Professional Project Manager - APM & PMI

Course Overview
This course, which has been accredited by The Association for Project Management (APM) and The Project Management Institute (PMI) aims to provide a forum for Project Managers and members of project teams to gain exposure to Best Practice in Project Management in its broadest sense. Using the professional standard of the ‘Body of Knowledge’ as the basis for the programme topics, the topics are addressed by demonstrating best practices and applying these to a simulation project.

Course Structure
The course is delivered as a 4 Day Workshop. Delegates seeking a project management qualification should also book onto the appropriate exam preparation workshop. Delegates will be provided with pre-course access to 12 hours of e-Learning content.

Prerequisites
Completion of the Pre-course eLearning Materials.

Target Audience
This course is designed for project managers, project team members, other managers and all those who would benefit from exposure to best practices in project management.

Certification
This course will prepare candidates seeking accreditation by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for the Certificated Associate of Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials. This also provides 35 PMI Personal Development Units (PDUs), meeting the entry requirement.

It will also prepare candidates seeking accreditation by the Association for Project Management (APM) for the APM Professional (APMP / IPMA Level D) qualification.

There are supplementary exam preparation workshops specific to either the PMI or APM certifications.

The syllabus includes all core elements of the PMI and APM Syllabus including:
• The essentials of project management  
• Portfolio management   
• Project sponsorship     
• Stakeholder management   
• The Project Management Plan   
• Risk management    
• Scheduling     
• Change control    
• The business case    
• Budget & cost management   
• Handover and closeout   
• Organisational roles    
• Conflict management
• Programme management
• Project context
• Project success & Benefits management
• Leadership
• Options appraisal
• Scope management
• Resource management
• Estimating
• Project monitoring & control
• Project lifecycles
• Project reviews
• Communication 
• Teamwork