where you can be reached if we have any questions
Cancellations and Substitutions
A $700 cancellation fee applies for this course. No cancellations allowed after February 6, 2026. Substitutions are not permitted.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about the Project Management Certification Exam Preparation 35-Hour Course, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Marianne Bennett
848-932-7653
mbennett@njaes.rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
