PMI CAPM® Certification

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: 3 days

 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

 Course Content

 

Project Management Fundamentals

  • What is a Project?
  • Project Management Challenges
  • Project or Operational Work?
  • Programs and Portfolios
  • The Project Environment

 Organizing for Project Performance

  • Stakeholders
  • Project Sponsor Role
  • Project Manager role
  • Project Team

Development Approach and Life Cycle

  • Fundamentals of the Project Life Cycle
  • Tailoring the Project Life Cycle and Development Approach
  • Project Activities, Deliverables, and Milestones

Business Analysis Frameworks

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

Starting a Project

  • Understanding the Business Case
  • Creating a Project Charter
  • Establishing Communications
  • Selecting and Tailoring the Project Approach

Predictive Methodologies

  • Tailoring a Predictive Life Cycle
  • Developing a Project Management Plan
    • Scope and Schedule (Includes Resource and Cost Estimations)
  • Developing a Project Management Plan
    • Quality
    • Uncertainty and Risk
  • Project Integration

Adaptive Approaches

  • Foundation and Considerations for Adaptive Projects
  • Typical Steps in an Adaptive Project
  • Requirements in Adaptive Approaches
  • Plan Releases and Iterations

Adaptive Approaches or Frameworks

  • Foundation and Considerations for Adaptive Projects
  • Typical Steps in an Adaptive Project
  • Requirements in Adaptive Approaches
  • Plan Releases and Iterations
  • Adaptive Approaches or Frameworks

Project Work and Delivery

  • Engaging Stakeholders
  • Monitoring and Controlling Processes
  • Detecting and Solving Problems
  • Measuring Performance
  • Applying Project Controls and Forecasting
  • Validating Requirements Through Project Delivery
  • Closing and Transitioning

 Conclusion

  • What is on the Exam

Audience

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

Prerequisites

None

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