PMI CAPM® Certification

Price: $1,895

Description: 

CAPM®: Certified Associate Project Management Certification

 Certification Exam Prep for CAPM®

This course helps individuals gain more responsibility and increase their skills in their current project role by providing additional knowledge of current project management principles and terminology to work on a wide range of projects using a variety of approaches: adaptive, predictive, and hybrid.

The CAPM®  certification is essential to gain entry and contributes to career opportunities at entry and associate levels, such as project coordinator and junior project manager.

Whether you are looking to build on your current skillset or pursue an exciting new career, the CAPM®  distinguishes your skills and empowers you to build the project management career of your dreams.

 Course Description

The CAPM®  certification is an essential first step in building a career as a project manager and shows that you possess the foundational knowledge and skills that project teams demand. It tests an individual’s aptitude on Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts. It also includes Predictive plan-based methods, Adaptive (agile) frameworks/methods, and Business Analysis frameworks.

This course provides the 23 hours of specific instruction required to apply and be approved to sit for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) exam from PMI®.

The current CAPM exam is NOT based solely on the 6th or the 7th edition of the PMBOK Guide but rather on the 2023 CAPM®  Exam Content Outline and multiple references including the Agile Practice Guide and the Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide.

After 36 months of experience leading a project, individuals can then pursue the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Course format: Live virtual or in-person lecture

 Length of course: 4 days

Class time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

 Course materials:

  • Presentation slides including sample questions for each topic
  • Discussions with sample questions
  • Flash cards of CAPM® terms
  • Agile Introduction video
  • Test bank questions for each of the three exam domains, plus agile concepts (presented 20 at a time to encourage continual review more frequently).
  • Replay™ Class Recordings Included

What You Will Learn

 The CAPM® certification exam tests an individual’s aptitude on Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts.

Updates to the previous CAPM ® exams include:

  • Predictive Plan-Based Methods
  • Adaptive (Agile) Frameworks/Methods
  • Business Analysis Frameworks

CAPM Course Content

CAPM Certification and Introduction
Project Management Fundamentals
               Foundation Concepts
               Project Management Challenges
               Organizational Project Management (OPM)
               Project Environment
Roles and Responsibilities
               Stakeholders
               Project Sponsor
               Project Manager
               Leadership
               Motivational Theories/Approaches
               Project Team
Development Approaches and Life Cycles
               Project Development Approaches
               Predictive Approach
               Adaptive Approach
               Hybrid Approach
               Life Cycles
               Predictive Life Cycle
               Adaptive Life Cycle
               Project Management Processes
               Process Groups
Business Analysis Frameworks
               Business Analysis
               Business Analyst (BA) Role
               Requirements
               Project Approach Influence
               Stakeholder Collaboration
Start the Project
               Needs Assessment
               Business Documents
               Project Initiation
               Project Charter
               Project Stakeholders
               Stakeholder Communication
               Tailor the Project Approach
Predictive, Plan-Based Project Methodology
               Project Management Plan
               Project Management Plan – Scope
               Project Management Plan – Schedule
               Project Management Plan – Resources
               Estimating Techniques – Time and Cost
               Project Management Plan – Costs and Budget
               Project Management Plan – Quality
               Project Management Plan – Uncertainty and Risk
               Project Integration
Adaptive Approaches
               Adaptive Approaches or Frameworks
               Adaptive Fundamentals
               Adaptive Team Resources
               Adaptive Planning
               Agile Requirements
               Adaptive Prioritizing and Estimating
Project Work and Delivery
               Engaging Stakeholders
               Monitoring and Controlling Processes
               Detecting and Solving Problems
               Measuring Performance
               Project Controls and Forecasting
               Validating Requirements
               Transitioning and Closing
 Conclusion
  • What is on the Exam

Audience

Any individual wanting to build their career as a project manager.

Prerequisites

None