EXAM PREPARATION FOR PMI CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CAPM)®

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Project Management Institute (PMI) offers a professional certification known as the Certified associate in project management (CAPM)® for individuals seeking to gain more responsibility or add project management skills to their current role. The course covers the needed knowledge of common practices used by an associate-level project manager as outlined in the Examination Content Outline (ECO) and satisfies the 23 training hours required to apply for the CAPM certification. Being CAPM certified creates opportunities for entry-level project management roles like project coordinator associate and junior project manager.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By completing this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the various project life cycles and processes.
Distinguish between predictive and adaptive approaches.
Understand project management planning, and project roles and responsibilities.
Follow and execute and respond to planned strategies or frameworks.
Recognize common problem-solving tools and techniques.
Identify the suitability of a predictive, plan-based approach for the organizational structure.
Know project management plan schedule.
Learn how to document project controls of predictive, plan-based projects.
Understand when to use an adaptive approach for the organizational structure.
Compare the pros and cons of adaptive and predictive projects.
Relate the suitability of adaptive approaches.
Determine how to plan project iterations and how to document project controls.
Distinguish between the adaptive methodologies.
Comprehend business analysis (BA) roles and responsibilities.
Gather requirements for business analysis.
Explain the application of a product roadmap.
Validate requirements through product delivery.

exam preparation for pmi certified associate in project management (capm)®

TARGET COMPETENCIES

Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts.
Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain
Predictive Plan-Based Methodologies.
Adaptive Frameworks and Methodologies.
Measurement and Tracking.
Managing Uncertainty.
Business Analysis Frameworks.

The Certified associate in project management (CAPM) training course is designed for individuals who are interested in pursuing a career in project management or are in entry-level project management positions.

This course has been specifically designed to enhance collaborative and group learning. Participants will be challenged with real-world simulations, case studies, and unique activities. Each lesson activity is intended to build on the learning objectives, which ultimately leads to a final capstone case study, where teams work through more complex built environment issues.

BECOMING A CAPM

Overview of Project Management.
The Certified associate in project management (CAPM)® Certification.

THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT AND VALUE DELIVERY

What Is a Project?
Difference Between Projects and Operational Work?
What Are Process Groups?
What Project Management Challenges Will You Face?

ORGANIZING FOR PROJECT PERFORMANCE

Project Performance Domains.
Stakeholders.
The Project Manager Role.
Emotional Intelligence and People Skills.
Project Organizational Structures.
Team Performance Domain.

DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AND LIFE CYCLE

What Is a Life Cycle?
Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain.
Project Activities, Deliverables, and Milestones.

PREDICTIVE METHODOLOGIES

When Should You Choose a Predictive, Plan-Based Methodology?
Process Groups of the Predictive, Plan-Based Approach.
Tailoring a Predictive Life Cycle.
Creating a Project Charter.
Building the Project Team.
Developing a Project Management Plan.
Directing and Managing Project Work.
Monitoring and Controlling Project Work.
Closing the Project or Phase

PROJECT WORK AND DELIVERY

Planning and Managing Procurement.
Engaging Stakeholders.
Managing Project Communications.
Managing Risk.
Quality Management.
Project Controls and Forecasting.
Project Integration.

ADAPTIVE APPROACHES

When to Use the Adaptive Approach.
Team Structure in Adaptive Projects.
Requirements for the Adaptive Project Environment.
The Structure and Culture of Adaptive Teams.
Typical Steps of Adaptive Projects.
Agile Life Cycles.

ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORKS

The Agile Manifesto.
Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP).
Feature-driven Development, Dynamic Systems Development Method, and Crystal Methods.
Frameworks for Scaling Adaptive Frameworks.

MEASUREMENT, TRACKING, AND UNCERTAINTY

Detect and Resolve Problems.
Measuring Performance.
The Uncertainty Performance Domain.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS

The Importance of Business Analysis.
Business Analyst Role.
Requirements as the Focus of Business Analysis.
Stakeholders and the Business Analyst.
Influence of Project Approaches on Business Analysis.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Planning and Needs Analysis.
Requirements Elicitation and Analysis.
Traceability and Monitoring.
Solution Evaluation.