CAPM® (Certified Associate in Project Management) Training Course
This 4 day certification course takes participants through the phases of a project, using the Process Groups and integrative framework adapted by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). It is suitable for anyone who requires an introduction to the PMI’s approach to project management, particularly those working towards the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). The CAPM qualification is aimed at those individuals operating as a member of a project team e.g. subject matter expert, task owner, co-ordinator etc. The qualification demonstrates that the candidate has a working knowledge of the processes and terminology as laid out in the PMI’s “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge”
Approximately 3 hours of pre course preparation is recommended
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CAPM Certification Course Outline
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Who Should Attend/Pre-requisites
Although
there are no mandatory pre-requisites for course delegates, the CAPM
certification mandates the following prior to sitting the exam and this
influences the profile of course attendees:
• Secondary Education plus 4500hrs+ experience within a project management team or
• Secondary Education plus 23 hours of formal project management training (satisfied by this course)
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
• Have established how all project activities are interrelated within the PMI model
• Know when and how to use the defined Tools and Techniques on projects
• Understand specific PMI definitions, acronyms and terminology
• Feel comfortable with the examination format and typical question styles
• Have gained essential skills necessary to work as a project team
• Have developed their interpersonal and general project management skills
• Have satisfied the 23 hour formal project management training requirements off CAPM candidates
Examination Structure
Subject to satisfactory PMI validation of the stated pre-requisites, delegates will arrange directly with the PMI to sit the closed-book 3 hours, 150 multiple choice CAPM examination at an accredited test centre on a convenient future date.
Topics Covered - 4 Day
• Anatomy of a project
• Projects in their environments
• Initiating projects
• Stakeholder management
• Management planning
• Scope planning
• Time planning
• Cost planning (including generic estimating techniques)
• Quality planning
• Planning human resources
• Planning communications
• Risk planning
• Plan procurement
• Execution of human resource management
• Monitoring and control
• Change management
• Scope verification
• Cost control
• Quality control
