Duration: 3 days.
Prerequisite: None
Abstract. The main purpose of this course is to prepare you for the PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification exam by teaching the basics of project management in a sequential learning fashion. In other words, you prepare for the exam in the process of learning the fundamentals of project management from scratch: two in one. The course provides a concise, comprehensive, and self-contained coverage of the project management topics while keeping a laser sharp focus on the CAPM exam objectives.

Course Outlines

1. Project Management Framework: The big picture (Exam weight: 4.4%)
   Overview of project management. Definitions of basic concepts and key terms and a broader context for project management including knowledge areas, process groups, and the relationship of the two with each other. Practice questions.
2. Project Life Cycle in an Organization (Exam weight: 4.4%)
   Project life cycle in terms of phases. Project stakeholders. Influences of organizational structure on project management .Practice questions.
3. Overview of Project Management Processes (Exam weight: 11.2%)
   The guided tour of project life in terms of process groups. Interaction among processes. Mapping of processes to process groups and knowledge areas. Processes are explained briefly in this chapter under process groups and they will be covered in detail under knowledge areas in the following chapters. Practice questions.
4. Project Integration Management (Exam weight: 11.2%)
   Developing project charter, preliminary project scope statement, and project management plan. Directing and managing project execution. Monitoring and controlling project work. Managing integrated change control and closing the project. Practice questions.
5. Project Scope Management (Exam weight: 11.2%)
   Scope planning. Scope definition. Creating WBS. Scope verification. Scope control. Practice questions.
6. Project Time Management (Exam weight: 11.2%)
   Activity definition. Activity sequencing. Activity resource estimating. Activity duration estimating. Schedule development. Schedule control. Practice questions.
7. Project Cost Management (Exam weight: 8.8%)
   Cost estimating. Cost budgeting. Cost control. Practice questions.
8. Project Quality Management (Exam weight: 6.6%)
   Quality planning. Perform quality assurance. Perform quality control. Practice questions.
9. Project Human Resource Management (Exam weight: 6.6%)
   Human resource planning. Acquire project team. Develop project team. Manage project team. Practice questions.
10. Project Communication Management (Exam weight: 6.6%)
    Communication planning. Information distribution. Performance reporting. Manage stakeholders. Practice questions.
11. Project Risk Management (Exam weight: 11.2%)
    Risk management planning. Risk identification. Qualitative risk analysis. Quantitative risk analysis. Risk response planning.  Risk monitoring and controlling. Practice questions.
12. Project Procurement Management (Exam weight: 6.6%)
    Plan purchases and acquisitions. Plan contracting. Request seller responses. Select sellers. Contract administration. Contract closure. Practice questions.
13. Exam Strategies and Practice Exam.